Monthly Archives: February 2003

strange repulsors

Posted on Monday, 2003 February 10 by Anton

What’s going on here?

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visiting Mom

Posted on Sunday, 2003 February 09 by Anton

Mom’s birthday is this week and I wanted to buy her lunch today. She is the coffee committee at her UU church, so I went to the service to meet her. A woman sitting next to me said, “You should … Continue reading →

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it is what it is

Posted on Saturday, 2003 February 08 by Anton

The Left Foot Living Review, by Andrew Plotkin, consists mostly of deadpan observations of life in an interesting time, or at least a time with interesting toys.

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the right of defense

Posted on Thursday, 2003 February 06 by Anton

It’s odd to see US v Rosenthal spun (e.g. here) as a demonstration of the need for juries to be advised of their power to nullify, after some of the jurors said they would have nullified had they known all … Continue reading →

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the unflat necktie

Posted on Thursday, 2003 February 06 by Anton

Scott Adams writes: In a prior Newsletter, I said that Dilbert would “get lucky” if my Weasel book became a New York Times Best Seller. Sales immediately plummeted, in what will someday be hailed as the worst idea of the … Continue reading →

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not French, dammit (not that there’s anything wrong with that)

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 February 05 by Anton

In the first few minutes of my new temp assignment, two people said: “You must be Antone? Antoine?”