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Posted on Monday, 2003 December 01 by Anton

This morning I watched a five-way conversation in sign language, in which two of the participants were blind: the blind ‘listener’ rests a hand loosely around one of the speaker’s hands. I was surprised at how little touch was apparently … Continue reading →

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through a mathematician’s eye

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 29 by Anton

Google claims 111 hits for group.theory square.dance OR square.dancing.

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live and learn

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 29 by Anton

QOTD: I’ve seen a lot of science-fiction movies. Before now I never knew what a couple hundred thousand flying metal squid fighting a couple thousand heavily armed steel apes in a concrete hemisphere about a quarter mile across while occasional … Continue reading →

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au palais des vaches

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 29 by Anton

Last weekend the National Geographic Society had a clearance sale at the Cow Palace, with bunches of $50 “coffee table” books for $10. I had dinner afterward with an old friend, who remarked, “When you said you were going to … Continue reading →

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the possibilities of time-travel

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 29 by Anton

Jane Austen and the Terminator (cited by Chris Martin in a comment at Crooked Timber)

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Let’s Party

Posted on Friday, 2003 November 28 by Anton

Guns and Dope Party May we Suggest EVERYBODY FOR PRESIDENT! — Well, at least everybody who feels ready for the responsibility of self-goverment. Those who still need a Big Daddy or a Big Momma to discipline and dominate them should … Continue reading →

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what won’t be in RotK

Posted on Thursday, 2003 November 27 by Anton

The cutting-room floor: Houses of Healing: . . . . It’ll be on the DVD. Saruman: Jackson filmed [Saruman’s death] – and then cut it because it felt like old business, which slowed the new movie. A shame. Again, that’s what DVDs are … Continue reading →

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