Author Archives: Anton

pseudohistorical linguistics

Posted on Monday, 2015 November 09 by Anton

I can’t remember how much I knew of Elvish languages before The Silmarillion, with a glossary, appeared in 1978. Can you tell from the text of The Lord of the Rings (not counting the Appendices) that Quenya and Sindarin are … Continue reading →

Posted in fandom, language, prose | 3 Comments

a new twist

Posted on Saturday, 2015 October 03 by Anton

Each month I check my HTTP referral logs, and find that nearly all of the “referring” pages that I haven’t seen before are spam. Usually there are also a few sites showing one of my images as examples of some … Continue reading →

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sic transiverunt webcomics

Posted on Monday, 2015 September 28 by Anton

About a dozen years ago I made a page of links to my favorite webcomics. Looking at that list now, I find that twelve that are still going (though a few are very sporadic), ten have stopped but remain accessible … Continue reading →

Posted in cartoons | 2 Comments

ringy-dingy

Posted on Monday, 2015 August 17 by Anton

My new telephone has dozens of ringtones and I hate them all: Newagey lo-fi orchestral crap, mostly laden with snare drums for some reason. My last phone played the sound of an old-fashioned mechanical bell; the one before that, a … Continue reading →

Posted in music+verse, technology | 1 Comment

a slave to pussy

Posted on Thursday, 2015 June 25 by Anton

I was in the kitchen. Rocky came in, crying. I scritched him. He ran to the comfy chair, stood beside it, looked at me, called once again. I went and sat in the comfy chair, and Rocky jumped up to … Continue reading →

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logarithmic birthday

Posted on Sunday, 2015 June 07 by Anton

I’m exp(4) years old!

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were-worms?!

Posted on Friday, 2015 May 29 by Anton

Watched The Battle of the Five Armies. How many ways would the author be appalled? Puppy-love between a canonical Dwarf and a non-canonical Elf. Their pheromones cannot be compatible. There’s a Laketowner named Percy, a family name from France. (The … Continue reading →

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