edible derangements


Bruegel’s “Triumph of Death”
November 3, 2009, 10:03 am
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I taught Nabokov’s “Signs and Symbols” yesterday. <3<3<3<3

Imagine a universe in which, when everyone else sees a picture of “an idyllic landscape with rocks on a hillside and an old cart wheel hanging from the branch of a leafless tree,” you see this:

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(i.e., I'm sort of restarting my blog!)


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I no longer believe you’re restarting your blog. It’s kind of like letting go of Santa Claus, y’know?

Comment by Joe

but, wait — holy — i guess santa claus DOES exist! !

Comment by Maggie

He truly is Saint Nicholas.

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