Monthly Archives: October 2004

the television-wide web

Posted on Friday, 2004 October 08 by Anton

A chart of the crossovers linking many tv series. (cited by Nev Dull) Tommy Westphall was an austistic child on ST ELSEWHERE who, it was revealed in the closing moments of the final episode of that series, had dreamt the … Continue reading →

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Popper on constitutional law

Posted on Thursday, 2004 October 07 by Anton

Trurl’s Machine explains: . . . Popper said that it is reasonable to assume that sooner or later some rotten scoundrels will gain power. It’s not important who they will be precisely, but whatever your politcal views might be you must agree … Continue reading →

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chimæra contest

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 October 06 by Anton

The Ugly Zoo collects a hundred photographs of surprising creatures, the best of which include the eagle-headed Retriever, the lynx-headed squirrel, the salamander-legged antlered anteater. (Cited by JoAnne Schmitz.)

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type-casting

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 October 06 by Anton

I wonder whether Tony Robinson got the part of Baldrick, flunky to Prince Edmund the Black Adder, partly because he resembles Gunnar Björnstrand who played Jöns the squire in The Seventh Seal (1957).

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honest cops?

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 October 05 by Anton

Law Enforcement Officers Against Prohibition

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movies rented recently

Posted on Monday, 2004 October 04 by Anton

War and Peace (1956). I got bored halfway. Henry Fonda, at 51, played Pierre, traditionally a young idealist. Bus Stop (1956). Fluff. I was curious about it mainly because my hi-skool put on the play one year. I remember being … Continue reading →

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who stole whose concept?

Posted on Monday, 2004 October 04 by Anton

Atheism and Unalienable Rights by Robert E. Meyer (also cited today on RRND): Skeptics want to deny that rights come from God, but if they are correct, then there is no sound philosophical footings undergirding their perpetual claim to any … Continue reading →

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