Monthly Archives: August 2006

Shorten your life by two four minutes

Posted on August 30, 2006 by acb

Beowulf: “the truth that liberals tried to hide.(“From the Nielsen Hayden Empire”)”:http://www.crosswalk.com/family/home_school/1261413.html Actually, I think this is rather sweet. It reminds me of a point that a priest friend made years ago about the people who think there are demons … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Bonus hatred

Posted on August 30, 2006 by acb

A CNN anchorwoman had an unfortunate accident during President Bush’s visit to New Orleans at the anniversary of hurricane Katrina. She nipped out for a pee with her wireless mike still on and the sounds were broadcast live in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Gift horse looks you in the mouth

Posted on August 28, 2006 by acb

I am not posting “these pictures”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/seatrout/sets/72157594254621236/ here. I have rather creeped myself out with them. Who would have thought that a horse’s eye could be so very alien? Perhaps I like them because I was caught in a field with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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We don’t need no reformation.

Posted on August 28, 2006 by acb

Anyone who tells you that “Islam needs a reformation” is being polite and saving you time: you know after those words that the rest of their opinions can also be safely ignored. Similarly, the idea that the bombers are going … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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An Opera irritation and its cure

Posted on August 27, 2006 by acb

Sometimes[1] a message with a malformed attachment will crash “Opera”:http://www.opera.com hard, and all subsequent attempts to restart will also be aborted by a crash. This should not happen to a mail program. Also, a mail program should have a better … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Growing up in Black America

Posted on August 25, 2006 by acb

A chillingly matter-of-fact “piece in Salon”:http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/08/25/crime_essay/print.html today about what could get you killed in the inner cities of America twenty years ago — wearing anything that made you look rich or successful. Today, however, you will get killed and they … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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w00t, as we educated types say: w00t!

Posted on August 24, 2006 by acb

I take back everything I have ever said about the dumbing down of British education. It is clear that this year’s GCSEs are exceptionally rigorous and discerning exams after the FWB got one B (Textiles), two As (maths and Art), … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Entry 1200

Posted on August 22, 2006 by acb

Is, like so much else here, a joke I borrowed. Talking last night to my friend Julian, he said, %(sane) “I realised I had been reading the _Racing Post_ too much when I heard a newsreader say, ‘Our correspondent is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Monday Morning

Posted on August 21, 2006 by acb

I woke up with an ear infection that made me feel as if my brain were floating in a viscous bath inside my head, so that any sudden movement would set it rocking. There are pills that cure this, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A limited range of emotions

Posted on August 19, 2006 by acb

So I was reading Mills on music, and the examples he gave of sublimity were Mozart and Weber’s _Oberon._ Right, then, off to eMusic to see what Weber sounds like. The first discovery is that Emusic has been “improved” for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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