Monthly Archives: August 2009

Specious parallelism

The Skipper < => Commander Adama Mary Ann < => The President Mr. Howell < => Colonel Tigh Mrs Howell < => Mrs. Tigh The Professor < => Gaius Baltar Ginger < => Number Six Gilligan < => Actually, come … Continue reading

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Weapons of Mass Confusion

The 2009 GAAP modifications generally would increase the amount of exposures recognized on banking organizations’ balance sheets. No, kidding, Sherlock.

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Self referential

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In memorium — Ted Kennedy, Bradenton, FL

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Knossos: Fakes, Facts, and Mystery – The New York Review of Books

It is perhaps no wonder that when Evelyn Waugh visited Heraklion in the 1920s he found a disconcertingly modern collection of paintings in the museum. “It is impossible to disregard the suspicion,” he wrote in Labels (an account of his … Continue reading

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WSJ Rock and Pop Critic Jim Fusilli on Richard Thompson’s New Four-Disc Set, Walking on a Wire – WSJ.com

…you keep recycling your past

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Amusing Ourselves to Death by Stuart McMillen – cartoon Recombinant Records

Orwell or Huxley right about dystopia?

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Remembering Ted

Teddy Kennedy, as he was then known, had little beyond his name to recommend him when he ran for his brother’s Senate seat at the minimum age set by the Constitution, 30. When he left office, 47 years later by … Continue reading

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Retraining for new career

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Landscape with effigy

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