Author Archives: Anton

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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guess what i found today at the bookstore

Posted on Saturday, 2007 August 11 by Anton

In Area 51, do they study Grays’ anatomy?

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a higher grade of gibberish

Posted on Friday, 2007 August 10 by Anton

Strange but true — People study for years to talk like this: Infant is status post initial ampicillin and gentamycin for rule out sepsis workup.

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O tempora, O mores!

Posted on Thursday, 2007 August 09 by Anton

I don’t suppose there’s any country where there wasn’t grumbling, when the French Republican system of measurement was proposed, that it is unnatural, lacking traditional measurement’s intimate link to human scale. And likewise I doubt there’s much agitation to go … Continue reading →

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secret history

Posted on Wednesday, 2007 August 08 by Anton

“Tooth and Claw”, a recent episode of Doctor Who, features the Koh-i-Noor, a famous diamond: but the shape is wrong, a classic Brilliant cut. The writer missed an opportunity to say that it has its present irregular shape because part … Continue reading →

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always look on the bright side

Posted on Wednesday, 2007 August 08 by Anton

With the Wall Street Journal added to the Murdoch empire, I look forward to seeing Page Three Girls in that distinctive engraving style.

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tip of the day

Posted on Wednesday, 2007 August 08 by Anton

Madhu, on his way out of town, treated me to a tasty buffet lunch at Turmeric in Sunnyvale. I got there ahead of him and had time to loiter in the street, feasting my nose; the whole of Murphy Avenue … Continue reading →

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