Monthly Archives: January 2003

the case of the haunted teddybear

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 07 by Anton

A tale of exorcism. (Linked by Jim March, who is doing good RKBA work here in California.)

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would a Yankee professor lie?

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 07 by Anton

I sent Dad a pretty piece of meteorite, without explanation, knowing that he and his missus would have fun guessing what it is. I had never seen stuff like it: lumps of olivine (a translucent silicate rock) in a matrix … Continue reading →

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Cogito, ergo non possum dormire

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 07 by Anton

The above delightful phrase is the title of a new “mostly political (libertarian), mostly link-hound, mostly for my amusement blog.” Oops! For those of you whose Latin has gone rusty, that means I Think, Therefore I Cannot Sleep.

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the bathtub curve has two ends

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 07 by Anton

Average life expectancy for a population is normally given from birth; but it seems to me more useful to distinguish youth mortality (e.g. from birth-defects or malnutrition) from that of adulthood (violence, accidents) and age (heart disease &c). I’d like … Continue reading →

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ahead of his time

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 07 by Anton

successful test of Leonardo’s parachute design of 1483. (found, oddly, by “related:www.ogre.nu”)

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who owns the alphabet?

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 07 by Anton

Results of searching for each of 26 letters. (Found at Aaron Swartz’s Googlog)

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Drew Barrymore cracks me up

Posted on Monday, 2003 January 06 by Anton

Would you like to know just what cracks me up about Drew Barrymore? Well I’ll tell you, if this is a convenient time. The funny thing about Drew Barrymore is that when she smirks she looks strikingly like Stephen Fry. … Continue reading →

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