Category Archives: me!me!me!

Jack Sprat could eat no fat

Posted on Saturday, 2003 December 06 by Anton

Me: “If I’m a bit depressed, it’s probably because I haven’t seen blue sky for a couple of days.” She: “I know, isn’t it great? Sorry.”

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sleeping arrangements

Posted on Thursday, 2003 December 04 by Anton

I’m quite pleased with my new Coleman air-mattress. It replaces one from Greatland [Target’s house brand] which was rather less like a bed than like a quicksand pit. Later: The air-mattress apparently succumbed to Fluffie’s claws as she scrambled up … Continue reading →

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au palais des vaches

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 29 by Anton

Last weekend the National Geographic Society had a clearance sale at the Cow Palace, with bunches of $50 “coffee table” books for $10. I had dinner afterward with an old friend, who remarked, “When you said you were going to … Continue reading →

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actuarial destiny

Posted on Thursday, 2003 November 27 by Anton

I read long ago (probably more than once) a short story that goes like this. A man of a certain age (let’s call him Bob) mysteriously receives, unwanted, a subscription to Hereafter magazine – all about death: funerals, estate planning, … Continue reading →

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the world suddenly seemed not so small

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 22 by Anton

Today in Menlo Park, who should walk by but Bill, principal of the firm where I’ve been working lately (in San Francisco). Our eyes met, I raised a hand in greeting, and he stopped; so I approached, and said: “Hi! … Continue reading →

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back to the drearing board

Posted on Monday, 2003 November 10 by Anton

Damn. I was doing so well.

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two dimensions

Posted on Sunday, 2003 November 09 by Anton

Tim Lambert (Deltoid) is compiling a table of bloggers’ scores in a Political Compass quiz. I scored in the middle of the Right Libertarian quadrant, close to Will Wilkinson (The Fly Bottle). I suspect I’d be further left if some … Continue reading →

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