An ancillary yet durable fear – my personality’s gallbladder, let’s call it – is that I will somehow forget the whole of the English language. To fixate on a single, temporarily-forgotten … more →
Chronofile.netNathaniel wrote 2 years ago: An ancillary yet durable fear – my personality’s gallbladder, let’s call it – is that I … more →
Nathaniel wrote 2 years ago: So far as I can tell, the thought actually did pass through my mind once some time ago of how I migh … more →
Nathaniel wrote 2 years ago: Mr. D——-, As director of the library at the University of ——, I do not doub … more →
Nathaniel wrote 2 years ago: Though she and I have never been close, there are plenty of reasons – at least superficially – to be … more →
Nathaniel wrote 2 years ago: To become is never to imitate, nor to ‘do like,’ nor to conform to a model, whether it … more →
Nathaniel wrote 2 years ago: Edit (7/17/08): Since this is by far the most popular thing on this site, it figures that maybe some … more →
Nathaniel wrote 2 years ago: “Eight hours work, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest” was one of the guiding maxi … more →
Nathaniel wrote 2 years ago: Aristotle, Poetics + Saint Augustine, City of God + Zygmunt Bauman, Liquid Love + Zygmun … more →
Nathaniel wrote 2 years ago: I have been bad: desultory, insouciant, and bad. I have not only left things undone things which sho … more →