Seconds of Arc

That we should not be slaves of passions
Of our peers, or of our own constructions
That we should not be shadows cast, or phantoms
Of the the tides of history, or flesh, or atomic mechanisms
That we should not discard with gay abandon
Out of empty pride, laziness or serfdom
All our dearest treasures, nor love them
Only for their accidents, their age or gloss or charm;
Stand with me before our noblest forebears,
Feel their heavy hands upon our shoulders
Glance out towards the distant, cloudy shore
And try to see a little more of what they saw.

Dave at 2010-03-06 09:54:22 uttered Given your talent for not losing at mugging, have ... Read me

Ben at 2010-03-05 05:59:55 uttered Hey Andrew,

We're up in Wellington ... Read me

arc at 2009-07-26 02:31:15 uttered :-]

I figured they might interfere ... Read me

madoo at 2009-07-25 06:02:34 uttered "Not too sure what this has to do with possum ... Read me

Luther at 2009-07-20 11:26:18 uttered Thai Smile (?) on Colombo between near the town ha ... Read me

Mark at 2009-07-20 10:30:45 uttered Anne's Thai, Hereford Street. ... Read me

madoo at 2009-05-25 12:05:35 uttered I have a wind-up nun. She spits sparks. ... Read me

JamesT at 2009-02-25 17:16:08 uttered The trio at Happy had Patrick Bleakley on bass, an ... Read me

2010-05-24 11:20:16 Laptop XO
in which arc finally gets a nice green laptop

When purchasing my first (and, up until now, only) laptop, many years ago (although it seems like only yesterday), i had visions of swanning about in cafés, writing stuff, surfing the ne...
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2010-05-16 08:05:01 Altercation

I suppose it's about time I told the story of my little altercation at the beginning of the year, now the case has been sorted (it was sorted a month or two ago, actually, I just haven't gotten ...
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2010-02-28 09:38:08 Past and future fortnights
a run down of recent happenings

The last fortnight went like this: Monday Expected to work late because of deadline. Turned out the deadline was lies, all lies. Tuesday Prof. Kim d...
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2010-02-27 10:40:46 The Last Two Months
an update of sorts

The last two months or so have been somewhat... dunno. Intense, maybe, I'm tempted to say, but that suggests I was doing something like working 60 hour weeks trying to get a company off the gr...
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2009-07-20 04:21:34 B for Birthday

I'm in Christchurch at the moment. It's my niece's birthday today, and I was invited down to her birthday party yesterday. A pretty busy weekend has yielded a little time to do something other than...
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2009-05-18 12:03:41 A Day in the Life
arc starts his attempt at catching up on journaling

I'm badly behind in this journal, aren't I? It's not like I haven't been up to anything, either. Quite the reverse -- that's one reason why I haven't been keeping up with my posts. I'll t...
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2009-05-12 10:27:14 A fistfull of dollars for an hour or two of fun in Eli's bedroom

I turned up in Glover park, with the instructions memorized. I kept an eye out for the woman I was supposed to be meeting. Even though I had never seen her before, she wasn't difficult to pick...
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2009-02-25 09:04:15 Jonathan Crayford and 'the revolution is live'

I've mentioned Jonathan Crayford a couple of times before. He's a fantastic jazz pianist, used to play a free jazz set down at Happy every wednesday with a trio that also consisted of two oth...
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