Here’s a brief story to illustrate why it’s a good idea to get your eyes checked regularly.
I hadn’t seen an optometrist since the last time I got new eyeglasses (I’m extremely nearsighted and have to wear glasses at all times), back in 1998. That’s a long time.
During a recent eye exam, the optometrist noticed [...]
Polygon Window is one of the many aliases used by Richard James, aka Aphex Twin. I can’t call myself a fan of Aphex Twin, but Polygon Window is some extremely good stuff.
There is one Polygon Window LP, “Surfing on Sine Waves” (1993, re-released in 2001). One track from that album, “Quoth,” was released [...]
You haven’t gotten any MP3s lately, readers. It’s high time I rectified that situation. Here are four tracks by Vapourspace, a favorite of mine.
Vapourspace is the brainchild of Mark Gage, a man of considerable talent, who collaborates with various remix specialists to produce electronic music of the highest quality. I’m offering you [...]
The world’s reserve supply of wingnut Kool-Aid is right back where it belongs again, readers: in the superchilled storage tanks of David’s Glug. Have a look at David’s reaction to the recent anti-war protests. He has cleverly entitled his post “100,000 Zarqawi Supporters Mass in D.C.”. Got that?
N’y a aucune différence
Cindy [...]
What the fuck is wrong with us, readers? Have a look at these three items:
“The Porn of War,” from The Nation
Digby on war porn
Billmon on war porn
Digby and Billmon have said all that needs to be said on this subject.
Back in July, I commented (twice) on a very bad article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, entitled “Bloggers Need Not Apply.” The upshot of the article was that it’s a real bad idea to write a blog under your own name, because academic search committees might read your blog and then decide you’re [...]
My friend The Liberal Avenger alerted me to this story, which seems to be making ripples in the blogosphere. It seems that Burger King (in the UK) has recalled some prepackaged ice cream cones, because the swirly-confection picture on the label looks a lot like the Arabic word allah, and people were complaining about [...]
Northstar, who writes The People’s Republic of Seabrook, is going on a well-deserved vacation for the next couple of weeks. I will be among the writers whom he has kindly invited to fill in for him during his absence. TPRS is a “Large Mammal” in that wretched “Ecosystem,” with around 170 incoming links (I [...]
Here’s something I’ve been meaning to link to: a cool post from the always-excellent Jabal al-Lughat on the Alfiyyat ibn Maalik, a 1002-line poem (rhyme, or verse, being, of course, a mnemonic device, among other things) that was intended to help students remember some of the details of the grammar of Classical Arabic.
It was [...]
The more I think about it, the more I see how thoroughly Jillian Bandes, author of that racial-profiling screed, has swallowed the bait. I would like you to consider the just-folks connotations implicit in “Bushie waged war on ‘em.” I left this as a comment on the post in question, but I’ll duplicate [...]
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