Free For Sure by France Daigle Page B

result to that obtained from the presumed satanic number 666:
1 + 7 + 2 + 8 =
1 + 7 + 2 + 8 =
(1 + 7) + 2 + 8 =
1+ 7 + (2 + 8) =
[(8) + 2] + 8 =
1 + 7 + (10) =
10 + 8 =
1 + 7 + (1 + 0) =
(1 + 0) + 8 =
1 + [7+ (1)] =
1 + 8 = 9
1 + 8 = 9
    156.97.2
    Numerals and Numbers
    By the beginning of the ’60s, the enormous success of the softcover cheaper format led French economists to add the paperback to their list of consumer products included in the calculation of the price index. At the same time a typically French polemic erupted around the paperback as “democratic and egalitarian illusion.” None other than Jean-Paul Sartre himself signed a text in Temps modernes responding to the article in Mercure de France that had sparked the debate. Notwithstanding these arguments, nothing seemed to slow the promised rise of the paperback, not to mention the benefits to reading, authors, and texts.
    157.19.4
    Interesting Details
    â€œYou, yer a writer! Are you seein’ colours, den?”
    This had been going on for a while now. It turned out that all the residents of the lofts who were in the Babar at that moment saw the a as yellow and the i as red. All, that is, 9 of the 27 residents. At 4:30 p.m. in the afternoon, on a Thursday.
    158.6.6
    The Babar
    A scattered novel, then. Serenity being, after all, something that must be earned.
    159.12.3
    Structure
    Ã‰lizabeth is strolling in the streets of Moncton: Highfield, Winter, Portledge, North, not necessarily in that order, because all this happened some time ago. The trees along those streets are more damaged than they were back then, but they still manage to form an impressive canopy. Élizabeth is on her way to or from the hospital. She lives at the end of one of these streets. Still lives there today. Just a little bit in retreat. Élizabeth is always in retreat. Her life, her work, her thoughts. In retreat, and yet, not.
    160.54.4
    Forgotten/Recalled
    Additional results of the small impromptu survey on the perception of colours in vowels: all but 6 of the participants used loose leaf three-holed paper; 63 of these sheets were lined and bore the Hilroy insignia in the lower right-hand corner; three respondents tore loose leaf sheets from their three-ringed binders, thus tearing the holes. As for the others, 3 tore a sheet from spiral notebooks, and 1 participant used a sheet of paper that was not white, pink as a matter of fact. Also, 50 respondents used blue ink ballpoint or felt pens; 31 used pencils; 10 used black ink ballpoint or felt pens; 4 combined blue ink and grey pencil; 3 used purple ink; 2 used red ink; 1 used green, and the last made his or her mark by combining red and black ink.
    161.3.8
    Statistics
    Terry and Zed had made an appointment with a Halifax architectural firm to discuss their project and to explore the possibilities. On their way they dropped a few coins in a beggar’s cap. In return the man smiled his thanks, revealing no less than a half dozen golden fillings.
    â€œWell, ’tis nice to ’ave a bit of sometin’ put away, like dey say.”
    162.63.12
    Terry and Zed
    Boredom conceals anger and anxiety. Superstition is the anticipation of difficulties due to the projection of hostile desires. Happiness does not exist except as the realization of a childhood desire. Religion is the childhood feeling of impotence carried into adulthood and projected into culture. Paranoia is evidence of homosexuality. Groups, crowds, gangs, and families are held together by diffuse libidinal ties; disintegration and panic ensue when the erotic relation is extinguished. All dependencies are a substitute for the primary habit, masturbation. The arts are a cultural narcotic without the disadvantages that other drugs produce over time. Adult scientific curiosity is the extension of the child’s search for the truth about sexual differences and the mysteries of conception and birth. Aesthetic creations, making love, war, laws, and