Monthly Archives: July 2004

what you do on your own time . . .

Posted on Saturday, 2004 July 24 by Anton

Seen on a van on Shattuck Avenue today: I’D RATHER BE BITING MY MACAW The van was also adorned with a wheelchair symbol, but that did not make the declaration any more transparent for me.

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“Democrats For Guns”

Posted on Friday, 2004 July 23 by Anton

Ted Rall, of all people, on Why Kerry Should Stand Up for the Second Amendment

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you had to have been there before 2004 October 18

Posted on Thursday, 2004 July 22 by Anton

I’ve resigned myself to the thought that without comments my blog is never gonna make the big time like Boing Boing, Scripting News, Instapundit, Doc Searls, Andrew Sullivan, Jason Kottke, Salam Pax, USS Clueless, James Lileks or The Volokh Conspiracy. … Continue reading →

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disconnecting the dots

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 July 20 by Anton

Strange phosphenes: Pressure on the eyeballs normally produces ripples of dark and light, often in expanding squares, in my experience. But today as I pressed a towel to my face I saw many perfectly round dots of red, yellow and … Continue reading →

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am I subtle? am I a Machiavel?

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 July 20 by Anton

20 Questions to a Better Personality (cited by Travis) Wackiness: 30/100 Rationality: 46/100 Constructiveness: 46/100 Leadership: 36/100 You are an SEDF–Sober Emotional Destructive Follower. This makes you an evil genius. You are extremely focused and difficult to distract from your … Continue reading →

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funny old world

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 July 20 by Anton

Pobox’s spam filter bounced something purporting to be from Arturo Fuente <yoichi@t-online.de> – someone with a Spanish name and a Japanese handle, posting from Germany? Not impossible, of course. (Russell advises me that Arturo Fuente is a brand of cigar. … Continue reading →

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when I’m virtually on the street where you live

Posted on Sunday, 2004 July 18 by Anton

All About Eve (1950) contains a brief scene of Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) and Addison DeWitt (George Sanders) walking along a back-projected street, something I’ve rarely seen. I wonder why it was done. — Ah, on second thought: The street … Continue reading →

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