Mixed news

September 26, 2003

Edward Said died yesterday of leukemia; he was 67. Amina Lawal will not be subjected to the barbaric sentence handed out earlier by a Nigerian Sharia court. She’s free to go home now.

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In anutha zone

September 25, 2003

No time to blog long — the day was so good, time for a long hike with kids & dog around Thetis Lake, in cloggy-platformish sandals no less (ok, Dansko, but still). This gorgeous lake is unfathomably deep; some speculate that it actually connects to the sea (can’t find the source for this rumour, though). […]

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Pataphysics tastes like…?

September 24, 2003

On tonight’s menu, straight from the kitchen of the Absurd‘s answer to Julia Child, the inimitable Mere Ubu presents dinner: CAPTAIN MACNURE: Well, Mistress Ubu, what succulent dishes have you prepared for us today? MA UBU: Here’s the menu. PA UBU: That’s right up my street. MA UBU: Polish broth, spare ribs of Polish bison, […]

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Vision or eyesight

September 24, 2003

An interview with Pat Wyman, a reading specialist, in a recent Homeschool.com newsletter about kids and computers. More computers in the classroom are supposed to “solve” major educational problems, but Wyman suggests that there’s a biologically qualitative difference between eyesight and vision, which technology doesn’t (can’t?) address. I’m thinking of this also in relation to […]

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Presence or numbness

September 22, 2003

Interesting article in yesterday’s Iocal paper, Hope voiced for native children. Since the link will decay soon, I’ll quote: British Columbia’s aboriginal leaders are facing a historic opportunity to heal their youth in traditional ways and help the next generation stand on its own, a Native American studies expert told child-care advocates in Brentwood Bay […]

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Unless, another list

September 22, 2003

Mark Woods points to an article by Deron Bauman on minimalism in literature (the link doesn’t work, however), who quotes this list: Don DeLillo, Thomas Bernhard, Guy Davenport, Cormac McCarthy, William Faulkner, Gabrial Garcia Marquez, Saul Bellow, J.D.Salinger, before concluding: “writers of craft, intelligence, and wit [who] exhibit efficiencies of language, that, although not purely […]

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Greg Palast disagrees with Thomas Friedman

September 20, 2003

Via AlterNet, this article by Greg Palast, Tragedy in New York: French Fried Friedman: And how DARE Friedman say that France doesn’t care about the War on Terror. France declared war on Osama and his madmen years before September 11 got Bush to change from the view of his advisor, Robert Oakley, that we shouldn’t […]

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Grey propaganda, not grey matter

September 20, 2003

Indymedia is being infiltrated by grey propaganda, and it’s a very weird story. See, The Model, her Shadow, the Payload, and the IMC: A grey propaganda operation on the Indymedia network. The article is about Gabrielle Reilly, who could be Ann Coulter‘s “Charlie’s Angel” cousin. Indymedia reports that “over 97% of all links to [Gabrielle […]

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I feel your pain, 12%

September 20, 2003

If you could have one question answered, what would it be? In my case it would depend entirely on my sinuses. If I could have an answer to anything today, I would like to know what the point of sinuses really is. There are theories, certainly — I especially like the theory that it lightens […]

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Good ones

September 20, 2003

J.R. at Noded points to Mark Fiore‘s very educational site, definitely worth an extended visit. I especially liked Fiore’s 2-year commemorative lesson and his illustrated plan for our new parks services. The neo-Liberals (really very neo-con) here in British Columbia have the same thing in mind as their cousins in the U.S.

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