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Posted on Thursday, 2003 June 26 by Anton

Has it occurred to Christine Kochanski that she is Dave Lister’s mother?

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a strange pitch

Posted on Thursday, 2003 June 26 by Anton

Ah, Blogger has a shiny new interface.

I’ve been getting a spam for ‘escorts’, which includes this line: “I love long walks on the beach, candlelight dinners . . . oh, and of course, experienced men with big cocks!” Seems to me that my so blessed brethren are not the most likely market; is it customary in advertising to say “Of course you’re probably not qualified”?

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stoners everywhere

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 June 24 by Anton

Jacob Sullum: Reefer gladness / Drug users in the next office and atop the corporate ladder

Lewis, the man who accomplished all this, remains Progressive’s chairman and owns more than a tenth of the company’s shares, making him a billionaire. Observers call him a perfectionist, “an extraordinary businessman,” and “an absolutist about untiring effort.” They also call him “a functioning pothead.”

(cited by Billy Beck)

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jjuyjcly

Posted on Sunday, 2003 June 22 by Anton

Got a spam today that ends with 62 nonsense words (of which the longest is 33 letters), each beginning “jjuyjcly”. I wonder what sort of program generated them.

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shiny objects are good

Posted on Saturday, 2003 June 21 by Anton

This is among the funnier links I’ve received.
(for this image)

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obvious in hindsight

Posted on Friday, 2003 June 20 by Anton

Wow, I’m amazed this joke isn’t already Out There. Overheard today: “You know Rick here” — the friendly fiftyish fellow who co-manages the mail-drop that I use — “was an X-rated star? It was a movie with an all-Philippine cast, called Pinoy’s Complaint.”

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Computer Graphics and Geometric Ornamental Design

Posted on Friday, 2003 June 20 by Anton

Craig Kaplan writes:

Whenever possible, one’s thesis should be write-only. Nevertheless, I understand if once in a while a visitor to this page may choose to read what I’ve written.

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