Thanks for the greetings HawthorneWingo, I hadn't realized that I've been in full lurk mode since joining!
Hank Mabuse, you're perhaps the second person to nail the origin of my username. Of R.A.W.'s books I've only read the The Illuminatus Trilogy, which is where I came across the detective Fission Chips.
"The famous delicacy must be prepared right or it will kill, with a toxin 1000 times more poisonous than cyanide. Chefs spend 7 years in training to be licensed to do this." From the video it looks like you only get a couple pieces of sashimi from an entire fish. I wonder what they do with the remainder.
posted by fissionchips 16 years ago
In "Recently published: "Supercapitalism""
I'm a fan of his blog. On Point did a good interview with him on Supercapitalism.
posted by fissionchips 17 years ago
In "The century of the self."
Thanks for the greetings HawthorneWingo, I hadn't realized that I've been in full lurk mode since joining! Hank Mabuse, you're perhaps the second person to nail the origin of my username. Of R.A.W.'s books I've only read the The Illuminatus Trilogy, which is where I came across the detective Fission Chips.
posted by fissionchips 17 years ago
Fantastic series, I highly recommend it (along with all of Adam Curtis' other work.)
posted by fissionchips 17 years ago
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