Time Robot would be a great name for a band. It would also be a horribly misleading title for a French film based on this premise. (Though it would be fun to hear Arnold Schwarzenegger try to say “ennui” and … Continue reading →
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mark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: La dolce vita
It wasn’t always so easy. There used to be an anger in him. An emptiness that nothing could fill … nothing material anyway. He fell through time and space, and into a kind of dream. And it seemed as though … Continue reading →
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: The Not-So-Awful Truth About Being Single
“If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.” Jean-Paul Sartre In yesterday’s Globe & Mail, Margaret Wente claims that people can get to a much greater depth of understanding and “perfection” of self through a married relationship than they can possibly do if they remain single. “…the road
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
We met Henri a few weeks ago. Here’s the first video in which he explores his angst:
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Cat ennui – clever and funny! Thanks to Emma for passing it on.
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: The Stranger (The Outsider)
I read this originally in French class, sometime during my high school career. (Where I was a music nerd, and a hard-core nerd, long before that was remotely cool.) Most of this famous existential work was read aloud in class, … Continue reading →
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Unbearable Pain of Being
For those who have never been quite certain of the true meaning of existential angst, may I recommend the following? And for your further discernment, Henri 2 Paw de Deux: Recommend this Post
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Sad Spaceman reads too much Camus
Alltop enjoys a good void.
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Why Dr. McCoy was not a whiny bitch
McCoy, Kirk and Spock are all about to die as their bodies are de-atomized over a period of several agonizing seconds. Everyone in the original Star Trek was quite condescending to Bones whenever he got fretful about using the transporter. … Continue reading →
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Torpor, Ennui, the End of the Universe
That kid just bummed me out. Alltop would love a new bike.
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