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Here, here, Don. A happy thought to Adams: I laugh out loud just thinking
of Eddie, the ship's computer, and the unfortunate whale and bowl of
petunias. The mattresses on Squarnellceous (something like that!) II and
Hotblack Destato being dead for a year to avoid taxes. I will miss his
energy! Cheers - Jennifer
At 07:57 AM 5/13/01, you wrote:
>Another thought. Douglas Adams (of Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy) has
>died. Now THERE was a community - those of us who were devoted to the
>adventures of Ford Prefect. I think H2G2 also links nicely to the thought of
>your colleague.
>
>djc
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Cole [mailto:mcole@weber.ucsd.edu]
>Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 2:11 PM
>To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
>Subject: a thought for the day
>
>
>
>I just arrived home from an unusual meeting at UCSD where our local outreach
>people and community people came together under the slogan of "communities
>of learning." Absolutely fascinating. CHAT lives outside the confines of
>xmca and lchc, or hesinki, or....... and it live among people who thought
>that
>marx was the brother of a film comic.
>
>When I arrived home, I received a message from a lurker on xmca who lives
>half way around the world. S/he sent the this "thought for day" which comes
>form central Europe (following bakhtinian/vygotstian principles):
>
>Those who have not future have not reason
>for fear, said Kundera. Those who remain unaware of possibilities have no
>reasons for the postponement of bliss. You can call this "the thought of the
>day".
________________________________
Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur, PhD.
Visiting Scholar
The University of Queensland
Graduate School of Education
St Lucia QLD 4072
Australia
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