Author Archives: Anton

longchanged

Posted on Wednesday, 2005 May 25 by Anton

Yesterday I received in change an Irish €.02, whose resemblance (in size and color) to US $.01 is striking.

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Three Ealing comedies recently became available that I had long wanted to see. Evidently I’m not alone: I waited several weeks for these on Netflix. Alas that the sound on these discs is not as clear as one might hope. … Continue reading →

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it ain’t you either, babe

Posted on Monday, 2005 May 16 by Anton

Every few days I check my HTTP log to see who has linked to me. (It is entertaining sometimes too to see what search keywords led here.) The pleasure of that little chore has long been tainted by spammers; I … Continue reading →

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it ain’t me, babe!

Posted on Monday, 2005 May 16 by Anton

Some clown is using my address to spam everyone@amherst.edu with what appears to be an account of the bombing of Dresden. Why??

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this and that

Posted on Friday, 2005 May 13 by Anton

I’m sneezing up a storm today, and the good old allergy pill hasn’t helped. I do hope it’s not the same virus that afflicted my housemate for two weeks last month. Who is the center of the movie universe? Kevin … Continue reading →

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items from elsewhere

Posted on Monday, 2005 May 09 by Anton

Ron Paul’s remarks on the war, to the House useful spam-handling plugin for WordPress 1.5 a gag about clashing jargons Sheldon Richman on the “Minuteman Project”: . . . this “citizens’ neighborhood watch along our border” looks for foreigners who, … Continue reading →

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il n’y a pas d’heure pour les braves!

Posted on Monday, 2005 May 09 by Anton

First day on a new assignment. I set my cheap Chinese alarm clock for 7:00 a.m. Awakened by daylight, I see that the clock says 8:08, and briefly panic; then turn on my telephone, which says 6:29. Evidently the clock … Continue reading →

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