Monthly Archives: January 2003

with all due respect

Posted on Thursday, 2003 January 30 by Anton

This rant by Llewellyn Rockwell makes me curious: who was the last President to be booed while addressing Congress? I’d be surprised to hear that it has never happened, because the cult of the office was not so strong in … Continue reading →

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the competition is . . stiff

Posted on Thursday, 2003 January 30 by Anton

How can we remain competitive on the world stage without single payer health care?

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doubly dactylic-ly

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 January 29 by Anton

I’ve just been looking over a meta-collection of verses in a peculiar form, and am inspired to compose one of my own: Poet, tragedian, William McGonagall sang to a bridge o’er the silvery Tay. “Quit not thy day job,” said … Continue reading →

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not my favorite herb

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 January 29 by Anton

Twenty years ago I’d barely heard of cilantro; now it’s hard to avoid. (I’m in a hereditary minority afflicted with the ability to taste it.) When did cilantro replace parsley as the ubiquitous garnish?

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waiting for the techno-rapture

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 28 by Anton

An embarrassing cartoon of n guys with beards, glasses and hats not entirely unlike mine, babbling about the Singularity and stuff, in 1993. Heh. It’s a scene from The Guy I Almost Was, a story by one Patrick Farley, who … Continue reading →

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if looks could wound

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 28 by Anton

I hear through Dad that the Russian Government is incensed at Peter Jackson’s The Two Towers. Why? (There was a pause as Dad gave me time to guess. I had no idea.) Because Gollum looks like Esteemed Comrade President Putin!

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I do not talk funny!

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 28 by Anton

Learn new words from the (US) Dialect Survey Results. (I wish there were some factor analysis.)

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