Tuesday, February the 13th, 2007

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Why Am I Obsessed By Nixon?

The great Carl Sagan, in The Demon-Haunted World : “Occasionally, a vegetable or a pattern of wood grain or the hide of a cow resembles a human face. There was a celebrated eggplant that closely resembled Richard M Nixon. What shall we deduce from this fact?” I won't continue with the quotation, but it may be worth posing the question: What can we deduce from the fact that I am obsessed with Nixon—to an extent I had never quite realised? Soon, inevitably, I shall have to drum up a recipe for eggplant and mashed potato.