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    Au Péché Mignon

    Monday, April 14th, 2008

    [Editor's note: The author was afflicted at the time of writing with a pinched radial nerve, which has led to chronic pain in his right hand. As a result, he has left off his normal florid prose to write in the concise 'telegraphic prose' of the young Earnest Hemingway. We apologise for the inconvenience.]
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    On Being Right

    Thursday, February 28th, 2008

    A number of recent events have given me occasion to consider what it means to be right.
    Viewed through a rationalist filter, humanity can manage itself well (if not easily), provided its curiousity remains strong and its faculties of discernment are not tarnished. This assumes, of course, that humanity as a whole is [...]

    SMS From the Bislama

    Friday, April 27th, 2007

    SMS from the Bislama
    GOODNIGHT TAWI SORRY
    TO DISTURB I WANT
    TO TELL YOU ONLY
    THAT EVERYTHING IS
    STRAIGHT
    With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning

    Solomon Sez…

    Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

    If King Solomon decrees that your child will be cut in half, it is not advisable to wait until the sword is descending to yank hard, in the hope that you will end up with more of the child than your opponent.

    The Centipede

    Monday, September 22nd, 2003

    The Centipede
    by
    Franz Kopra
    Friday 19 September
    11:42
    I woke this morning to discover a centipede in the kitchen. He was leaning in a nonchalant manner against the kitchen counter, regarding me incuriously as I lay there in my bed.
    I’d been told that centipedes on the island of Efate are very large, but nothing could have prepared me for [...]