大學の文科を卒業したのち、道楽に短期間教鞭をとつたことがある他には、別して知的な職業に携つたことはないのに、眼鏡をかけた重一朗の面長な立派な顔立ちは、知的選良の重みを窺はせてゐた ( Read more... )

人間は、みな、同じものだ ( Read more... )

i recently purchased a polaroid automatic 104 land camera made in 1965. i found it at value village for $5. i was a bit wary about it, because it was so cheap. but then i realized why: the battery that it uses is this weird 3 volt battery that doesn't exist any more. it has these two wires, and each had a little attachment which looked exactly like ( Read more... )

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well, hi. i haven't really been around lately. i probably still won't be for a while. i just finished my final project for my independent study.. i translated a selection of stories from a collection known as the kokon chomonjū ("collection of ancient and modern stories heard"), compiled in 1254 by tachibana no narisue. it has taken me hundreds ( Read more... )

this saturday is the second annual international quirkyalone day!

does anyone else empathize with this subculture? who wants to celebrate? (:

so baraka is playing at the royal on tuesday february 24 at 9:10 pm, and wednesday february 25 at 7:00 pm. i'll probably be going both days.. does anyone maybe want to go? if anyone hasn't heard of it, it is a beautiful dialogueless film.. sort of about the interconnectedness humans share with the earth and each other.. and also calls into question ( Read more... )

i decided maybe i'd make a semi-real entry for a change. un peux ennuyeux, non ( Read more... )

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Richard Dawkins: They’re all about preserving the code, preserving DNA ( Read more... )