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Wednesday, October 29, 2003
From our Correspondent in Adelaide
Am still dealing with the gnawing feeling of displacement i sometimes get when in Adelaide. Or perhaps i'm just hungry .. Am also dealing with biting winds, lack of warm jacket and the memory of last night's deadened twilight streetscape that greeted me on arrival. If post apocalyptic charm ever becomes a tourist drawcard, Adelaide will take off ..
Most pleasing to see some occassional contributors carrying the day while i put my brain in order. Damien, i would ask that you cease what i consider to be the most infuriating of writing habits. If we must quote in Latin, we must provide a translation in brackets. The days of the Latin scholar passed some time ago with the decline of the Chico Roll. Neil, hamster references are fine but please do not write about gerbils.
I am considering whether we are nihilists .. ok, that's done then. I never really thought of myself as a nihilist but then probably many nihilists don't. I imagine the nihilist thing sits nicely with some aspects of what we in Granville aspire to. But i don't want to think too much about it. I saw a quote the other day from Sophocles, the father of the modern yiros with garlic sauce. He said, " The happiest life is one without thought." Interesting. But Socrates, who was more of fetta guy, said, "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Where on this spectrum do we all lie? Is there a right answer? Am i running late for my conference ?
Most pleasing to see some occassional contributors carrying the day while i put my brain in order. Damien, i would ask that you cease what i consider to be the most infuriating of writing habits. If we must quote in Latin, we must provide a translation in brackets. The days of the Latin scholar passed some time ago with the decline of the Chico Roll. Neil, hamster references are fine but please do not write about gerbils.
I am considering whether we are nihilists .. ok, that's done then. I never really thought of myself as a nihilist but then probably many nihilists don't. I imagine the nihilist thing sits nicely with some aspects of what we in Granville aspire to. But i don't want to think too much about it. I saw a quote the other day from Sophocles, the father of the modern yiros with garlic sauce. He said, " The happiest life is one without thought." Interesting. But Socrates, who was more of fetta guy, said, "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Where on this spectrum do we all lie? Is there a right answer? Am i running late for my conference ?
