Author Archives: Anton

choose your universe wisely

Posted on Saturday, 2004 May 29 by Anton

I don’t often laugh aloud at cartoons, but this one got me.

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should be better than the crowd

Posted on Saturday, 2004 May 29 by Anton

Michael Quinion of World Wide Words has a book out.

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a great name

Posted on Saturday, 2004 May 29 by Anton

I’m tempted to see about getting a spare mailing address at this domain.

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the world is a very big place

Posted on Friday, 2004 May 28 by Anton

Michael Jennings watches the Eurovision song contest. I’ve seen this phenomenon at least once, circa 1977 (the winner was the French entry, about a child and a bird), but most Americans will go “huh?”; it may help to mention that … Continue reading →

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it normally comes after Thursday

Posted on Friday, 2004 May 28 by Anton

Friday? How did it get to be Friday already?!

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and more to come

Posted on Friday, 2004 May 28 by Anton

Brian Micklethwait took a mess of pictures of the EU complex in Brussels. One that caught my eye shows the words “European Parliament” in eleven languages, leading me to ask myself what rule decided the sequence. It appears to be … Continue reading →

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those who will not learn from history are frequently reëlected

Posted on Friday, 2004 May 28 by Anton

I’m told that the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 commanded that sales of ammunition be reported to police, and that that provision was repealed circa 1986 at the request of police who were weary of handling data that had … Continue reading →

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