Monthly Archives: June 2009

8 of spades

And if I failed to mention this detail in its proper place, it is because you cannot mention everything in its proper place, you must choose, between the things not worth mentioning and those even less so. For if you … Continue reading

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-27

@hudspkl b/c you have no expectations & nothing to lose. Or was that a rhetorical question? in reply to hudspkl # @LairdHunt Happy Father's Day. Thanks for the shout-out. in reply to LairdHunt # Leaving IA. Will try to read … Continue reading

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4 of hearts, pt. 2

He worked hard—seven hours a day; his subject was now the influence of something upon somebody—they were walking on and Mrs. Ramsay did not quiet catch the meaning, only the words, here and there . . . dissertation . . … Continue reading

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4 of hearts

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6 of clubs, pt. 2

As long as learning is connected with earning, as long as certain jobs can only be reached through exams, so long must we take the examination system seriously. If another ladder to employment were contrived, much so-called education would disappear, … Continue reading

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6 of clubs

On the hill there was a poor tramp wandering about with his stick, in among the carriages. A mass of rags covered his shoulders, and a squashed beaver-hat, bent down into the shape of a bowl, concealed his face; but, … Continue reading

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5 of hearts

[The sharks] viciously snapped, not only at each other’s disembowelments, but like flexible bows, bent round, and bit their own; till those entrails seemed swallowed over and over again by the same mouth, to be oppositely voided by the gaping … Continue reading

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-20

Tired but afraid I'll have trouble sleeping for nervousness before the big read. # My reading schedule, not counting built-in spillage days, is 52 days long. The number of weeks in a year. The number of cards in a deck. … Continue reading

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7 of diamonds

It is inherent in the technique of the film as well as that of sports that everybody who witnesses its accomplishments is somewhat of an expert. . . . Similarly, the newsreel offers everyone the opportunity to rise from passer-by … Continue reading

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ace of diamonds

First, as for yesterday and today’s titles: My summer reading schedule covers exactly 52 days (not counting days set aside for spillage). That’s the same number of weeks in a year or cards in a deck. Yesterday, on my first … Continue reading

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