Tragedy and Comedy on Campus

Trinity College Dublin looks great empty!

The stately buildings, the cobbled paths, the enclosed squares and the open playing fields all make Trinity the most unique Dublin university.

Add in the Book of Kells and the Long Room and Old Library and you have plenty of reasons for visiting.

Ah but once you visit, it [...]

The Fonts of All Knowledge

Here I am typing on a laptop and every character I select appears magically on my screen.

We’ve come a long way since 1455 when Johannes Gutenberg invented a metal movable type printing press.

We’ve certainly come a long way since the Phoenicians developed an alphabet, since the Sumerians developed cuneiform writing and since the Egyptians developed hieroglyphs.

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I Dwell in Possibility by Emily Dickinson

I came across this poem by Emily Dickinson in a book I’m currently re-reading called the The Art Of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander.

I liked it so much I thought I’d share it with you.

I dwell in Possibility—

A fairer House than Prose—

More numerous of Windows—

Superior—for Doors—

 

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