May 8, 2003

you might as well gas up the dinghy and go fishing with Fredo, because you are dead to me *

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Autumn in the U.P. is only 12 weeks away.

(*today's heading is a quote from comedian Dennis Miller)

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I keep remembering those words from Nineteen Eighty-Four, on the dynamics of history at the end of history, when O'Brien tells Winston: "Always there will be the intoxication of power... Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.  If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - for ever."

Margaret Drabble, from a telegraph.co.uk article.

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