Category Archives: humanities

whether ’tis nobler in the mind to doubly miss the point

Posted on Thursday, 2009 April 16 by Anton

A little incident in folk grammar, funny to me at least. I wrote a sentence containing . . . which led to reconstructing in my mind . . . because . . . which led to mentally reconstructing . . . seemed wrong: everyone knows you don’t put … Continue reading →

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time and capacity

Posted on Sunday, 2008 December 28 by Anton

Malcolm Gladwell writes in his new book: . . . excellence at a complex task requires a critical, minimum level of practice – which surfaces again and again in studies of expertise. In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is … Continue reading →

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battling ampersands

Posted on Sunday, 2008 December 28 by Anton

Abercrombie & Kent, a travel agency that uses a Times Roman ampersand as a trademark, sued andBEYOND, a travel agency, not for the tacky capitalization but for using a Gill Sans ampersand as a trademark. I doubt that such a … Continue reading →

Posted in arts, heraldry | 1 Comment

Ladle Rat Rotten Hut with a straight face

Posted on Sunday, 2008 December 28 by Anton

Someone considered this passage, in “The Night of the Legion of Death” (an episode of The Wild Wild West), worth quoting on IMDb: You’re not the Governor. Your one of the down faith, commandor present, your value silver voice! Your … Continue reading →

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hyperreality

Posted on Monday, 2008 September 22 by Anton

Dad has often mentioned that when he first got eyeglasses he was surprised to see that trees had discrete leaves; I never found that to be a big deal. But now I sometimes find that blades of grass stand out … Continue reading →

Posted in me!me!me!, psychology | 1 Comment

Anita

Posted on Tuesday, 2008 August 12 by Anton

Anita Rowland, a blogger who linked to this humble effort several times in its more energetic first year, died of cancer in December. (If I were still in the habit of reading blogs, I might have known that before now.)

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stick a finger in my eye

Posted on Sunday, 2008 July 27 by Anton

After wearing glasses for thirty-odd years, I’m tired of it. I’m thinking of surgery; since I’m on the verge of needing bifocals, my bright idea is to have one eye adjusted for distance and the other for arm’s length (the … Continue reading →

Posted in law, me!me!me!, psychology | 4 Comments