our shows are formidable

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 08 by Anton

Oo, if I’m very good will Santa bring me a replica of King Arthur’s helmet (as worn by Graham Chapman)? (link from Jo.)

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if youth knew, if age could

Posted on Saturday, 2003 November 08 by Anton

Jim Henley wrote a year ago:

Sadly, Unqualified Offerings changed its mind about drug prohibition well after it was too old to benefit personally.

That’s odd. Jim is a couple of mere weeks older than the Ogre, who remains convinced that a change in drug policy (particularly an amendment by shredder) would do him some good.

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not stooping to the trite pun

Posted on Thursday, 2003 November 06 by Anton

I dreamed of designing a trebuchet to toss obnoxious cats over the back fence (of a yard wholly unlike any where I’ve ever dwelt). It would be calibrated to minimize energy of impact; I may be an ogre but I’m no monster.

Ironically, I was awakened by the protests of a cat who had somehow been shut into my bedroom.

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world.std.com

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 November 05 by Anton

It may interest some few of you to know that in the last several days I have been unable to send mail to world.std.com.

2004 October: Seems it’s not only me (I always assumed World had blacklisted my ISP). The moderator of a list hosted there recently got disgusted at the number of similar complaints, and asked for advice about where to move it.

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blind spot

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 November 04 by Anton

Yesterday someone relayed to me an exhortation to commemorate the unsolved murder five years ago of a transsexual, who (it was mentioned) had a habit of addressing people by their Zodiac signs. How progressive, I thought, to go around labelling others according to an accident of birth!

I’ve looked into “reassignment” (I just know that my natal chart ought to have more Air) but my HMO won’t cover it.

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“geek” tattoos

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 November 04 by Anton

I’m unlikely ever to get a tattoo, but if I did, I incline to the armband type; and I just got an idea for one: a ‘Mercator projection’ of Escher’s hyperbolic fish. Instead of a circle, the horizon would be two parallel lines, with one straight line of fish through the middle.

Later: See also.

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anyone can be provincial!

Posted on Sunday, 2003 November 02 by Anton

numerous translations of “Why can’t they just speak [my language]?”.

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