Authorless Authority: Dictionaries, Structuralism and Objectivity

Whether you look up an Oxford, Webster, or an online dictionary (take www.dictionary.com, for example), you will notice that the name of the person(s) who created the definition are not

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Postmodern Thailand (B)

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Postmodern Thailand (A)

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People of Thailand

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Take Care, Sweetheart

I guess this song sums up some of the ways I felt, towards the end of our relationship... I wish I could say I'm enjoying being single again... but it's

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Intertwined With Dragons

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Continent Hopping, And The Brow Mopping That Follows

Beauty and Boredom Beautiful Boredom Boring Beauty There are as many versions of these as there are people People are so numerous in range That all you ever need is

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Celebrating Robyn Carlsson

Although her music can be as moody as it is effervescent, Robyn's Twitter announcement that her new album will be released sometime next year has me filled with excitement. Here

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We Don't Need Your Stinky Fruit In Our 5-Star Hotel!

When I first saw the below sign from across the hotel lobby, I wondered if it were a cautionary tale for adventurous people who wanted to get off the beaten

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Turning Thai Culture On Its Head

Yesterday, while I was walking to the Mut Mee Guesthouse, I chanced upon a group of young Thai boys and girls dancing to American hip hop music by the Mekong

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It's all about the journey (including a poem by K. Kavafis)

Ithaca by K. Kavafis (Ithaca is a Greek island generally identified as the home of Odysseus, whose delayed return to the island is the subject of Homer's the Odyssey.) As

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Snippets From My Travel Diary

2pm last Friday Western music that I would normally dismiss as shallow or problematic has become something to savour here in Lopburi, as the exposure to English is minimal. I

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Postmodern Travel Quotes

"Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be bloody-minded. Argue

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Writing from the hospital...

Yesterday I spread out on comfortable green chair of my Hotel Radisson room and wrote pages and pages in my new notebook... as I turned off the light sometime round

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