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[UPDATE] Quirky Acuity 6th January '06
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 		[UPDATE] Quirky Acuity 6th January '06
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28 March 1736
Rain past two days. Have occupied my mind reading once more the Essays of Varkin: On Love, On Marriage, On the Existence of the Celestial Bodies, On the Ancient Myths, and so on. Certain passages very fine.

30 March 1736
Rain at last begins to pass. Accompanied by my lord and EM, made a visit to the village. Charming rural scenes of agriculture and village life such as one rarely sees any longer in the City. Small children playing at Pyramid in the street. Pausing to observe the game, I notice that the pieces are cube in form, rather than the triangular forms common in the City. Conversed on this topic with my lord, who noted that the old forms of worship still retain much of their force here, while in the City they have waned these hundred years past, at the least. Recalling the excellent Builder's Celebrations, I suppose this to be but natural. Many of these children's fathers and mothers have worked daily in the mine, or have observed the place themselves. This shape has retained with them the significance it had for our ancestors, who journeyed out to this spot to observe the phenomenon for themselves and saw in it the hand of magic, or of an immortal force. It is curious. I am no man of science, I have no gifts in physic or alchymical minglings, but the old modes of worship have ever seemed lacking to me. But my Master, though of a deep and perceiving intellect in scientific matters, still holds to the religion we learned as children. Even though she has seen the root of it, even though she has - of all people - the greatest understanding of the mystery, sees that it is no mystery. I have spoken with her on this matter. She is of the view that even the deepest knowledge can penetrate only the "how" and not the "why", that the "why" is a matter for religion, not science. But what would her religion make of what we are to do here?

31 March 1736
Dined on a dish I have never before encountered: a soft-fleshed river fish steeped in a sauce of ale and cream, served with little radishes and onions. On inquiring the provenance of the recipe, discovered that the cook is a native of Machiantes. I inquired of my lord whether he did not fear for his life, but he replied jestingly, that he keeps the man so busy that he could scarce have time to plot or plan.



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:28 pm
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poozle
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 		Not sure if this is at all relevent but:

http://wunderland.com/icehouse/Default.html

Loads of games played with plastic pyramids, not sure if its at all relevent but maybe a bit of inspiration? (This is the same company that makes fluxx which firebox sells).

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travelling performer?
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 		no no.

Pyramid is one of the games played in perplex city. Its at the academy games site if i can recall?

The information from this extract, and the point of "pyramid" is that the game was played with triangular pieces in the city, but here they play with cube forms.

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poozle
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 		Sorry, my mistake, I joined PPC a bit late and so missed out on some of the stuff like this. Its just I had been reading about the icehouse stuff about 5 mins before and so it instantly rang a bell.

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 		Dont be sorry.

My "no no" wasnt meant as a negative, its just something i say. Theres lots of things like this. Firebox sells lots of "cube" things, and im sure its intentional lol.

But yeah, pyramid is a game played.. although i cant remember how. But i think if you look on the academy site you can read about it in games. Or i maybe completely wrong and you maybe onto something.

But dont apologise for investigating things, thats what its about.

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 		Hmm... What was the phenomenon that people used to go to Viendenbourg to see? And what is it about the mine that is related to the cube?

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maevey wrote:
Hmm... What was the phenomenon that people used to go to Viendenbourg to see? And what is it about the mine that is related to the cube?


This brings to mind the lightning attracting device from Garth Nix's "Old Country Trilogy"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Nix#The_Old_Kingdom_series

Just a thought that crept across my mind.

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