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Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex

2009-06-19T02:13:00-04:00

You need not cause an airplane to come down; you only need to render it impossible to keep up. A bomb does not need to be a physical 3D object set to detonate via a physical ignition source; it can... (59 words)

Light Cones

2009-06-02T20:52:00-04:00

As of today, my ever-expanding sphere of potential causality has grown to encompass 49 stars in the known galaxy, having now reached and extended beyond Mu Hercules. This is no small feat, and I have managed to accomplish most of... (211 words)

Important

2009-03-14T20:08:00-04:00

I can't rid my mind of the filthy richness of my future. It's been there around the clock since September when a casual interest that seemed too good to be true turned out not to be. Having to expend energy... (151 words)

Second Thoughts

2008-12-06T02:53:00-04:00

Before you experience with your own eyes and ears the reality of any given situation, that situation is a dangerous thing to behold in your mind, too susceptible to the sculpting of your inner desires, too malleable under the weight... (154 words)

Night Vision

2008-10-22T20:40:00-04:00

I don't like to reveal too much about my strategies, and it is certainly not my intent to divulge any national security secrets here, but I think you should know about this. Qui-Gon Jinn was on to something important when... (725 words)

The Wingless Diver

2008-10-17T23:30:00-04:00

The south polar evening was dark and frozen. A blizzard hurled snow on its winds over a landscape of ice two thousand feet thick from surface to bottom. There were perhaps sixteen hours of darkness left before the next brief... (504 words)

Devine Street

2008-09-16T00:30:00-04:00

Most impulsivities are destructive, but I have found others to be just plain healthy, like exploding out the front door and sprinting barefoot down the sidewalk till you run out of steam. A few kilometers later you are bent over,... (192 words)

Bringing Down the House

2008-09-15T06:05:00-04:00

Here's the thing. I thought I was letting it all hang out in relaxation, but it turns out I was standing in the centre of a large stage of some sort, eyes squinting under the floodlight of a thousand foreign... (282 words)

Messenger

2008-09-03T23:49:00-04:00

Is it bad to harbour a message that is murky and leaves a gloomy residue on your consciousness? In some shadowy corner of my mind I am aware of something I shouldn't be, but of course it is impossible to... (147 words)

I Would be a Trick Dealer

2008-05-01T00:31:00-04:00

So let's say that tomorrow I am suddenly told that I am surplus to labour requirements at work and will soon be laid off. Or the site just can't afford to stay open any longer, due to higher operating costs,... (768 words)

Gut Instinct

2008-04-01T01:35:00-04:00

I need to talk to you for a second. Over here, by the California pomegranate stand, we won't be bothered here. Listen, I'm concerned that the Large Hadron Collider is going to swallow up Europe and create a general feeling... (181 words)

Bursts of Happiness

2008-03-17T17:11:00-04:00

I was outbid on eBay last night at the last moment on an auction for a positive emotional response to an abstract experience. I was highest bidder for several hours to acquire this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and passed most of it... (206 words)

Nostalgia

2008-03-02T13:34:00-04:00

Some nostalgia today caused me to document some life events with Google Maps: Places I've Lived School's I Attended (18 words)

Lot Code

2008-02-15T19:41:00-04:00

poll: i just opened one of those mr noodels thing and the instructions say to empty the flavour packet into the noodels and add hot water boiling water but... there's no flavour packet... but the... (87 words)

Tenses Curve

2007-12-10T03:38:39-04:00

The dreams, they're becoming more frequent, the ones about purity, of internal cleansing, of reaching higher levels of everything. This morning, I re-entered the scene during post-production of a Mastercard commercial. Not promoting the use of credit, but resisting it.... (335 words)