Monthly Archives: February 2002

a kind of forgery

Posted on Friday, 2002 February 22 by Anton

acb relays an article about anachronisms of typeface in movies. I remembered my glee in spotting Palatino (1950) in a tv episode of Poirot (Thirties), and post-1918 Russian handwriting described as “very old . . . hard to read” in Lovejoy.

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it’s a dog-trade-with-dog world

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 21 by Anton

Peter Hollo cites an interview with Richard Dawkins, at an address which has unfortunately gone bad since January 15. Hollo writes: . . . you can read Dawkins distancing himself from a kind of Thatcherite, “Darwinian”, dog-eat-dog world of the … Continue reading →

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you can fool some of the people some of the time

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 21 by Anton

and I’ve fooled Bill Quick into calling me “well informed”. Tomorrow de vorld!

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do blogrolls matter?

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 21 by Anton

Poll time: How often do you click on the column of “other blogs” links in other blogs? I don’t; if I wanted a long list of cryptic links, I have my own bookmark file to go through.

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Tom, Dick and Harry II

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 21 by Anton

Eventually it occurred to me that by publishing my conversation with ‘Tom’ (here and on several libertarian mailing-lists) I spoiled its evidentiary value. Dammit. I’ll never be Nero Wolfe (though I surpass him in one respect). I have the impression … Continue reading →

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need I say more?

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 21 by Anton

Frodo Blackadder

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not so fast

Posted on Thursday, 2002 February 21 by Anton

I am usually of two minds about capital punishment, but when a story like this comes along – and this is not the first – it’s a bit easier to decide where I stand. I suppose it’s too much to … Continue reading →

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