Author Archives: Anton

so many misspellings, so little time

Posted on Tuesday, 2010 August 10 by Anton

My Wikipedia watchlist grew beyond my ability to keep up with it, so I cut it back from 3082 to 1502.

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neologism of the day

Posted on Tuesday, 2010 August 10 by Anton

I don’t care to log in at Kos for one comment, so I’ll put it here. Daily Kos writes: What natural means isn’t specified. But I’m sure there’s an Tex-aytollah somewhere ready to let us know. Allow me to suggest … Continue reading →

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linky-stinky-dinky

Posted on Sunday, 2010 August 08 by Anton

Some channels will show any old rubbish. Bon mot from Falkenblog: It seems all great advice can be boiled down to one essential truth: Always—or is it never?—do X.

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what’s in a label?

Posted on Saturday, 2010 July 24 by Anton

The whole political establishment has an interest in muddling the important difference between crony-capitalism and free markets. (I ought not to have taken so long to notice this.) The rhetorical tension is between those who say that an economy regulated … Continue reading →

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such a versatile template

Posted on Monday, 2010 July 12 by Anton

When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.

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catless

Posted on Saturday, 2010 July 10 by Anton

I think we tacitly imagined that Fluffie’s end would come while she slept contentedly on my lap. This week it became clear that that was not on the menu. If cats could reminisce verbally about good old times, what would … Continue reading →