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runes, mountains, scary monsters …

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

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

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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

Does this really work?

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flies on fire

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?

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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a catalog of what ain’t

Whatever it is (or isn’t), someone has made a list of it. Here’s one that interests me a bit: once upon a time I started a (mental) list of persons ineligible who have portrayed a President of the United States, … Continue reading

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