roachboy

Varadero

He is sitting in a small corner cafe one wall of which is glass except for the door and the space over it in the middle of which there is an ornate gold frame in the middle of which there is a crucifix.

He reads:

A class will be called "normal" if, and only if, it does not contain itself as a member; otherwise, it will be called "non-normal." An example of a normal class is the class of mathematicians, for patently the class itself is not a mathematician and therefore is not a member of itself. An example of a non-normal class is the class of all thinkable things, for the class of all thinkable things is itself a thinkable thing and is therefore a member of itself. Let 'N' by definition stand for the class of all normal classes. We ask whether N itself is a normal class. If N is normal, it is a member of itself (for by definition N contains all normal classes); but in that case, N is non-normal, because by definition a class that contains itself as a member is non-normal. On the other hand, if N is non-normal, it is a member of itself (by definition of "non-normal"); but in that case, N is normal, because by definition

There's a saying in Sicilian she is saying. "An old chicken makes good soup. So stick with your chicken."

Then "you get bored always with the same chicken" from a lad wearing a hat who is apparently named Mario.

Now they are laughing and saying "Mario" over and over. There are six other people in the cafe. They have been talking the whole time, mostly about sports.


On the other hand, if N is non-normal, it is a member of itself (by definition of non-normal"); but in that case, N is normal, because by definition the members of N are normal classes. In short, N is normal if, and only if, N is non-normal. It follows that the statement "N is normal" is both true and false.

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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

-kamau brathwaite