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Little Big Man

Posted by maure , 06 November 2010 - - - - - - · 177 views

I've just watched Little Big Man.

It's the nth time I do. It stills puts tears in my eyes.


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Amnesia

Posted by maure , 30 October 2010 - - - - - - · 157 views

Well, I'm fvcked. Have been for months now but it is still "fresh" to be able to express it... there was a fvcking time when I couldn't even manage that.

So?

Turns out my brain had been switching on and off for a while. I don't remember starting this blog, for instance. I also don't remember sending some of the PM's I sent...


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Surgery

Posted by maure , 09 August 2010 - - - - - - · 231 views

In ten days, I have surgery. There is a chance in 4 that may end up a drooling idiot and another chance in 4 that I won't make it all. Considering my sitation, a 50% chance of getting through it is good enough for me.

Truth be said, I'm not at all concerned for myself. I made my peace with life long ago. But I have responsibilities, particularly my...


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Learning Another Language

Posted by maure , 08 August 2010 - - - - - - · 151 views

I rank learning another language among the "must do". If you are monolingual, this post is for you in particular.

Let's deal first with the myths. One, Shakespeare among non-natives while illiterate among your own. Two, children learn better and faster than adults.

The native supremacy idiocy rides on the academic wave created by...


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Circumstances

Posted by maure , 06 August 2010 - - - - - - · 83 views

It's been said that a man is his circumstances... the assertion relying on, "what else could he be?" Aside from whether or not circumstances alone dictate who we are, it is most definitely true that circumstances play a decisive role in our lifes. Simplifying, this is so for two reasons: First, circumstances can and do...


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Categorization

Posted by maure , 06 August 2010 - - - - - - · 84 views

It has been argued that the most basic cognitive function is categorization. The "proof-of-concept" involves the proposition that an organism must be able to categorize what's edible and what's not.

In my opinion, the "proof-of-concept" is faulty as it is possible for an organism without cognitive capacity to achieve such feat...


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Courage

Posted by maure , 05 August 2010 - - - - - - · 68 views

A dictionary definition of courage could read something like this: "A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear."

True. That is a _kind_ of courage. Unfortunately, many people think it is the only kind of courage there is. It isn't so by a long, long shot.

But first, let's type on this kind of...


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Nutrition

Posted by maure , 05 August 2010 - - - - - - · 68 views

It's a pain for the common folk to eat well if you follow developments in nutrion. First, there is the carbs/fats/proteins and the calories. Second, the actual foodstuffs are hard to identify from what-have-become abstracts like carbs/fats/proteins/calories. Last, there are the complex menus that are impossible to follow unless one has a cook on...


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How To Haggle

Posted by maure , 05 August 2010 - - - - - - · 70 views

Perhaps you were born and live in a country were haggling is not done. Perhaps you just don't know how. Who's to say.

Here are the essentials:

1. It's not about you. It's about the price of what you are haggling about.
2. You must be prepared to buy it.
3. You must be prepared to walk away.

Those 3 points are the laws of haggling...


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Opinions

Posted by maure , 05 August 2010 - - - - - - · 74 views

I'm facing an amount of work greater than usual. The next few months will be intense. The new computer arrived yesterday and I have now two top-end models running experiments 24/7. Fried an external HDD already, have eight more constantly crunching.

The point is, I need a place to think and relax in order to cope. So here is my first ever blog.

I will...





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