Book of the Week: Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum

I knew---but anyone could have sensed it in the magic of that serene breathing---that the period was governed by the square root of the length of the wire and by pi, that number which, however irrational to sublunar minds, through a higher rationality binds the circumference and diameter of all possible circles. The time it took the sphere to swing from end to end was determined by an arcane conspiracy between the most timeless of measures: the singularity of the point of suspension, the duality of the plane's dimensions, the triadic beginning of pi, the secret quadratic nature of the root, and the unnumbered perfection of the circle itself.

I::: A Morning with Eco's Foucault's Pendulum

Started my morning with a mug of coffee and a few of Eco's words.

Good morning everyone.

Conversation: of Nyor Tem and of Cindy

Cindy Velasquez: jo, gikan ko sa naga, gibisita nako si sir tem uban si dr. hope. ug akong gibalita nga nakadaog ka sa bisaya. pero masakiton na kaayo siya ron.
jonabranzuela: ha?
jonabranzuela: no?
jonabranzuela: di na siya tarong ka-istorya?
Cindy Velasquez: nihisgot gani to nga malimtanon na sya.
Cindy Velasquez: di na daw kaayo siya kaila sa mga tawo
Cindy Velasquez: ug naa siyay diabetes
jonabranzuela: pero pwede pa man kaha ka-istorya, cind?
Cindy Velasquez: maglisod gamay ug giubo. ug ang iyang tiil, di na kaayo siya ka tarong og tindog
jonabranzuela: didto ra mo sa iyang bay nagtabi?
Cindy Velasquez: pwede pa kaayo, apan morag gikapoy na tong iyang nawong. basta jo, lahi na gyod.
jonabranzuela: hay
jonabranzuela: old age
jonabranzuela: mobisita unya ko niya puhon
Cindy Velasquez: bisita ta gyod, nangita to nimo ug kang kevin.
Cindy Velasquez: sige, and please motivate him to continue writing
Cindy Velasquez: kay basta...
jonabranzuela: ning-undang na siyag suwat?
Cindy Velasquez: morag gikapoy to siya
Cindy Velasquez: dili nako ma-describe jo, apan mora gani siya naghuwat sa iyang sunod nga ataki. gusto niya magpa-espesyalista apan morag naay problema sa pamilya.
jonabranzuela: pero health-conscious man to si nyor tem,
jonabranzuela: mada ra to niya
jonabranzuela: pero grayrock raman kaha siya
jonabranzuela: bisag sa ila ka ate daphne siya nagpuyo ron
Cindy Velasquez: wala ko kaila jo, hopefully, makabisita ta og balik uban si kevin. kitang tulo ha...moadto gyod ko.
jonabranzuela: sige,
jonabranzuela: plano nako kuyog ang mga bag-ong tubo sa CNU
jonabranzuela: naay duha sa CNU ug si Genica sad
jonabranzuela: so mga 6 or 7 ta adto
Cindy Velasquez: sige, mas maayo
Cindy Velasquez: okay ra gyod nako jo.
jonabranzuela: mo-contact nya ko para sa atong mga sched
jonabranzuela: sige, cind
jonabranzuela: ayu-ayo diha
Cindy Velasquez: ikaw pod.

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Kaya ra na nimo, Nyor, ikaw pa.