Yes, but they are also objects of memory: they tether a memory to a place and time. You throw them away, you lose part of your brain. (View Post)

Last week, after some consideration, I took two books to the charity shop (Band of Brothers, and a book by Robert Harris). Now I find out that Marie LeConte eliminated 36 in the same fashion, leaving… (View Post)

I hope not. We aren't responsible for the past (defined as before our parents' births). Things were different then. (View Post)

@Cyclefree responded to my query and the cancer has not spread to her pancreas. It's not 100% and checks are continuing, but at the moment the belief is is that her pancreas is cancer-free. (View Post)

Hmm. I think that's a problem with globalism. Everybody lives online in their head and thinks the nation-state doesn't matter. But when push comes to shove, the virtual world is a fiction and the nat… (View Post)