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Truculency: July 2010
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010. I earnestly beseech you guys. A vow to mine own self:. I shall be most careful to refrain from certain methods, that immediately put in one's mind the idea that the author was educated solely in victorian literature (due to the unnecessary explanations, which insult one's intelligence) that with a certainty, gives rise to the pervasive illusion that such persons were incapable of proper punctuation. Posted by Zaphodora Beeblebrox. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). NYT Sam Roberts obit...
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Truculency: July 2011
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Sunday, July 31, 2011. I hadn't watched it. Originally, because I didn't expect it to provide any new information. It didn't.but it was a brilliant. Piece of propaganda. Propaganda in the perfectly neutral sense, not: the Nazis telling each other how much better the world would be 'if we could grind those dirty Slavs under our perfectly clean boots,' sort of propaganda. It takes a lot of space to feed the animals that feed over 300 million people. Our exports are one of the issues that Food Inc brings up...
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Truculency: Food Inc.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011. I hadn't watched it. Originally, because I didn't expect it to provide any new information. It didn't.but it was a brilliant. Piece of propaganda. Propaganda in the perfectly neutral sense, not: the Nazis telling each other how much better the world would be 'if we could grind those dirty Slavs under our perfectly clean boots,' sort of propaganda. It takes a lot of space to feed the animals that feed over 300 million people. Our exports are one of the issues that Food Inc brings up...
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Truculency: April 2011
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Friday, April 29, 2011. I admit, I continue to hold beliefs that are somewhat inconsistent and irrational because it is too painful for me to face the truth. Here are a few of my unwarranted - well let's just be blunt, they're irredeemably stupid - assumptions:. There must be a problem with the Google News algorithms, because people can't really be more interested in the Prince of England's wedding than natural disasters. Scientific discoveries or actually important political developments. Even if all of...
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Truculency: if sanity is determined by consensus.......
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010. If sanity is determined by consensus. 8220;Note that we are both skipping the sanity rally. I’m against restoring sanity. My comparative advantage at dealing with insanity is too great. I want to continue to extract rents from it, please.”. From http:/ thecustomofthecity.blogspot.com/2010/10/shakespeare-festival.html. 8230;and yes Othello does strike me as a very bad choice for newlyweds. Shakespeare is awesome anyhow. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Truculency: The super-inconvenient truth
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Friday, April 29, 2011. I admit, I continue to hold beliefs that are somewhat inconsistent and irrational because it is too painful for me to face the truth. Here are a few of my unwarranted - well let's just be blunt, they're irredeemably stupid - assumptions:. There must be a problem with the Google News algorithms, because people can't really be more interested in the Prince of England's wedding than natural disasters. Scientific discoveries or actually important political developments. Even if all of...
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Truculency: October 2010
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Saturday, October 9, 2010. I was considering becoming an author so that I could work out my issues by writing unbearable fiction and turgid novels. But this is much faster:. I appear to have skipped ahead to the 'past my prime and tweeting about it' stage already. There might be a few problems with writing my autobiography at such an early stage (while complete fabrication may be commonplace - you still need something. To start from.). Chapter 3: I make my millions selling dog-tracking software, and then...
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Truculency: value of a marginal "friend"
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Friday, April 10, 2015. Value of a marginal "friend". The value of a "marginal friend" as a false signal. Every additional second you spend thinking allows you to make a slightly more thoughtful answer but also increases what he expects of you. If he is very sharp, he will be read your reply and possibly see deeper into the question than you did making you look bad. ". Because my mental process is something more like this:. It was so completely obvious)". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I have devote...
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Truculency: Far From the Madding Crowd
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Sunday, August 9, 2015. Far From the Madding Crowd. That said, the constraints of a given art form do not entitle anyone to butcher a beautiful (if slightly dated) story. The screenwriter is, of course, completely free to totally alter the tone, timeline, and characters, but he shouldn't expect us to be happy about it. (I'm sure David Nicholls cares deeply. About my opinion. Deeply.). Warning: Spoilers and ranting ahead. Disaster ensues, during which Oak is, as always, completely devoted. Troy gets s...
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Truculency: August 2015
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Sunday, August 9, 2015. Far From the Madding Crowd. That said, the constraints of a given art form do not entitle anyone to butcher a beautiful (if slightly dated) story. The screenwriter is, of course, completely free to totally alter the tone, timeline, and characters, but he shouldn't expect us to be happy about it. (I'm sure David Nicholls cares deeply. About my opinion. Deeply.). Warning: Spoilers and ranting ahead. Disaster ensues, during which Oak is, as always, completely devoted. Troy gets s...
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