Monthly Archives: April 2002

the late unpleasantness

Recent reading: The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War by Thomas J. DiLorenzo (Prima/Forum, 2002). Despite the title, this book is less about Lincoln himself than about his ambition, Republican policy in … Continue reading

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DFGBE

Dr. Fenderson’s Greater British Empire™. I suppose it’s only to be expected that the priests of the Temple ov thee Lemur have read Snow Crash.

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QotD

Eve Tushnet People call themselves “liberal” because they feel more comfortable with reluctant Gore voters than with reluctant Bush voters.

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wet process

My correspondent calls it “Watermarking images in a whole new way”: After the accident, Eaves spent weeks broiling, baking and blow-drying the camera . . . but it still sloshed. So he decided to see what a soggy Nikon could do, and … Continue reading

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aw, damn.

Got a spam today with the intriguing title “Look, I’m totally into you, I totally want you, but we have dinner plans.”

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one among many

Isaac Asimov (1920-92) died of AIDS, from a tainted transfusion in 1983. (Locus; Ansible.) Was he the most famous such victim? Bill Detty asks: was he more famous than Arthur Ashe?

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blinked and missed it

Most Overrated Events of the 20th Century — as chosen by (what else?) a Web poll in 1998-9

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