Category Archives: humanities

beautiful plumage

Posted on Thursday, 2003 August 21 by Anton

Public service announcement: I keep reading that “the Norwegian Blue prefers keeping on its back,” which makes a tortured sort of sense; but the word in the script is kipping which means sleeping. Hope this helps.

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promote mental health

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 August 20 by Anton

Abolish High School!

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1778

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 August 19 by Anton

Rethinking the Articles of Confederation, by Scott Trask The American confederation was destined to become a free-trade area, even without a consolidated union. Hamilton, in Federalist No. 12, all but admitted, and complained, that such would be the case. He … Continue reading →

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etymology

Posted on Sunday, 2003 August 17 by Anton

I wonder: Minbar, name of a planet in Babylon 5, could be Elvish for ‘first home’.

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tax matters

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 August 12 by Anton

Carl Worden writes in Sierra Times: Now pinch yourself and review this astonishing turn of events: A highly trained and educated federal prosecutor in Memphis was unable to convince 12 American citizens that Vernice Kuglin was required to pay federal … Continue reading →

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naming the polytopes

Posted on Monday, 2003 August 11 by Anton

The Pythagoreans, legend has it, saw each of the regular solids as a symbol of one of the elements: tetrahedron fire, octahedron air, icosahedron water, cube earth — leaving the dodecahedron to stand for the universe, or quintessence, or spirit. … Continue reading →