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Wednesday, November 1, 2000
Texts
By Paul Ford
A media memory palace; a place to put oddments and scraps; a notebook of cuts and slices, protected under fair use.
1 Boulder PoemsBy Ford, Frank Bernard A small collection of poems about Boulder, CO. Monday, November 12, 2001 8 sections. |
2 Connecting LightBy Ford, Frank Bernard A collection of poems by Frank B. Ford Originally from 1990 63 sections. |
3 Who Cares?By Ford, Frank Bernard Stories mercifully short Originally from 1990 17 sections. |
4 Bartleby the ScrivenerBy Melville, Herman A Story of Wall Street. Illustrated with contemporary photographs by Paul Ford. Tuesday, January 25, 2000 |
5 Thomas Hardy, Roman Ruins, CasterbridgeBy ThomasHardy A section from The Mayor of Casterbridge that summarizes Hardy's historical vision - a mix of architectural, archeological, and human history, which humans ignore to their ignorant doom or observe to their eternal sadness. The beginning of Chapter 11, typed in from the Penguin Edition. Monday, November 27, 2000 |
6 Lapham, UtopiaBy Lapham, Lewis A virtuouso lambast of consumption culture from Lewis Lapham. Wednesday, November 22, 2000 |
7 Rub it and Love itCookery and love, love, love Thursday, November 2, 2000 |
8 Documents Indicate...Ford motor company has damaged my brand equity, so I'm suing. This is, for those who have a little trouble with the concept and have seen fit to send me death threats, a joke. Thursday, November 2, 2000 |
9 PAC EvilBy Hightower, Jim Jim Hightower encapsulates the horror of big money politics in a few paragraphs. Thursday, November 30, 2000 |
10 What's the difference between a liberal and a conservative?An extremely clear definition, from Booknotes, 1994 Monday, November 27, 2000 |
11 3 Kinds of PowerBy JohnKennethGalbraith From John Kenneth Galbraith's The Anatomy of Power, Houghton Mifflin, pp. 4-6. Monday, November 27, 2000 |
12 The Atomistic Machine View of the WorldBy RichardCLewontin R. C. Lewontin proposes a third approach to analysis. Sunday, January 28, 2001 |
13 The Book of Joshua, Chapter 10By YHWH The sun stands still in the sky. Monday, February 19, 2001 |
14 Jealousy and LiteratureBy PetervanSommers Pet Van Sommers explains his feelings about analyzing jealousy through the lens of literature; from his 1988 book Jealousy. Sunday, March 18, 2001 |
15 George Washington as seen by William Carlos WilliamsBy Carlos Williams, William From “George Washington” in In the American Grain, a collection of essays by William Carlos Williams, © 1933, (pp 142-144). Wednesday, June 20, 2001 |
16 ElegyBy JorgeLuisBorges This poem hung on my wall for years, until I began to look a little like it. Friday, June 22, 2001 |
17 From the Universal Self-Instructor of 1883It is rude to stare at ladies in the street. Friday, February 8, 2002 |
18 The Fiddler of DooneyBy W.B. Yeats Folk dance like a wave of the sea. Wednesday, February 20, 2002 |
19 Montaigne's Internet Business PlanMontaigne - actually his father - predicts HotJobs.com, 430 years before an IPO. Tuesday, September 10, 2002 |
20 Benjamin Franklin on Business EthicsWhen in doubt, sleep on the floor and drink water. Thursday, October 3, 2002 |
21 Benjamin Franklin on Moral PerfectionPractical advice on obtaining a perfectly moral bearing. From his autobiography. Friday, October 4, 2002 |
22 My Financial CareerBy Leacock, Stephen A classic from 1910. Thursday, January 23, 2003 |
23 Cooking of EggsThe table of contents from Many Ways for Cooking Eggs by Mrs. S. T. Rorer. Tuesday, February 4, 2003 |
24 Wm. Gibson on TerrorismAuthor William Gibson nearly blows up the world. Monday, February 24, 2003 |
25 Message to the Republican MobBy ROwens Rap by a Democratic Congressman from New York, originally published in the Congressional Record, 23 July, 2002. Tuesday, April 22, 2003 |