Category Archives: arts

do real cops behave this way?

Posted on Sunday, 2006 December 24 by Anton

I’ve seen it a hundred times: the TV detective says “I think we’d better continue this conversation at the police station,” and the interrogee meekly gets into the car. Just once (and I thought I’d already said this) I’d like … Continue reading →

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divided by two common languages

Posted on Friday, 2006 December 15 by Anton

Me: “Hamachi sashimi.” Cashier: “It depends on what kind of fish, sir.”

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lines on paper

Posted on Sunday, 2006 November 19 by Anton

Jonny Crossbones is an adventure in the style of Tintin. Strange Maps is a new blog of obscure and hypothetical geography. Linked from a comment there is a Regional Map of North America’s Place-Based Food Traditions, showing Maple Syrup Nation, … Continue reading →

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life, art, not entirely disjoint

Posted on Saturday, 2006 October 14 by Anton

This morning in Berkeley I saw a Smith College sweatshirt whose wearer could have stepped out of Questionable Content.

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movies recently rented

Posted on Saturday, 2006 October 07 by Anton

In Cold Blood (dir. Richard Brooks, 1967). Didn’t grab me; perhaps another time. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (dir. Stanley Kramer). In 1967 I suppose the subject matter was enough to carry it, but now the script is rather thin. … Continue reading →

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a metaphoric diode?

Posted on Tuesday, 2006 September 26 by Anton

In Ranma ½, Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki, Abstract Gender and Misfile, a boy finds himself magically transformed into a girl. In both The Wotch and El Goonish Shive, the cast includes a boy who sometimes becomes a girl for a … Continue reading →