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But a human brain is not in that class. Constantly throbbing and pulsating, it rapidly forms opinions; attaining an ability of its own; a fact which is startlingly shown by...
Free 'E's' | Posted by joh at 01:11 PM on July 23, 2003
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"...many women have felt uncomfortable with the language and ways of thinking traditionally associated with science. And computer science has not been exempt. Programs and operating systems are 'crashed' and...
Male Terms | Posted by joh at 11:14 PM on July 20, 2003
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Only once, to my knowledge, did these two splendid writers happen to meet (in Rome, near the end of Borges's life). Calvino's esteem for Borges is a matter of record;...
Drawing Parallels | Posted by joh at 01:07 PM on July 10, 2003
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5. dunce is a word which, like many others, has more or less completely reversed its meaning. It is originally found (from the early 16th century) was 'Duns man', a...
Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack...
'All folks as come to Sussex Must follow Sussex wyas, And when they've larned to know us well There's no place else they'd wish to dwell In all their blessed...
The Index by noise of The Unh! Project (via The Ultimate Insult) is almost as much fun to read as the panels. For more groans and grunts (and possible actual...
Uhhnhgh!!! | Posted by joh at 05:35 PM on May 29, 2003
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It is probably no mere historical accident that the word person, in its first meaning, is a mask. It is rather a recognition of the fact that everyone is always...