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I have some books that I want to get rid of. I have this insatiable habit for book-buying and sometimes I just get carried away. I don't need these ones anymore, so I thought that you might want them. I'm selling them, but not for money. Used books have terrible resale value. Instead, you must offer to do a good deed (that you normally wouldn' ( Read more... )

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I'm going to Waterloo this weekend.
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Coming back to Montréal has been good for the soul.
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The Bell-Ringers

Samuel Roddan


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At a booksale of remaindered books, I picked up a copy of Sybil Kapoor's Taste: a new way to cook. This is a brilliant book that explores how different combinations of tastes excites our mouths.

We now know that there are five different receptors of taste: sour, salty, bitter, sweet, and umami. The last one may be unfamiliar because it's only ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I had an excellent time with vierge_en_trop. We sat down at Café l'Utopik, where we proceeded to drink hot beverages and talked at length about languages and books and life. We also observed some people breaking into a locked washroom door. It took them a very long time.

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