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One day without the second writing block is acceptable; two, pushing it (weekends are torture). Three? Mania/twitching sets in. Relief that I didn't hit the fourth day or, as I’ve come to call it, feral day; the countryside is safe, for now.

Montaigne’s tower

Office goals.

ÁGUA VIVA

I'm being antimelodic. I take pleasure in the difficult harmony of the harsh opposites. Where am I going? And the answer is: I'm going.

Clarice Listpector https://www.worldcat.org/title/agua-viva/oclc/861356635?referer=br&ht=edition

What beautiful music I can hear in the depths of me. It is made of geometric lines crossing in the air. It is chamber music. Chamber music has no melody. It is a way of expressing the silence. I am sending you chamber writing.

Clarice Listpector https://www.worldcat.org/title/agua-viva/oclc/861356635?referer=br&ht=edition

A shame that the word 'nerves' is related to painful vibrations, otherwise it would be a quartet of nerves. Dark strings that, when plucked, do not speak of 'other things,' they don't change the topic – they are, in and of themselves, they surrender just as they are, without lie or fantasy.

Clarice Lispector https://www.worldcat.org/title/agua-viva/oclc/861356635?referer=br&ht=edition

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THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS (Trailer 2)

YES (continued).

THE UNDERWATER WELDER

Eerie, moving, beautiful, heartbreaking, joyous - often within the same panel; a must-read.

Dear RSS Subs

In keeping with the move back to a weekly newsletter, I'll be doing a few shifts of things here, simplifying it for myself. So, with that in mind, 404s will abound on some older posts. In other words, trust me, Scott, I know what I'm doing - probably. Should have everything sorted by midweek.

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links/20211205

• Italian man tries to dodge Covid vaccine wearing fake arm (via The Guardian).

• 'Milestone' in Stem-Cell-Based Islet Replacement for Type 1 Diabetes (via Medscape).

• Possible new clue emerges in Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist (via Boston.com).

• The Verizon app might be collecting your browsing history and more (via The Verge).

• N. Korean middle school student sentenced to 14 years of forced labor for watching S. Korean film (via Daily NK).

• I've been obsessed with DEUS EX series since I played the first game 20 years ago. Had no idea these potential and abandoned sequels/prequels came so close to happening - and now I want to play all of them: Ion Storm's lost Deus Ex Sequels (via Eurogamer, from 2014).