Sunday, May 1, 2016

having faintly praised spinoza earlier in the day, i then came across this short story by isaac bashevis singer ... and i loved it

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The Spinoza of Market Street By Isaac Bashevis Singer Dr. Nahum Fischelson paced back and forth in his garret room in Market Street, ...
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Sunday, April 24, 2016

two sonnets by wendy cope for shakespeare's birthday, copied from yesterday's guardian

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Wendy Cope Saturday 23 April 2016 08.00 BST My Father’s Shakespeare My father must have bought it second-hand, Inscribed “To RS El...
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like ... david harvey ... usually knows what's happening elsewhere

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http://davidharvey.org/2016/03/video-senior-loeb-scholar-lecture-david-harvey-harvard-graduate-school-design-march-28-2016/ ...
Monday, April 18, 2016

they would have needed a bigger sign to say it in Welsh ... "Rhybudd. Os gwelwch yn dda Arhoswch am gyfarwyddiadau cyn byrddio" ... the boat for Skomer stood off until the new sign had been secured.

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Sunday, April 17, 2016

same artist, same subject ... the first and much earlier one seems a lot more fun

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_John
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Sunday, April 10, 2016

rebecca gowers ... could probably sharpen your lawnmower's blades with her basilisk stare ... attagirl !

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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/25/indeterminate-masculine-pronouns-ernest-gowers http://www.t...
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Saturday, April 9, 2016

i have been trying to find ten interesting versions of "my favourite things", starting with the obvious ... did i say ten ?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33o32C0ogVM pomplamoose ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvYZMqQff...
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

tristram hillier, in no particular order, following clare simmonds' find ...

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