Monthly Archives: May 2002

perfidious Former Albion

Posted on Sunday, 2002 May 05 by Anton

I see that a “former Bolivian president” (BBC) / “ex-Bolivian dictator” (CNN) / “former Bolivian leader” (Nando) has died. What kind of dictator did he become when he retired from being Bolivian? Why do you never see “Bolivian ex-dictator” (or … Continue reading →

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Chief Illiniwek to dance no more

Posted on Sunday, 2002 May 05 by Anton

The Fighting Illini need a new mascot. Any suggestions?

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The Sandbaggers

Posted on Sunday, 2002 May 05 by Anton

If I only had a paycheck! Television’s best spy series ever is now on DVD. (Thanks to Jim Henley for the tip.)

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“that’s not what I meant!”

Posted on Saturday, 2002 May 04 by Anton

Review of a German book which “tries to show that many of the obscurities of the Koran disappear if we read certain words as being Syriac and not Arabic.”

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fatherhood changes you

Posted on Saturday, 2002 May 04 by Anton

There’s a man in my neighborhood who has batwings tattooed around his eyes, a crown of thorns on his forehead, demons and such covering both arms . . . . He was in the Kwik-E-Mart just now, wearing Pikachu slippers.

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web-logging the old-fashioned way

Posted on Saturday, 2002 May 04 by Anton

It occurs to me that I ought to be logging not only the good stuff I find for the first time but also the sites to which I return periodically. So. Sites of the last few days. (Most of these … Continue reading →

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there’s one in every crowd

Posted on Saturday, 2002 May 04 by Anton

Petition to Rename The Two Towers to Something Less Offensive. (Thanks and a tip of the whatsit to Astraea for the link.)

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