Author Archives: Anton

checking it twice

Perhaps I ought to have a department of “What, if anything, are we to make of this?” The Economist‘s pitch for gift subscriptions has the headline “Now they’ll know who’s been naughty and who’s been nice,” over a row of … Continue reading

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i’ve had worse days weeks, but still!

Chills, dizzy spells, foul-tasting cough, sinus pressure, runny nose — If this is what it’s like to turn 46, I’m never gonna do it again.

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i have too many thoughts

I saw a t-shirt today that proclaimed Blonde is the New Smart. The wearer was not blonde (and wouldn’t fool anyone if she tried to be) so what did she mean by it? Perhaps only “this shirt was cheap.”

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life, art, not entirely disjoint

This morning in Berkeley I saw a Smith College sweatshirt whose wearer could have stepped out of Questionable Content.

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a life less simple

The looming prospect of liquidity raises new questions, like: How soon does a flat monitor pay for itself in power? Are the cameras built into telephones any good, and do they interface easily with a Mac?

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movies recently rented

In Cold Blood (dir. Richard Brooks, 1967). Didn’t grab me; perhaps another time. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (dir. Stanley Kramer). In 1967 I suppose the subject matter was enough to carry it, but now the script is rather thin. … Continue reading

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something has turned up

It’s a far cry from the career I imagined at age 20, and it’s not even as lucrative as the somewhat similar job that suddenly evaporated five years ago; but it is one heck (I might even say two hecks) … Continue reading

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