Author Archives: Anton

waiting for the techno-rapture

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 28 by Anton

An embarrassing cartoon of n guys with beards, glasses and hats not entirely unlike mine, babbling about the Singularity and stuff, in 1993. Heh. It’s a scene from The Guy I Almost Was, a story by one Patrick Farley, who … Continue reading →

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if looks could wound

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 28 by Anton

I hear through Dad that the Russian Government is incensed at Peter Jackson’s The Two Towers. Why? (There was a pause as Dad gave me time to guess. I had no idea.) Because Gollum looks like Esteemed Comrade President Putin!

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I do not talk funny!

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 28 by Anton

Learn new words from the (US) Dialect Survey Results. (I wish there were some factor analysis.)

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alignments of actors and athletes

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 28 by Anton

Todd Weiner asks: On the surface, this is extremely perplexing. Professional athletes are filthy rich, are always in the public eye, and are an object of worship for millions of fans. Hollywood stars are also filthy rich, are always in … Continue reading →

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plink plank plunk

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 28 by Anton

Does anybody know a good guitar teacher (for beginners) between, oh, San Leandro and Milpitas inclusive? 2006 May: Never mind, I’m selling the guitar. I find no way to hold it without causing pain in at least one wrist.

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since we’re all pawns anyway

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 28 by Anton

FOXNews.com Sen. Ernest Hollings said Monday a return of military conscription is necessary to strengthen a military spread thin by its global duties and would show that the people stand behind any decision by the president to make war. “It’s … Continue reading →

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the doors of deception

Posted on Monday, 2003 January 27 by Anton

Jacob Sullum discusses the ‘gateway effect’, concluding: A few years ago in the Drug Policy Analysis Bulletin, the social psychologist Robert MacCoun laid out seven – count ’em, seven – different versions of the gateway theory. “Given our current state … Continue reading →

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