Author Archives: Anton

with a twist

Posted on Wednesday, 2011 November 30 by Anton

The local Humane Society gets a surprising number of cats with kinked tails, and I don’t mean the classic Siamese bend at the last bone; I’ve seen about six with two or more right angles.

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Panda Bramble and Rockstar Hermit Rocky

Posted on Saturday, 2011 November 26 by Anton

For “Black Friday” the local Humane Society has a special on black cats; so I took two, born in June. They quickly made themselves at home. A few pix. Faré tells me that the French for ‘play tag’ is jouer … Continue reading →

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losses in translation

Posted on Sunday, 2011 November 13 by Anton

Whenever I watch a recent French movie, I miss just enough wordplay to wish it had French subtitles.

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Sukyandaru

Posted on Thursday, 2011 October 06 by Anton

Kurosawa’s Scandal has his two favorite actors, Mifune and Shimura. When the latter appeared, I thought “ah, it’s Shimura — or is it?” His speech and mannerisms were curiously unlike those of his other characters.

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qotd

Posted on Wednesday, 2011 August 24 by Anton

Charles Johnson: For the individualist, half of human decency in political thinking is just learning to keep your personal pronouns straight. Found by some indirect chain of links from Roderick Long’s blog.

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qotd

Posted on Friday, 2011 August 19 by Anton

Penn Jillette: I don’t know, so I’m an atheist libertarian Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It’s just ganging up against the weird kid, and I’m always the weird kid.

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Combien de temps est-ce que je la poitrine devrais-je nourrir mon enfant ?

Posted on Monday, 2011 August 01 by Anton

On the first of the month, I look at my HTTP referral log to see if I have any new incoming links. Among this month’s spam is a breastfeeding blog in French, which appears on closer inspection to have been … Continue reading →

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