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Commonplace Book: July 2009

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Ruminations, in the absence of a rumen, become rather public affairs. I've been dining institutionally for the past four years, and for most of that time also living in institutional housing. Not to mean that I have been institutionalized (though sometimes I wonder if I should be); by 'institutional dining' I refer to food served up in cookhouses, staff canteens, and dining halls. Likewise with institutional housing: barracks and dorms. What defines institutional dining as an experience? Fill out this sl...

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Commonplace Book: December 2006

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Ruminations, in the absence of a rumen, become rather public affairs. William Pickering, the first Protector of Chinese in Singapore, made the following note in his description of a Chinese secret society initiation ritual in the 1870s:. For some years I have strongly discountenanced the use of the words 'Ang-mo' or 'Red-haired,' for 'English,' except in those unavoidable cases when a 'freshly caught' Sin Kheh would be totally unable to understand any other term. 3: 1-18, 1878. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Commonplace Book: The Benefits of a Low Birth Rate

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Ruminations, in the absence of a rumen, become rather public affairs. The Benefits of a Low Birth Rate. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 25-year-old put to pasture. View my complete profile. The Benefits of a Low Birth Rate. English names in China. Arts and Letters Daily.

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Commonplace Book: November 2009

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Ruminations, in the absence of a rumen, become rather public affairs. The W3C's MathML interest group notes on Arabic math notation. Brings a few thoughts to mind:. MathML looks like a pain to do by hand. Much easier to use texvc. To convert from LaTeX. Math users everywhere are all a bit obsessed with having their math look pretty, regardless of the language. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 25-year-old put to pasture. View my complete profile. Arts and Letters Daily.

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Commonplace Book: June 2009

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Ruminations, in the absence of a rumen, become rather public affairs. But that is not why I like motorcycles. I like them because they feel fast. Not that they are. Why have I disavowed the carefully curated avoidances of my childhood? Were all those accumulated hours spent picking out every little offending leaf or morsel spent in vain? There is still much to be eaten before we have to resort to the manipulations of chemical cookery to thrill and excite us. Kind who shall grace our maw.

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Commonplace Book: On Commonplace Books, Index Cards, and Scraps of Paper

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Ruminations, in the absence of a rumen, become rather public affairs. On Commonplace Books, Index Cards, and Scraps of Paper. The historian Keith Thomas writes about his experience gathering reading notes. There are two kinds of reading: casual and attentive. It is increasingly clear to me that serious, attentive reading requires note-taking, unless one has superhuman memory (Thomas cites the example of Macaulay). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 25-year-old put to pasture. View my complete profile.

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How to grow Aquatic Moss. How to Create a Moss Wall. Java Moss - The Most Common Aquatic Moss. The Scientific Name of Java Moss. List of Aquatic Moss. East Asian Moss Database. Hong Kong Flora and Vegetation. Message Boards, Lists and Forums. The Aquatic Plant Digest email list. Selling the best aquatic plants. Java Moss and other aquarium mosses. Last update: June 2013.

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Commonplace Book: January 2008

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Ruminations, in the absence of a rumen, become rather public affairs. Elizabeth Bennet thinking about her sister Lydia, who had eloped with Wickham:. How Wickham and Lydia were to be supported in tolerable independence, she could not imagine. But how little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue, she could easily conjecture. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 25-year-old put to pasture. View my complete profile.

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Commonplace Book: April 2007

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Ruminations, in the absence of a rumen, become rather public affairs. The Pirates of Singapore. Lately the news that Chow Yun Fatt will be playing the leader of the Singapore Pirates in the upcoming final instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean. Is supposedly a sly swipe at Iranians by Hollywood-the-media-arm-of-the-decadent-West? The local paper Life! In the 14th century, the Chinese Yuan dynasty traveller Wang Dayuan wrote the Daoyi Zhilue. Or Temasek. He noted that. When junks sail to the Western O...

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Commonplace Book: April 2010

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Ruminations, in the absence of a rumen, become rather public affairs. With lyrics and music to old tango standards. Oh joy. I always thought that many buildings looked like cellphones stood on end. This evening I listened to a Spanish Catholic mass written in the Renaissance, sung in a Protestant Church by secular people. It still feels weird even though I've been to many such concerts; perhaps it's my irrational belief in the meaning and significance of words. What's in a Name? The most incongruous poin...