Monthly Archives: April 2003

mihi est igpe atinle

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 April 29 by Anton

The romanceconlang list (dedicated to the design of fictional descendants of Latin, spoken presumably by people of other timelines) has lately discussed expressions parallel to “It’s Greek to me” in other languages. So far: Danes: Hebrew, Volapük Italians: Turkish French: … Continue reading →

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buy now!

Posted on Monday, 2003 April 28 by Anton

Mail today: 109 items, of which 17 spam – not counting an unknown number that pinned Pobox’s meter and were not relayed to me. I think it is worse lately than it was a few months ago. Next day: Spam … Continue reading →

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let’s import democracy

Posted on Saturday, 2003 April 26 by Anton

On the FFF blog, Bumper Hornberger wrote: In light of the U.S. government’s profound commitment to democracy in Iraq, how about an immediate up-or-down vote among the Iraqi people on the following proposition: “Should the U.S. government stay or leave?” … Continue reading →

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thar she sucks!

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 April 23 by Anton

sequel to a famous image (Link updated 2023)

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penguins; yes, penguins

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 April 23 by Anton

I wonder whether this joke has a middle.

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involuntary insecticide

Posted on Sunday, 2003 April 20 by Anton

Yesterday I was startled to see a bug splat on my car’s windshield; that had not happened in my previous four months as a driver. (Then three more hit in quick succession.)

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had you listened

Posted on Sunday, 2003 April 20 by Anton

Barry Gehm: When we were young, we were told that ‘everybody else is doing it’ was a really stupid reason to do something. Now it’s the standard reason for picking a particular software package.

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