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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Graham Crackers
With a friend I was discussing the horror that is Uwe Boll’s Alone in the Dark, one of the worst movies I’ve ever had the pleasure of viewing, a movie where you ask, “What the f**k is Christian Slater doing … Continue reading
Reflections on Kant, etc.
Jyoti wrote, asking for help with her German translation homework from me and Corina; the course is basically a German-for-reading-knowledge course in which they translate parts of Kant’s 1st Critique (Critique of Pure Reason [1781]).
Bionic Eye could restore vision…
… so claims an article at NewScientistTech. First: what’s up with the mixed-upper-lower-case, no-spaces-between-words naming convention? NewScientistTech? Why not New Scientist Tech, or Newscientisttech, or New-scientist Tech? I have a thing for hyphens, one might notice.
The missing links …
Growing up “The Links” were the friends of the family; Mrs. Link had been a high school friend of my aunt, who isn’t really my aunt, for she’s my father’s first cousin, about 11 years older than he, and sort … Continue reading
CNN: ‘We Dropped the Ball’
Networks criticized for lack of Anna Nicole Smith coverage. I think that goes hand-in-hand with CNN’s entertainment coverage Who is Prince Frederic von Anhalt? and (very important!) story about how New photos show Smith in bed with Bahamian immigration minister.
I’ve tried to get off their list …
I have little to report today. It was my “day off” — a Tuesday, no teaching, just dissertation work … supposedly. February 13, the day before my least favorite Hallmark Holiday of the year. My colleagues and I have discussed … Continue reading
Smooth and aromatic with a hint of light citrus
Back to Gn’R if only briefly, a continuation from yesterday. I started listening to Guns N’ Roses in the 8th grade by way of the radio and bus rides to track meets, but it was in Germany that I came … Continue reading
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Take me to the other side …
I not only finished “G” but I also got through “H,” which only had one entry: Hole. This is not to say that I do not have any other music by performers starting with “H,” merely that if I do, … Continue reading
Air on a G String
I’m still in the middle of “G” and listened to f# a# infinity (or: F Sharp A Sharp Infinity … many ways to write it) from Godspeed You Black Emperor (or: Godspeed You! Black Emperor). I do not recall who … Continue reading
Our Disgusting World; Happy Friday
So, as everyone knows, Anna Nicole Smith is dead (dead at 39, cause still unknown) after a 12 year legal battle with her dead husband’s now dead son and with a paternity battle brewing regarding her infant daughter. It’s an … Continue reading