literary
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, 2008A 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, 2004If 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, 2003The 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 [...]