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Cannon Fodder. Louis Ferdinand Celine.
Cannon-Fodder is an unfinished novel by the French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline. The largely autobiographical narrative is set before World War II, and roughly continues where Céline's 1936 novel Death on Credit ended. Much of the novel disappeared in 1944. Surviving...
Chapter 32 Vital’s Humane Trap
I didn’t have any technology except my practical way of doing things. So I told them by pulling on the spring. If it is hard to pull it means that it would hit harder and that’s how I do it.
Things that you just don’t see much anymore…
Christopher Dresser letter rack 1881
Gitanjali 83
Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck with my tears of sorrow.
The stars have wrought their anklets of light to deck thy feet, but mine will hang upon thy breast.
Wealth and fame come from thee and it is for thee to give or to withhold them. But this my sorrow is absolutely mine own, and when I bring it to thee as my offering thou rewardest me with thy grace.
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Chapter 32 Vital’s Humane Trap
I didn’t have any technology except my practical way of doing things. So I told them by pulling on the spring. If it is hard to pull it means that it would hit harder and that’s how I do it.
RCAF Snowbirds Training Sessions April 2018
Iphone 8Plus Video footage hacked together with Imovie, filmed from Kye Bay April 2018. Early Spring training in Comox BC
The Unobtainables -Bugatti Type 51
Bonhams Press Release: Influenced by Miller, the Bugatti Type 51 Grand Prix car introduced twin-overhead camshafts to Bugatti's brand of thoroughbreds. The example offered is one of the best known and most distinctive of all Grand Prix Bugattis. Bugatti Type 51...
Futile fusion research
In this new era of multi-trillion-dollar federal expenditures on “infrastructure” and Covid relief programs, $650 million a year may seem like chump change. But it’s symptomatic of federal government attitudes that view our hard-earned tax money (and growing debt) as...
Harry Palmer -Photographer
A long-time supporter of the arts in Calgary, and our dear friend, Harry Palmer passed away this month. When we think we know a story, it is easy to assume that the story is complete, that there is nothing more to uncover. However, Harry Palmer’s extensive...
Cannon Fodder. Louis Ferdinand Celine.
Cannon-Fodder is an unfinished novel by the French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline. The largely autobiographical narrative is set before World War II, and roughly continues where Céline's 1936 novel Death on Credit ended. Much of the novel disappeared in 1944. Surviving...
Surrealist Games – The Exquisite Corpse
A piece of paper folded the number of times there are players, each player draws on their section, with a slight overlap on fold to give the next player a starting point, pass it on without the next player seeing your contribution, or any others. The surrealists...