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The Movie I Saw Yesterday

Yesterday's movie was the story of a guy who wakes up in the morning remembering an eerie, rather dark, dream—a nightmare of sorts where he killed a man. At first, he feels reassured at being awake,
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Sep 26 - 1 min. read

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The Best Short Story Ever

The title is absurd, but it works as a sort of bait. Baits like this one are normally used in social media in order to reap interactions. Sometimes (check the blue round badge besides the avatars)
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Jul 17 - 2 min. read

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The Forking Paths of the Pseudo-Dionysius

I've just read about some details of the work of the author known as Pseudo-Dionysius. I read that, as a Neoplatonist, he upheld the idea that there's a hierarchy of beings in the world (the "Great
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Jul 9 - 1 min. read

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A Talk about Literature on Occasion of a New Book of Essays

I just found this interview with Juan Cárdenas, a Colombian writer I didn't know. They delve into a few interesting topics, mostly related to Latin American literature, the role of translation, nac &
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Jun 27 - 1 min. read

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A Picture of Old

Link to the pic: https://ibb.co/35J0Pb8d You see two people in this picture: on the left, a woman leaning onto a stack of hay, her face concealed under her arm, and center image, a man, his back
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Jun 11 - 1 min. read

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Credo quia absurdum

This old saying has been haunting me for years, perhaps since high school. It resurfaced lately, during a conversation with a friend. What were we discussing? I really don't remember, but in the
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May 26 - 1 min. read

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Literary Echoes

A few days ago, I came across the story of a Cleombrotus of Ambracia, a Greek who, after allegedly having read Plato's Phaedo, is said to have thrown himself into the sea in order to experience the
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May 11 - 2 min. read

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News About Cami

As you may have read in my last entry, my home has become a shelter for a battered little dog. I confess at first I didn't feel much confident about her recovery, but fortunately I now see her
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May 4 - 1 min. read

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A Rescue

Last week I found the dog in the above picture. She was in such bad shape that when my dog turned aside to smell something, I thought it was a dead cat, but then I noticed it was this particular dog
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Apr 13 - 1 min. read

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"How Gatsby Foretold Trump's America"

This is the title of a recent article they published in The Financial Times. I came across it on Facebook and shared it on my page as a way of having it on hand for later reading. A few days later,
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Apr 8 - 1 min. read

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A Short Translation from Italo Calvino's Il castello dei destini incrociati

I came across an English version of this book many years ago, published by Picador. I must still have it somewhere. As a homage to Calvino, one of the authors I most admire, I tried this short
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Mar 16 - 2 min. read

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On Short Novels, Film, and Old TV Memories

After finishing her novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle, I finally did my homework regarding its author, Shirley Jackson. At first her name didn't ring a bell, but later on I noticed she was
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Mar 11 - 1 min. read

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(Late) February Reading

Last week, I began reading a short novel from the beginning of the Sixties, by a US author. It's funny how I'm getting a good deal of useful tips about literature on Twitter lately--not in a few
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Mar 2 - 1 min. read

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A Short Translation from Furio Jesi's "Cultura di destra"

"What does it mean, right-wing culture?", an interviewer asked Furio Jesi in 1979. It is "this culture in which the past is a sort of homogenized porridge that can be fashioned in the most convenient
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Feb 14 - 2 min. read

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DeepSeek to the Rescue

Today, I wanted to post a short line on Twitter. Someone had asked which was the last book other users had read about a particular topic, and as I casually happen to be reading a book connected to
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Feb 6 - 1 min. read

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Retirement Ceremony for the "Machine" in Japan

I just spotted this on Twitter. Not sure how common this is in Japan, but this short video shows a farewell ceremony they give to a machine about to be retired after years of service at a factory.
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Jan 31 - 1 min. read

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New Words: 'moat'

I just came across this word in a tweet. This guy (some David Shapiro, who looks like a tech buff or something) was sharing some thoughts about AI, and the supposed imminent arrival of so-called AGI
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Jan 17 - 2 min. read

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Des montgolfières extrême-orientaux

Hélène, une amie de maintes années, est allée en Cambodge. Aujourd'hui, à l’aube (le décalage horaire est sensible), j'ai reçu les photos d'un voyage qu'elle a fait en montgolfière. Elle dit que
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Jan 12 - 1 min. read

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December Readings

I almost finished now It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over, a short novel by Anne de Marcken. It's a pretty disturbing book I got a hint of on Twitter a few weeks ago. I came across these two guys on
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Dec 30 - 2 min. read

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Fancy Christmas Cards

Last week, my friend Jorge came to me asking for help regarding Christmas cards. You know, Jorge's wife runs an import-export office: they take care of the custom's procedures —goods' description and
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Dec 22 - 1 min. read

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