Author Archives: Anton

the pinhole of experience

Yesterday I remarked to a taxi driver that this winter seemed unusually dry; no, he said, in fact it was wetter than average. I guess it seemed dry to me because I, being out of work through much of it, … Continue reading

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what’s on my mind this week?

Slept very poorly last night; dreamt of vampires and spaceships. My ship and Spike’s ship were intangible to each other, but not so their occupants.

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smoke optional

Video Feedback Fractals: no computers, just a camera, two monitors and a mirror. (Cited by Andrew Bulhak.)

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expecting the exotic

Flipside of the previous: at the beginning of the Buffy episode “The Initiative” (4:7), we see Spike wake up in a strange white room, and he’s translucent: the lines of the floor can be seen through his black coat. No, … Continue reading

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The Rockford Fangs

I’ve just seen the first four episodes of Angel: what a disappointment! Didn’t I see more or less this same series twenty-odd years ago? In the episode “I Go to Pieces” I had the solution as soon as the exposition … Continue reading

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go have your fun

In 1997 I decided that the symbolic pleasure of spitting in the wind was not worth putting my new home address on record. So, in defiance of any number of Hollywood talking heads who admonish us (with surprising accuracy) that … Continue reading

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grab-bag

I removed the Paypal button at the bottom of this page. It was a bit embarrassing to have it there, particularly when (I feel as though) I haven’t had an original thought in months. The rainy season is a fickle … Continue reading

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