Remembrance of Things Future


	Remembrance of Things Future

wildcat

1-18-2008 11:11 AM

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wildcat says:

In 1900 the future looked bright and well ventilated

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1-18-2008 1:09 PM

dulios

I'm still waiting for my jetpack.

1-19-2008 4:25 AM

syncopath

* "Every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future."
(Borges - Labyrinths)

* I've often said in the past that we don't have time to 'express' and 'represent.' (Tatsumi Hijikata)

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