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Knowledge, not in a Foucauldian sense, for once*
Not all knowledge can be known, and not by everyone. Not all knowledge can be measured, tested, prodded with a stick. Not all knowledge can be expressed, or understood. Not all lacunae can be mapped.
(* not that this is opposed to a Foucauldian sense, I'm just talking about a different sort of knowledge/truth production. Although Foucault did ( Read more... ) -
Speculative fiction and race/racism
Through Seeking Avalon, I found a link to a really insightful and thought-provoking piece on the experience of an Indian speculative fiction reader:
I Didn't Dream of Dragons
This was written partially as a response to this:
Open Letter: To Elizabeth BearWhich in turn, was written as a response to this original post, written by the spec fic ( Read more... ) -
I have a suspicion...
...that my work's trying to fatten us up for Christmas ( Read more... ) -
Ergodic literature
I stumbled across the concept of "ergodic literature" recently, by reading the journal of one my favourite authors, Caitlín R. Kiernan. When I first started to read her entries, I noticed that whenever she mentioned the word "house", it was written in blue, whereas the rest of the text was black. I asked in a comment about this oddity, and was told ( Read more... ) -
Sushi fried rice
Last night I greedily purchased some sushi rolls (they were really cheap!). After consuming one, I realised that they had too much vinegar in them, and not enough filling - hence, they weren't very nice. Not wanting to waste perfectly nutritious and fairly fresh food, I decided to try making fried rice out of them. Despite certain naysayers' ( Read more... ) -
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Another Story
Words for the day: 632
Total words: 763
Listening to: DS Meteos sound effects -
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NSS
Words for the day: 691
Total words: 8,255
Listening to: Halo, and then silence
Getting up to a bit of writing I won't enjoy at all. -
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One busy workday, one Wagamama dinner, dessert on the Quay, a weird and cool Swedish vampire film, and half a WoW instance later...
NSS
Words for the day: 521
Total words: 7,549
Listening to: Silence
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Today's green smoothie:
3 pieces of baby bok choy
1 home-grown mandarin
1/2 banana
Couldn't really taste the bok choy, or the banana, but it was smooth enough to drink. Might try half a mandarin and a whole banana next time.