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Strange products

Posted July 14, 2007 by Jacques Rousseau

not a real post, I know, but I thought I had a duty to tell you about: heated high-tech butt-rinsing toilet seats, Humping dog USB drives, and Vibrating soap

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Slacking, work, World Cup…

Posted June 7, 2006 by Jacques Rousseau

Apologies for the paucity of posts – until that Golden Day when slackers are given the respect they deserve, life and work sometimes intrude on one’s Resistentialism. And furthermore, one could quite safely gamble on this relative silence continuing until July 9 or so, when the World Cup ends (although there is another – quite [...]

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Darling Nikki

Posted May 8, 2006 by Jacques Rousseau

One member of the Resistential community cannot understand why the rest of us are so attached to our (or each others’) cats. Perhaps we do fall into the quite typical trap of anthropomorphism when interacting with our cats, but despite that, they remain wonderful companions. And they are undoubtedly resistential – they may in fact [...]

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Examples: emails from students

Posted March 15, 2006 by Jacques Rousseau

For those who want some context with regard to this post: Exhibit A “I WAS UNABLE TO ACCESS ANY OF MY E-MAILS. BUT MY MARK RECORDS ARE INCORRECT BECAUSE I HAV HANDED IN MY BIG ESSAY 2.THE TUTOR(xxxxx xxxxx) SAID THAT SHE HAS HANDED ALL RESULTS IN BUT THEY DO NOT REFLECT ON THE BOARD. [...]

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