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I have to write this now
Before it is too late, again.
I HATE the Adam who has been living here for the past three years.
Sometimes, only sometimes, I (the real Adam) get to fight my way to the fore again, through the haze of needless and baseless anxiety and self-doubt. I'm the one who did all of his work on time throughout my first two degrees; HE'S the one who can't ( Read more... ) -
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"The way I used to love you, baby?
That's the way I hate you, now."
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Economies of Emoticon Debt
My life has been taken over by my blackberry. I no longer think, because at any point in time when I used to sit and let my thoughts percolate (on the bus, in the washroom, etc) I am now exchanging messages with a myriad of people. Rather than make me more productive, this BB has simply caused dozens of people to expect swifter replies--truly, ( Read more... ) -
Strange Experiences
So I'm currently TAing a course on Sex and Sexuality and this has led to some of the most awkward moments of my academic career, including but not limited to an 18 year old student describing her cock-worship fetish in detail during an office consultation ( Read more... ) -
Achieved your goals?
1,203 - 13.
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Jacques Derrida's funeral address
As he had done for many of the friends who had predeceased him, Jacques Derrida penned a funeral address to be read out at his own funeral. Read aloud by his son Pierre as ritual demanded three days after his death (which occurred 9 October 2004), these, then, were Derrida's parting words:
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This is the Dawning of the Age of Ignatieff
WOW, Bob Rae shocks the nation by bowing out of the Liberal leadership race and offering his unconditional support to Michael Ignatieff. Ignatieff is YOUR new leader of the Liberal party ( Read more... ) -
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Today, the finest American film actor that ever lived passed away.
I am at a loss as to how to properly commemorate that. I just know that I can't not say anything.
Thank you, Paul.