The Senses

The New York Times has recently posted two short videos rendering the senses in interesting ways. The most recent is the raw and simple footage of a deaf man describing his experience of the assumable Haitian earthquake, and the second, on ansomia, records, although slightly unsubtly, the testimonies of people who do not have a sense of smell. (And both bring up food.)

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L'américain in Paris

I've been in Paris for 24 hours and there's a shocking quota of Americans (and perhaps, but honestly not so sure, anglo peeps) that can't switch their thank yous for mercis. Come on everyone knows merci. Maybe it's particular to the Marais and les Halles but come on, even the daftest of Frenchies is able to switch his native semiotic reflexes for a thanks when in an English speaking country.

I'm not a puritan but I'm all about integration - so if you loved all that Hemmingway and Shakespeare and co. give more than the muted buildings a chance. merci.