Monthly Archives: May 2003

voodoo security

Posted on Friday, 2003 May 30 by Anton

The saga continues. This came in the form of a .WPD [WordPerfect] attachment: Dear Mr. Sherwood: The United States Marshals Service received your e mail of May 12, 2003. This is in response to your question regarding identification requirements at … Continue reading →

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Fluffie protests

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 May 28 by Anton

Fluffie says I’ve been staying up too late. See, the deal is this: I go to bed at a predictable time (give or take an hour); Fluffie joins me; I scritch her about the head for awhile. But if I … Continue reading →

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truth in stickering

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 May 27 by Anton

Operation Wake the **** Up On the evening of May 20, Direct Action anti-authoritarian activists from the White Mountain Autonoma, AnarchoNinjas, and the Trained Monkee Collective came together to ‘tag’ every pay phone in Nashua, N[ew] H[ampshire], with a sticker … Continue reading →

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dinner and a fresh target

Posted on Monday, 2003 May 26 by Anton

Madhu had fun last week. “I love it when a plan comes together.”

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assuming, of course, that he really exists

Posted on Monday, 2003 May 26 by Anton

A correspondent asks: Incidentally, why does Schwarzenegger do so many epist[e]mological films? We’ve got the 6th Day, Last Action Hero, Total Recall, The Running Man . . . (and one I haven’t seen) . . . . Kindergarten Cop.

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still looking for a set of Elvish filters

Posted on Monday, 2003 May 26 by Anton

Living languages are always changing; the most conspicuous way they change is in their sounds, and this change is generally regular — which is why it’s possible to imitate another dialect even if you’ve never heard the particular words spoken … Continue reading →

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trigger locks kill

Posted on Saturday, 2003 May 24 by Anton

. . . say Dave Kopel and Eugene Volokh.

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