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The Da Vinci Code (review)

Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code (2003; repr. London: Corgi, 2005), 593pp. 3/5 This pacey but overexcitable thriller lets itself down by claiming to be more than fiction. By now The Da Vinci Code has well and truly been cracked. … Continue reading

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Loose change

Looking around modern Japan, I don’t know why, but invisible rules have grown up everywhere. Lifestyle, human relations, clothing, deportment—each of these is enclosed in a framework. Just as the audience at a wedding stands up, sits down, and points … Continue reading

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Clubbing

Last night I went “clubbing” for the first time in my life. Sure, I’d been to bars that play loud music before, and places with a dancefloor, and places where you can’t hear your friends when you try to talk … Continue reading

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Get back to where you once belonged

Japan was a bust. The slap-the-country-in-the-face-post can wait until I return to Melbourne in 27 days. I’m looking forward to clean air, trees, beautiful buildings, great food, jobs that don’t take 14 hours out of every day, and women who … Continue reading

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New Hampshire Numberplate – Live free or die!

While using Wikipedia to research Montréal and the surrounding area, I came across this image of a New Hampshire numberplate. I wouldn’t die for freedom, myself; under dire oppression, I’d rather bide my time looking for a way to put … Continue reading

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The importance of using a creative commons license

Last night I changed my blog header image. Since I’m thinking of moving to Vancouver, I wanted an image of the skyline. I was planning on using Doug Morgan’s wonderful Twilight Over False Creek, which I’d recently seen on the … Continue reading

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Conservatism: a prelude to an introduction

For those inclined to use the word conservative without thinking carefully, my last post expresses a classically conservative sentiment. I’ve just said Japan should keep things the way they are, because the status quo is better than the alternative, according … Continue reading

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Nathan Barley

A little while ago Mel posted a link to an article, along with some of her own musings (scroll down and look for February 16) expressing distaste for the emotionally arid cleverness of McSweeney’s. Both this post and Christian’s (again, … Continue reading

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A Study in Scarlet (review)

Arthur Conan Doyle. A Study in Scarlet. 1887. Project Gutenberg. Audiobook. There’s a pattern in my media consumption habits: get very close to the end of something, then put it aside for months, only to finish it off when I’ve … Continue reading

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