04 Mar 2002, 12:31 p.m.

Leonard gave me two terrific compliments recently. He said…

Leonard gave me two terrific compliments recently. He said that my website is "content-rich," and he said I'm "intellectually honest." Thanks, Leonard! *hug*

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04 Mar 2002, 12:23 p.m.

The middle two panels of This Modern World amuse me.…

The middle two panels of This Modern World amuse me. They remind me of the first drive to Bakersfield that Leonard and I ever made together, during which he explained the Liar's Paradox and different …

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04 Mar 2002, 12:23 p.m.

Also from IMDB: "NATO Chief Says Theaters Are Recovering." …

Also from IMDB: "NATO Chief Says Theaters Are Recovering." Ah, that wacky National Association of Theater Owners. This is exactly the sort of thing that would confuse ignorant anti-American extremists. Especially right under a story …

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04 Mar 2002, 12:22 p.m.

So I saw Forty Days and Forty Nights (sparse IMDB…

So I saw Forty Days and Forty Nights (sparse IMDB listing) on Thursday night. Blech! I'm glad I saw it for free. I wonder if I'd rationalize its flaws away if I'd paid money to …

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04 Mar 2002, 11:30 a.m.

My Russian prof tries to involve the class in all…

My Russian prof tries to involve the class in all sorts of curriculum decisions. As Josh Brockman once wrote, "I'm tired of all this empowerment."

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04 Mar 2002, 11:28 a.m.

From Logic discussion, on the sentence "For all x, if…

From Logic discussion, on the sentence "For all x, if x is a basketball player, then x is large": "Now suppose we pick Jerry Rice for x. [pause] Football player."

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04 Mar 2002, 1:07 a.m.

On Zack's "I need a bigger dishrack" of 3 March: Kitchenware? …

On Zack's "I need a bigger dishrack" of 3 March: Kitchenware? Food laundry? You could take some of your dishes &tc. out of commission -- bench them so you have to do the dishes more …

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04 Mar 2002, 0:55 a.m.

I think I'm done with my Logic homework due Friday,…

I think I'm done with my Logic homework due Friday, and I've started my Linguistics problem set way ahead of time, too. I'm learning syntax by diagramming sentences, an exercise I thought I'd finished about …

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04 Mar 2002, 0:52 a.m.

From Adam: "Snapple says it's 'made from the best stuff…

From Adam: "Snapple says it's 'made from the best stuff on earth.' Evidently the best stuff on earth is ... water and high-fructose corn syrup." I hung out with Matt and Adam last night, er, …

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04 Mar 2002, 0:39 a.m.

From Mickey Kaus's latest Series-Skipper: "[Condoleeza] Rice says the problems…

From Mickey Kaus's latest Series-Skipper: "[Condoleeza] Rice says the problems of Afghanistan are so complex, 'We're going to wish this was the Balkans.'"

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