Category Archives: humanities

anyone can be provincial!

Posted on Sunday, 2003 November 02 by Anton

numerous translations of “Why can’t they just speak [my language]?”.

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pseudolanguage

Posted on Friday, 2003 October 31 by Anton

Sometimes I complain that no one ever gave me a nickname; now a couple of spammers have seemingly remedied the omission: To: “Malik Riley” <bpotter@pobox.com> Cc: “Bradly Fisher” <broker@pobox.com>, “Jaymie Tucker” <bronto@pobox.com>, “Kathlene Gardner” <bruce.metelerkamp@pobox.com>, “Sarai Little” <bugs@pobox.com> To: “Meritriona … Continue reading →

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MC Hawking, watch your back

Posted on Sunday, 2003 October 26 by Anton

Planned Obsolescence: Dictionaraoke. (Blogging this mainly to save the link. I may comment on it later.)

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transliterating candy

Posted on Friday, 2003 October 24 by Anton

The other day I brought home from a Thai restaurant a wrapped piece of hard candy, looking forward with pleasure to the prospect of opening a swell book that Dad gave me a few years ago, to see whether AMIRA … Continue reading →

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rabbi rentseeking

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 October 21 by Anton

David Bernstein, of the Volokh Empire, reports on an appalling funeral in Israël mechanically presided over by a mandatory Ortho rabbi. (Title borrowed from Rasmusen.)

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bow to your corner

Posted on Sunday, 2003 October 19 by Anton

Kennita Watson has for ages been nudging members of our circle to try square-dancing with Stanford Quads, and this evening I went. My feet gave out early; though I wore my comfy shoes, I’m evidently not accustomed to making so … Continue reading →