Monthly Archives: August 2009

I’m melting!

Posted on Wednesday, 2009 August 12 by Anton

Without serious effort, I seem to have lost a tenth of my peak mass in three years. I think the main change is that I no longer eat rice most days.

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more movies

Posted on Wednesday, 2009 August 12 by Anton

Les Bas-fonds (The Lower Depths) (1936). Not much coherent plot, but some engaging characters. The director Jean Renoir said he made a point of moving the story to the banks of the Marne, but didn’t say why he kept the … Continue reading →

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fortuitious garble

Posted on Friday, 2009 August 07 by Anton

I mis-heard “California Department of Boating and Waterways” as “…Voting and Lotteries,” which makes its own kind of sense.

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why walk when you can stagger?

Posted on Wednesday, 2009 August 05 by Anton

I got AT&T DSL because it’s a third the price of Comcast. Suddenly things go wrong: I can’t write here, or back up this site; I can’t save my edits to a Wikipedia article; and an article at the New … Continue reading →

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