de gustibus

Posted on Saturday, 2002 May 11 by Anton

Can anyone explain why Julia Roberts is called a beauty?

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best friends

Posted on Saturday, 2002 May 11 by Anton

Winners of the I-Look-Like-My-Dog Contest
[link changed: this item’s original link is 404, but Google finds many copies.]
(from New World Disorder)

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old medium meets new

Posted on Friday, 2002 May 10 by Anton

It was a treat to see Eugene Volokh quoted in The Economist — to his own surprise.

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nerds mourn

Posted on Friday, 2002 May 10 by Anton

The sequels to The Matrix are not The Transpose and The Eigenvector but Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions.

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the 1787 game

Posted on Friday, 2002 May 10 by Anton

Eugene Volokh invites you to write the constitutional amendment of your dreams. (Do people on other shores play this game too?) Here’s mine. Continue reading →

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your Database Insecurity Number

Posted on Friday, 2002 May 10 by Anton

Myria reports on a splendid bill from Ron Paul.

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Bruce Pelz

Posted on Thursday, 2002 May 09 by Anton

The “Elephant” of fandom died suddenly this evening, aged 65 years.

(If I hear that there is to be no funeral I’ll freak, because no Bruce Pelz rite is an anagram of Nobel Truce Prize. Bruce was fond of anagrams.)

The t-shirt in this snapshot reads FIJASOI: fandom is just a source of income.

Memorial page.

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