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Amoeba’s Lorica: Of Feeling Good

… for the passions of men are commonly more potent than their reason. – Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651 Your Friendly Neighborhood Amoeba once lamented that he was in his seventh decade on this third rock from Sol. He is now … Continue reading

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Amoeba’s Lorica: Pyrrhus Was An Optimist

2 April 2020 – Amoeba’s Lorica: Meme-ories 28 (Paging Pyrrhus) 11 April 2021 “So we cheat and we lie and we test, or maybe we don’t. We get the COVID vaccine, or maybe we don’t, and we argue about whether … Continue reading

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Amoeba’s Lorica: Techyeslogy

The other day (early November 2021), while, as usual, he was supposed to be doing something else (mostly, earning the money for the rent), Your Friendly Neighborhood Amoeba was at an elementary school, explaining to third graders why Mozart didn’t … Continue reading

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