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Reflections on Kant, etc.

Jyoti wrote, asking for help with her German translation homework from me and Corina; the course is basically a German-for-reading-knowledge course in which they translate parts of Kant’s 1st Critique (Critique of Pure Reason [1781]).

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Smooth and aromatic with a hint of light citrus

Back to Gn’R if only briefly, a continuation from yesterday. I started listening to Guns N’ Roses in the 8th grade by way of the radio and bus rides to track meets, but it was in Germany that I came … Continue reading

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I was raffle number 13; I didn’t win.

1. Got up early, before my alarm went off, which, on a weekday, rarely happens anymore. It was about 7am, and the alarm was set for 7:15. I just lay there in bed, not wanting to get up, but unable … Continue reading

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I should read Ten Monkeys, Ten Minutes

Sundays I “get together” with friends — since I am in Madison and most of them are in Boston, they get together, I tele-commute so to speak — and we spend about an hour doing “prompts.” There are three prompts … Continue reading

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Colder than a witch’s … oh, you know.

I. Cold as … well, just plain cold today. The daily low was further below 0 than the daily high was above; it gets worse in the coming days (tomorrow and Monday our “highs” are supposed to be below zero). … Continue reading

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