Author Archives: aiche

For You

By aiche | Published: August 27, 2010
There are some who will recognize that they’re after power, and who will admit it readily. Some may know they’re power-hungry, but may have any number of disguises for it. Others aren’t quite in touch with their own desire, and will insist on things like their love of pacifism or [...]
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Subject, Conversation, and Shape: An Analysis of Idiotarianism

By aiche | Published: August 1, 2010
Humanity 101, Masterclass, June 31st, 2010 Conversation is a sort of art, as well as a functional mechanism, with which people communicate ideas to each other and with which they also perform analyses: of the specific subjects at hand, and of the other person or people with whom they are conversing. In a recent conversation, my [...]
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I Know Something You Don’t Know

By aiche | Published: July 27, 2010
In any culture, through any language, I don’t think a single child has managed to escape the sentiment in a sing-song sort of voice, pronounced with a universal glee by little peers so pleased with the artifice of wisdom that either their cheeks hurt from smiling, or their toes hurt from curling, or both. It’s [...]
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The Egg-Woman and the Fish

By aiche | Published: July 22, 2010
The market by the river looked almost like a giant ship; bread and meats at one tip, flowers at the other, and in between an oblong mass of tables with their stacks of fruits and vegetables. Early summer meant a surplus of cherries, though not the sour kind, and strawberries, though the rains had battered [...]
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Cum s-ar coji un ou.

By aiche | Published: May 26, 2010
Cum s-ar coji un ou: In primul rand, alege un ou cu un aspect fericit; ouale fericite sunt mai usor de cojit. Pui oul puicutei la oala sub apa fierbinte si plina de bule. Acoperi. Faci diagrame complexe de matematica, cartografie, si cartofi care explica cum s-ar coji un ou. Lucrul va fi gata inaintea ta: bucura-te [...]
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Crafts.

By aiche | Published: February 12, 2010
Isn’t it a little maddening how one seemingly innocent word can pull double agent duty and turn its back on you just when you think you’ve understood the real meaning? It’s a dirty little trick –one that can be fun if you’re a politician or are fond of sitting around making up puns with which [...]
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A Suspicious Surplus of Kitchen Appliances

By aiche | Published: February 7, 2010
Somehow, in a potentially very sick twist of fate, the kitchen ended up becoming the arena for far more gadgets, strange yet addictively convenient devices, and noisemaking thingamajigs than the bedroom, though arguably some of the items in the standard utensils drawer could easily be transplanted with the right entrepreneurial spirit. Why this seemingly bizarre [...]
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In Praise of Criticism

By aiche | Published: January 31, 2010
Criticism, as most of the intellectual or business minded world (as well as those positioned comfortably at the rare intersections of the two) will have you know, is an essential, remarkable, and beautiful thing; something without which we might be hard-pressed to progress, and which can serve as a powerful current against the stream of [...]
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The Preceeding…

By aiche | Published: January 29, 2010
…has been a production of Something Completely Different: my RSL (Romanian as a Second Language) attempt at “Proza Arhiscurta,” which confines one to a cozy 500-character box, packing peanuts not included. Translations available to commenters who leave me a pic of something cute with something cuter on its head.
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Mesteacanul si Ienupar

By aiche | Published: January 29, 2010
Doi copaci stara in padurea: unul din alb si patat cu argint. Il numira mesteacanul. Si altul, cu multi noduri intinspeste trunchiului, ca ceva ciopartit de mana dumnezeului, avuse smocuri de par mirositor. Il chema ienupar. Cu soare, cei doi copaci ciondanira despre tot: flori, boabe, pasari, si Kant. Dar cu luna, copacii iubira [...]
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