Author Archives: Anton

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Posted on Saturday, 2007 August 25 by Anton

Played poker last night – for the second time in my life, if I haven’t miscounted – with some Stanfordites; I think I was the only one there over thirty. Won $2.50.

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what’s it called again?

Posted on Tuesday, 2007 August 21 by Anton

I’m watching Dexter. In a flashback, teen Dexter says, “Jesus, Dad, it’s called being on time, did you ever hear of it?” The actors playing Dexter in the present and in the past were born in 1971 and 1987, so … Continue reading →

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links

Posted on Monday, 2007 August 20 by Anton

Charity finds that U.S. food aid for Africa hurts instead of helps. Oh dear, CARE has been taken over by evil selfish libertarians. What else could explain such a conclusion? What American accent do you have? I got Philadelphia on … Continue reading →

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classifying is hard

Posted on Sunday, 2007 August 19 by Anton

I decided to rearrange my books by broad subject rather than by author. So far I have: biology, medicine, psychology computing mathematics, physics, chemistry language arts those included in this classification fiction history, geography, ecology, heraldry Does religion belong with … Continue reading →

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pot is bad for your health after all

Posted on Friday, 2007 August 17 by Anton

A woman volunteered to donate an organ to her mother, but mom’s pee tested positive for marijuana, so no go. I could understand disqualifying the disobedient from receiving an organ from the limited pool of dead strangers, but how does … Continue reading →

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