Museum tickets. Letters. T-shirts. Minute pictures. Shells. A Mickey Mouse cigarette lighter. Some dusty SMS, stored in the phone’s memory. Compiled CDs. Little things. A pipe. Memories. A yellow sticky note, stealthly attached to an agenda.
The TV of the future will be non-existent. This is the only condition of possibility for the future. Explanation We always imagine future people as being superior to us. (This means we have properly acquired the myth of the progress.) If future people are superior, they must necessarily be smarter than us. Constrained by the [...]
¶ 05.22.09 | Invention | 2 comments
In a press release issued last night, the National Institute of Scientific Research proudly announced the creation of the first atomic computer. “The discovery is the fruit of a six weeks research, carried by a complex team, consisting of engineers, physicists, amateurs, physicians, philosophers, electronics specialists, volunteers and ols wisemen.” said Mirinda Panta, the Institute’s [...]
I’m looking to buy a vintage child in excellent condition and with all facilities included (melancholy, unfashionable clothes, unfit boots, cute capri, repressed desires and long moments of silence). The child will serve as ornament for a very distinguished lady. Exchange accepting (I offer two modern looking children).
The hippo is a toothless animal, with huge fangs and a big gap; it loves smashed potatoes and mints. It has a thick skin and a fat backside. It likes rolling in the mud and, whenever possible, fighting with crocs. Hippo’s life is unspeakable. As its name suggests, it is a water horse, but field [...]
Once upon a time, there was Sinclair Lewis. And he was single. And lived in New York. Or didn’t he? Don’t know any more. Anyway, wherever he was living, he went to many parties. At those parties Sinclair Lewis was very popular, for he always knew how to invent a new anecdote.
¶ 05.12.09 | Invention | 3 comments