Category Archives: arts

the possibilities of time-travel

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 29 by Anton

Jane Austen and the Terminator (cited by Chris Martin in a comment at Crooked Timber)

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what won’t be in RotK

Posted on Thursday, 2003 November 27 by Anton

The cutting-room floor: Houses of Healing: . . . . It’ll be on the DVD. Saruman: Jackson filmed [Saruman’s death] – and then cut it because it felt like old business, which slowed the new movie. A shame. Again, that’s what DVDs are … Continue reading →

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Agent Ridge

Posted on Thursday, 2003 November 27 by Anton

What if The Matrix was guarded by Homeland Security? (Linked by Paul Hsieh, whom I don’t read nearly often enough.)

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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 mystery caliber

Posted on Sunday, 2003 November 23 by Anton

Saturday at a gun shop, my eye was caught by the archaic stocks of a couple of Ruger “Vaquero” revolvers (modern versions of obsolete guns, made for rodeo sports). Looking closer, I saw that their calibers were .45 and .32. … Continue reading →

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a fleeting allusion

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 22 by Anton

Northcote Parkinson wrote (“Parkinson’s Second Law”): In 1957 Mr John Applebey remarked that those responsible for the [British] public accounts seem to confuse themselves as well as everyone else. Presumably the creators of Yes Minister, and thus of Sir Humphrey … Continue reading →

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equality

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 22 by Anton

Swen quotes Phil Ochs’s “Love me, I’m a Liberal”, which reminds me of this from The National Lampoon’s White Album Gold Turkey: National Lampoon Radio Hour/Greatest Hits: I wish I was a Negro, with lots of Negro soul, so I … Continue reading →

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