Category: General
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peak scandinavia
Got yer moderately graphic but also slightly ironic Lego easter diorama right here, guv.
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on those who cry wolf
Apropos of everything at once and nothing in particular, I found myself thinking this morning—not for the first time—on the interpretations we have of fables and mythical archetypes, and how they don’t always stand up when you think a bit harder about them. One might argue that this is just a limits-of-metaphor issue, and yeah,…
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the satisfactions of submission
What did I get up to over the Easter weekend this year? Yup, crankin’ out a grant application, because academia is a harsh mistress, and I choose to abase myself in the hope of her favour. Thanks to slightly improved process management protocols on my part (read as: keeping track of when I do what…
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våren har kommit igen
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always trust your instincts
Always enlightening to see your own culture through the eyes of an outsider. USian artist James A Reeves is currently tooling round That Septic Isle, and so reminding me of familiarities which I am for the most part glad to have left behind, but seen askance as unfamiliarities. It helps that he has a fine…