Non-Presence

by Kieran Healy on December 21, 2006

I’m sure you’re all tearing your hair out with frustration or worry, so I apologise for not posting much. For the past week I have been on a very tiny island on the south end of the “Rangiroa”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangiroa atoll, in French Polynesia. No internet access there. Also no electricity.

In other news, it turns out that if you write a book called “Last Best Gifts”:http://www.lastbestgifts.com then the website for it gets a _big_ surge in hits from Google searches in the weeks before Christmas, but not because people are suddenly interested in the topic.

{ 4 comments }

1

Chris 12.22.06 at 12:28 am

Apparently, the philosophy of biology textbook Sex and Death (Sterelny and Griffiths) is one of the most returned books on amazon.

2

bad Jim 12.22.06 at 4:47 am

“Merry Christmas, Mike. Here’s my left kidney,” I said, handing up the festively decorated cooler. My brother is notoriously difficult to shop for.

3

tina 12.22.06 at 6:54 am

Merry Christmas, Kieran!

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kid bitzer 12.22.06 at 10:59 am

for christ *sake*, kieran, why didn’t you call?
we’ve been worried sick about you!
i mean, is it so hard to just find a pay-phone and call to let us know that you’re still alive and haven’t been, i don’t know, murdered! or anything!

that was a thoughtless, inconsiderate thing to do. Your mother and I are very, very disappointed in you.
now go to your room.

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