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Emilia died yesterday, July 4, 2008. We found her lying on the pavement around the corner from the front façade of our building. As we pulled up the driveway, I saw her. My first instinct was to believe she was laying there waiting for us in the sun, but then I saw that she was…
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Yesterday I saw the ghost of my shaded past. He was standing by my window looking kind of lost. He said, I’ve travelled across the oceans of time and space. It was late at night, nothing on TV. So I was staring into the silence with a cup of tea. I couldn’t rest my mind,…
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PayPal is great; until you have a problem. Then you discover it’s near to impossible to contact them. When you finally establish contact, if using a webform can be construed as such, and receive a both pedantic and perfunctory response, the truth coalesces: They’ve got your money and there’s nothing you can do about it.…
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Yesterday was the first day of spring, however, it appeared to be the debut of winter: Arctic wind and miserable rain performing their intricate drenching choreography. Of course, I have been reflecting on other, more important things. One of these is the common elements between the spring equinox and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. They…
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1. Europa2. Europa (Radio Edit)3. Europa (Remix) Nota bene: Links to Mp3s are no longer available, 3 July 2023.
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Man seeks to discern truth from error in order to understand his world. From truth proceeds unity and from unity understanding. Thus, he thirsts with all his being for this building block, per se, of knowledge. His existence is posited a priori: cogito ergo sum. All logic is based ultimately on the illogical (but more…
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Ah vile decadence, I’ve lost myself behind a thousand veneers and yet managed to return unchanged, still consumed by that blasted and eternal ennui that retains a fatal hold on my creativity. I am removing the site’s design for now. Soon, I hope to have something new up and running. Until then.
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“Perchè l’arte è soprattutto una ‘cosa mentale’ che manifesta una realtà umana: l’unica.” Este sitio forma una crónica imperfecta de mi vida. En el curso de doce años, ha sufrido una infinidad de encarnaciones; aunque, con el paso del tiempo el paréntesis entre una metamorfosis y la próxima ha crecido. Todo tiene su fin, naturalmente,…
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Why do Americans think that they’ve been to Ireland after visiting Dublin. Yes, it’s the capital but it is not Ireland. The city was founded by Norsemen and then was the seat of English dominion on the isle. And Ireland, so we are told, is a Celtic nation. Then again, I may be off the…
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While reading Strabo’s geographic tour de force, I chanced upon the following passage on Ierlen: It does seem to lay it on a bit thick. Perhaps all that is said about oi barbaroi is just fanciful chimera. Of course, no one wants to say they are fighting pussillanimous enemy; it would reflect poorly on them.…