source: Borges, J. L. (1960). “Diálogo sobre un diálogo.” El hacedor. Buenos Aires: Emecé. English: “A Dialogue About a Dialogue,” trans. Andrew Hurley, in Collected Fictions. New York: Viking, 1998.
existence
- Quite frankly, I don't remember (12 June 2026) (1960). A discussion of immortality at a noisy bar.*
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- My best friend Tetsuo's light (8 September 2026) (1988). Entrusting his universe to Kaneda.
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source: Otomo, Katsuhiro, dir. (1988). Akira (アキラ). Tokyo Movie Shinsha / Toho. Released 16 July 1988.via: re-watching the 4K remaster at the Hollywood Theatre on my birthday this year, with my partner. I first watched it as a teen.
- On the day when he drank the poison (8 September 2026) (360 B.C.E.). Deliciously succinct exposition
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source: Plato. (c. 360 B.C.E.). Phaedo. Trans. Benjamin Jowett. Internet Classics Archive.via: seeing Phaedo in someone’s hand at PDX Coffee Club in Hillsdale, and remembering how much I loved the opening line.