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Των οντων τα μεν εστιν εφ'ημιν
So we now have a Roomba. Now that I have a domestic robot slave, I finally feel like I've arrived in the 21st Century. We've decided to call him Epictetus. I anticipate large numbers of you will not be very surprised by this decision.
In other news, I am in possession of a streaming cold. I doubt you envy me. If it persists, I may be skipping ( Read more... ) -
That political spectrum thing...
No great surprises here. My political leanings are somewhat less volatile than my religious leanings.
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I walk on gilded splinters
So it's been a rather decent weekend, all told. the_lady_lily has abandoned me for the manifold vices of Britannia but I've managed to keep myself amused.
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Σημειον εστιν, ου μερος ουθεν
So I have been thinking about a couple of logic problems. Both are original as far as I know. I haven't worked out either of them at time of writing.
Beans in Boxes
I have six boxes of equal weight. The boxes contain beans of equal weight. A box weighs the same as a substantial number of beans. One box contains one bean, one contains two, one three ( Read more... ) -
Credibile quia ineptum
This is simply... amusing.
How the hell anyone manages to maintain a Christian faith without a sense of humour I have no idea.
Aaah... Christian Voice! That would explain it. How you make us want to eviscerate you in a most un-Christian fashion!
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There's just no excuse...
For this sort of thing...
...there was an extra-terrestrial event on Earth...
...from the BBC.
To be fair, it seems to be a quote (from a geologist no less!) but it deserved at least a "sic", one feels.
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הנרות הללו
Merry Christmas everyone!
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A lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow
We had team drinks this evening at a horrible little Irish bar on 3rd. I chanced to walk back to the subway with an Israeli colleague. As we were walking back he began lamenting the collapse of the financial markets and the atmosphere of fear that surrounds us poor (yet frankly well compensated) souls who toil therein.
"גם זה יעבור" I said.
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There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
I'm back in New York!
It was so very thoroughly splendid to see those of you back in Albion that I did see, and a sorry thing that I did not see those of you that I did not. The familial duty ended up being a trifle more consuming than I had anticipated. It is - alack! - the problem with not going home for nigh on two years. They colonise your ( Read more... )