spam filler gets stranger

Posted on Friday, 2003 December 12 by Anton

Xygos lhxdhc vijhsb There was enough material there to enable him to prepare several new tricks which he had learned from some of the jugglers in the circus, and he had passed part of the night in getting them ready Rob’s storage batteries are not powerful enough to electrocute one or set the house on fire

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slayage

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 December 09 by Anton

Thanks to a borrowed set of discs I get to see Buffy, woo hoo! only about a decade after everyone else.

Noticed a funny blunder in “Teacher’s Pet”, an early episode: the bio teacher talks about ants while displaying a slide of a beetle. Perhaps this illustrates an absence of mind which contributes to his being eaten a few minutes later.

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protectionism

Posted on Sunday, 2003 December 07 by Anton

Rasmusen quotes Steyn:

The war on terror is, in one sense, a Saudi civil war that the royal family has successfully exported to the rest of the world. The rest of the world should see that it’s repatriated.

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Jack Sprat could eat no fat

Posted on Saturday, 2003 December 06 by Anton

Me: “If I’m a bit depressed, it’s probably because I haven’t seen blue sky for a couple of days.”

She: “I know, isn’t it great? Sorry.”

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Fukuyama III

Posted on Thursday, 2003 December 04 by Anton

I’ve been looking through my blog archives for major items to add to the “past rants” list on my front page [since removed, Dec’04], as well as for broken links. That activity led me again to Francis Fukuyama’s goofy screed of 2002 May 2, and I finally got around to following links to a whole mess of replies: John Tabin; Brink Lindsey [gone]; Glenn Reynolds; Dan Hanson; Stephen Green; Virginia Postrel; Perry de Havilland; David Dieteman; Christopher Pellerito; Eugene Volokh; Anand Giridharadas.

I am disappointed to find practically all of them making the same point: “But Frank, lots of libertarians support US military interventions overseas.” If anyone anywhere joined me in observing that military force is not the only way to engage with the world, I missed it. If anyone pointed out a distinction between defense and intervention, I missed it.

Oh well. “It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.” (G H Hardy)

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are you threatening me?

Posted on Thursday, 2003 December 04 by Anton

Alas, “The Complete Beavis and Butt-Head” (six DVDs) apparently includes none of the boys’ commentary on music videos. One understands the copyright problem, but gee whiz, that’s some of the best bits gone.

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sleeping arrangements

Posted on Thursday, 2003 December 04 by Anton

I’m quite pleased with my new Coleman air-mattress. It replaces one from Greatland [Target’s house brand] which was rather less like a bed than like a quicksand pit.

Later: The air-mattress apparently succumbed to Fluffie’s claws as she scrambled up to keep me company. I now have a conventional mattress, sadly less comfortable.

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