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To: null and void
Ah, okers.
If it's about the blood iron thing, clue me in since I neglected to ask the nurse about it.
And the results.
1,546 posted on 06/04/2003 1:48:50 PM PDT by Darksheare (Nox aeternus en pax.)
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To: andysandmikesmom
The owl cam is active now....

.....Westy.....

1,547 posted on 06/04/2003 1:56:39 PM PDT by westmex (Person of interest !!!!)
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To: Darksheare
Nope. It's about genius. From Thomas Disch - Camp Concentration:

"It is all a question, finally, of the nature of genius. ... the act of genius is simply the bringing together of two hitheroto distinct spheres of reference, or matrices - a talent for juxtapositions. ... it is a sort of breakdown- literally the mind disintegrates, and the old, distinct categories are for a little while fluid and capable of re-formation."

"But it's not just that," I objected, "the re-formation of the disrupted catagories, in which the act of genius consists. It's not the breakdown that counts, but the new juxtapositions that follow. Madmen can break down just as spectacularly as geniuses."

Dr. Busk smiled, enigmatic in he veil of cigarette smoke, "Perhaps that thin line that is said to separate genius from madness is only fortuitious. Perhaps the madman simply has the bad luck of being wrong."...

1,548 posted on 06/04/2003 2:16:37 PM PDT by null and void (Who Cries For The Krill?)
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