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Author Archives: Anton
still burning?
Four years ago I posted a link to satellite images of the forest fires then burning in California. In the past month that post has attracted well over a thousand searches!
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they keep on talking funny
The latest thing to puzzle me in med-speak is “benign yet appropriate”. When would it be inappropriate to appear healthy? There apparently exists a surgical tool called a synovial elevator. Makes me think of a bioengineered building, with beams of … Continue reading
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cross-pollination
After watching a murder mystery involving a medium, I dreamt that Maurice Minnifield wanted to hire a medium for one of his promotional schemes. At least it wasn’t vampires this time.
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pent-up demand
It occurs to me that, assuming Cuban Communism does not long outlive Fidel, a lot of gringos are going to buy nostalgic cars there.
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distinguishing traits
Watching Jericho, I wondered why Skeet Ulrich looks vaguely familiar; nothing in his previous credits rings a bell. Eventually I decided that his mouth sometimes looks like Johnny Depp‘s. That’s what I notice most about faces; how about you?
Posted in cinema, me!me!me!
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sacrifice
Assuming that the next President is unlikely to be a Republican, it occurs to me that the Republican establishment could give Ron Paul the nomination in order to let him, and by extension the noninterventionist cause, take the blame for … Continue reading
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tunnel vision
Sunday my monitor gave an emphatic death-rattle; at this point repair makes less sense than buying a new flat one – when I have the dosh available. Meanwhile I’m using the spare, which has about 4/7 as many pixels (1024×768 … Continue reading
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