Category Archives: arts

my tastes are not always unshared

Posted on Sunday, 2006 January 01 by Anton

For Dad‘s birthday I sent him the first season of Northern Exposure and of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I am gratified to hear that both he and Mrs Dad are enjoying them; Ruth particularly raves about NX.

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runes, mountains, scary monsters …

Posted on Saturday, 2005 December 17 by Anton

Roderick Long points out parallels between A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and The Hobbit.

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that’s one big ad

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 December 13 by Anton

words fail me. (cited here almost five months ago)

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this website supports integration

Posted on Thursday, 2005 December 01 by Anton

The Answer Desimplified, on a t-shirt. Ligatures for our times Many translations of a conceivably useful phrase (possibly inspired by a similar project) (all cited by the muted horn) when grammarians go bad

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wacky microgravity tricks

Posted on Wednesday, 2005 November 30 by Anton

Does this really work?

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flies on fire

Posted on Sunday, 2005 November 27 by Anton

It’s a fair bet that my readers include at least one Mutant Enemy fanatic. Got a couple of canon questions for ya. In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, anyone seen smoking is either evil, under a spell or doomed. (There’s one … Continue reading →

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how do you tell racism from diversity?

Posted on Thursday, 2005 November 24 by Anton

I’m watching a collection of Tom and Jerry cartoons, made by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, who were later known for the much cruder animation of The Flintstones. I’m puzzled by the opening disclaimer in which Whoopi Goldberg explains that … Continue reading →

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