Category Archives: me!me!me!

the semiannual self-pity post

Posted on Tuesday, 2006 May 30 by Anton

Some people, according to persistent rumor, have friends who help them find jobs (and dates). Oh well. Does anyone feel like paying my quarterly hosting bill ($30)?

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the panes of perception

Posted on Thursday, 2006 May 18 by Anton

Once, years ago, I got new eyeglasses and was startled because the world seemed flat. I had come to rely on blur as a distance cue, and that was suddenly taken from me. The effect was brief; binocularity reasserted itself … Continue reading →

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I could get a swelled head

Posted on Friday, 2006 May 12 by Anton

Someone wrote to me out of the blue with a mathematical question. Though the statement of the problem was not clear enough for me to solve it, I told him how I’d approach it, and he was happy. I asked … Continue reading →

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moods

Posted on Monday, 2006 May 08 by Anton

When the FDA banned tryptophan in 1990, it did not get around to restricting tryptophan’s metabolite 5-hydroxy-tryptophan. Since learning that a few weeks ago, I’ve been experimentally taking it; it seems to give my mood a floor. Today, though, I … Continue reading →

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no golf, no glory

Posted on Wednesday, 2006 March 22 by Anton

Of the 87% of Americans who have one, half say they dislike the one they have. That was this evening’s prize question on KDFC, the classical radio station. When the announcer came on again he said that the answer is … Continue reading →

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and then vampires come, and they start making these stupid little mini-pizzas

Posted on Thursday, 2006 February 16 by Anton

So there I was, getting into the swing of Wikipedia, doing my bit for (among others) numerous entries relating to Buffy. I noticed that the pages for Darla, Angel, Spike and Harmony repeated a bunch, so I created an entry … Continue reading →

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one nocturne deserves

Posted on Monday, 2006 January 23 by Anton

I’m on graveyard shift. Last night there were two of us but tonight I have the floor to myself. It’s so slow, I’d be tempted to strip down and run laps, if I could be sure there are no cameras; … Continue reading →

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