. . . muttered the ogre

QotD

Posted on Friday, 2002 September 27 by Anton

To think that a modern human should be able to do everything that previous generations have been able to do (hunt, speak Latin, do square roots by hand, etc.), and also have any time left over to learn anything new (microbiology, email, calculus), is basically insulting to all those previous generations, since it implies that they under-employed their intelligence.

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there’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium

Posted on Friday, 2002 September 27 by Anton

Theodore Gray built a wooden Periodic Table table, containing samples of 81 elements (so far). Look around for amusing anecdotes about how the samples were acquired, and what you might do if you have too much sodium to store safely.

Small World dept: he was at my hi-skool, just late enough that we’d never have met.

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another day, another blogpost

Posted on Thursday, 2002 September 26 by Anton

Learned this week: a pimple can be quite astonishingly painful, if it’s in the ear-canal.

Miyazaki’s 千と千尋の神隠し Spirited Away was fun. I wonder how many of the monsters in the background could be recognized (by a trufan) from other works.

Can’t say yet whether I want to see Disney’s Treasure Planet, but I definitely want to see the design book.

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and it plays

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 September 25 by Anton

Harpsichord made almost entirely of Lego parts. (vectored by Sam Yorko and Clint Chaplin)

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activism for one

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 September 25 by Anton

Masturbate for Peace. (thanks Feòrag)

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zoom zoom

Posted on Saturday, 2002 September 21 by Anton

Been trying on cars. The most comfortable I’ve found so far are SUVs — but I’d rather not be seen driving a ‘penis substitute’ ~~when I already have a rifle~~.

What I really want is a zippy little hatchback, but they don’t come in my size. (The biggest problem is room for my right knee.)

QotD

there’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium

another day, another blogpost

and it plays

activism for one

zoom zoom

if Deep Space Nine had been made in 1968

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