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postcards from Portland
Read more: postcards from PortlandI was in Portland, Oregon for a few days recently and although I didn’t send any postcards, I did notice a postcard flyer for the Booklover’s Burlesque Festival (I would have gone to that, if I had been there when it was on, but no such luck, drat). So, on the theme of postcards, if…
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the path of totality (factoids, flashback and Rome)
Read more: the path of totality (factoids, flashback and Rome)A rather dramatic name for something measured by scientific instruments, “the path of totality” refers to the path of the Moon’s shadow where the totality — the “maximum phase of a total solar eclipse, during which the Moon’s disk completely covers the Sun’s bright face” — can be visible from Earth (definition from the American…
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theatre of the absurd
Read more: theatre of the absurd“It’s one of those things a person has to do; sometimes, a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.” — Edward Albee, The Zoo Story A play in one act, The Zoo Story was written by the late American playwright Edward Albee. According…
a few words ... from Montréal 