Monthly Archives: June 2003

a weekend with family

Posted on Monday, 2003 June 30 by Anton

After six months as a car-owner, the freckles on my left arm are distinctly darker than those on my right. My stepsiblings recently moved nearby, and half of our respective parents are visiting this week. Saturday we met at Stoa, … Continue reading →

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the great quidditch caper

Posted on Sunday, 2003 June 29 by Anton

Harry Potter and the $30 million excess funds at the Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (cited by Lee Gold)

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eeuw!

Posted on Thursday, 2003 June 26 by Anton

Has it occurred to Christine Kochanski that she is Dave Lister’s mother?

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a strange pitch

Posted on Thursday, 2003 June 26 by Anton

Ah, Blogger has a shiny new interface. I’ve been getting a spam for ‘escorts’, which includes this line: “I love long walks on the beach, candlelight dinners . . . oh, and of course, experienced men with big cocks!” Seems to me … Continue reading →

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stoners everywhere

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 June 24 by Anton

Jacob Sullum: Reefer gladness / Drug users in the next office and atop the corporate ladder Lewis, the man who accomplished all this, remains Progressive’s chairman and owns more than a tenth of the company’s shares, making him a billionaire. … Continue reading →

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jjuyjcly

Posted on Sunday, 2003 June 22 by Anton

Got a spam today that ends with 62 nonsense words (of which the longest is 33 letters), each beginning “jjuyjcly”. I wonder what sort of program generated them.