Author Archives: Anton

fond memories

Posted on Sunday, 2002 June 30 by Anton

Chicago’s key contribution to civilization.

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I applaud the Ninth Circuit for recognizing that teaching schoolchildren to recite “one nation under God” is an establishment of religion; though without the offending phrase the tots are still being taught that their first duty is to “the republic … Continue reading →

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the right to drive

Posted on Friday, 2002 June 28 by Anton

A Coyote at the Dog Show has second thoughts about a discussion we had lo these four months gone. Well, since I understood him then to be making exactly the opposite point from what he now reveals he had in … Continue reading →

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the music of the dark ages?

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 June 26 by Anton

Udhay Shankar sent me this link: Black Sabbath songs covered by medieval music band Rondellus. Yow! Have you heard this?

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the fragile infrastructure

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 June 25 by Anton

BART was stuck for about half an hour this morning when its master computer crashed. If the crash were unrecoverable, I wonder how long they’d have waited before cobbling up a way to run a limited schedule by hand (or, … Continue reading →

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whiz, pop

Posted on Monday, 2002 June 24 by Anton

Someone’s having fun a little early: I just heard the unique sound of a display rocket.

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subconscious perception

Posted on Sunday, 2002 June 23 by Anton

Holding the cat, I looked in the mirror and was startled. Fluffie’s face is asymmetrical, but I couldn’t have told you which side has this or that feature. (Can you say without looking which was Moshe Dayan’s good eye?) And … Continue reading →

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