twin study

Satur-evening at Walgreens I happened to see a photograph that had just been picked up: two women in Halloween costume as Frida Kahlo (with a brush) and her self-portrait (in a frame).

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time travel spam

All the cool kids got this or something similar:

. . . .
If you are a Time Traveler I am going to need the following:
1. A modified mind warping Dimensional Warp Generator # 52 4350a series wrist watch with memory adapter.
2. Reliable carbon based, or silicon based time transducing capacitor.
. . . .

This is, I think, the third time-travel appeal I’ve seen in about two years; and the most concise. I’m still hoping that the gag will be explained someday.

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my tantalizing HTTP log

To whoever searched for 18 and solar eclipses golden ratio: I don’t think the 18-year cycle of eclipses has anything to do with the golden ratio; if you know of (or find) a nexus, please let me know.

Speaking of searches, I get a lot for tennie porn, and don’t even know what that means!

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*LAUNDER*MONEY*FAST*

I don’t know what to think. Just got an African money-laundering letter that begins:

Dear Sir,
You may have seen this business before and ignored it. I know I did – many times! However,please take a few moments to read this letter.

The sender bears the curious name Robinson Zulu.

What next? Deposit one hundred thousand dollars to each bank account on the list, then open an account at an African bank and make a copy of this letter . . . .

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high concept

One can dream.

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QotD

from C P Issawi, whoever that may be:

You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs . . . but it is amazing how many eggs you can break without making a decent omelette.

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bureaucracy trumps reality

The Strange Tale of Unlucky Luciano (washingtonpost.com). It happened to me, too – partly. Born to American parents in Italy, I had three birth certificates: two Italian (one since lost) and one from the US consulate in Venice. One of the Italian papers says nata, the feminine form of ‘born’. Happily, nobody ever needed to look at that one.

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