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laff tracks : avoiding the food for worms fate

The essence of comedy is the triumph of “la forza di natura,” or nature over intellect, laughing matter over mind, what is livelier in the flesh over what is nobler in the mind. Who needs intangibles. And the happiest tale … Continue reading

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omar the tent faker

How to escape the classic and enduring, reinforced Orientalist trappings, the colonialist “other” that keeps resurfacing in reinforced, ingenious and more invigorated fashion. Is this part of the running of the gauntlet, the typical immigrant cycle as invoked by Canadian … Continue reading

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124…surely you must be joking mr. feynman

One of the most divisive issues in Western society today are IQ tests. Hundreds of IQ societies exist which appear to be nothing more than serve a palliative function, enhance intellectual masturbation and serve as dating sites.Call it the IQ … Continue reading

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semi-detached from the lost generation

“Among democratic nations each generation is a new people.” —Alexis de Tocqueville. They were the children of the lost generation.The “Lost Generation” moniker was invented by Gertrude Stein and popularized by Ernest Hemingway; it became popular during the age wars … Continue reading

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