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Dec 29, 2011

Fundamentalism in trouble (Dirk)

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And while we are at it, lets reminisce: We are driving across the US, as usual, have spent the previous night in a hotel in Wyoming where ...
Dec 26, 2011

And now for our final, and definitive Christmas post (Jacki)

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(We performed it on Christmas eve 1985 during our visiting stint at the Rockefeller College, SUNY, Albany to rave reviews from a disorient...
Dec 25, 2011

Find a caption

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Dec 20, 2011

Ordinateur (French for beginners) (Vincent)

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The "urban word" of today, Computer , is defined as a "machine for downloading porn." And, by sheer coincidence, Vi...
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Dec 19, 2011

The view from Chang's bed this morning

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Dec 18, 2011

A Christmas Carol (Jacki)

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A married couple has been out Christmas shopping at the mall most of the afternoon, when she suddenly realizes that her husband has “disappe...
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Dec 17, 2011

Ditto (Siggi, Dirk)

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Dirk sends this... ...and writes: "This has been around for a while but still. As the story goes, the guy that owns this house live...
Nov 23, 2011

Swedish for beginners: Occupy Thanksgiving (reposted)

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Oct 29, 2011

Why banks have become dysfunctional

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James Saft , the Reuters' columnist, has a piece in the IHT about a talk by Andrew Haldane , the executive director for financial stab...
Oct 22, 2011

We missed rapture day

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Rapture had been scheduled for May 21, and was then rescheduled for Oct 21 (an error in the calculations). Yesterday, folks. And we missed i...
Oct 20, 2011

History of the world: Apple Computers (7)

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Click here for earlier acts. Interlude.
Oct 19, 2011

History of the world: Apple Computers

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Act II. Somewhere in 1978 or 79, the Amsterdam department store De Bijenkorff opened a new sales corner on its 4th floor, mysteriously name...
Oct 18, 2011

Bible Studies (4)

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Oct 15, 2011

History of the world: Apple Computers (5)

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(Go   here for earlier acts) Act V. Now comes the part that is omitted in all the obituaries. A few weeks later, still 1985. The Apple la...
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Oct 13, 2011

History of the world: Apple Computers (4)

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(Go   here for earlier acts) (Another) Interlude . Perry sends this picture of the Lisa: Go here for the next act.
Oct 12, 2011

History of the world: Apple Computers (3)

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(Go   here for earlier acts) Interlude.  A friend sends this picture and writes... Apple Store, Palo Alto, CA. ..."did you kn...
Oct 10, 2011

History of the world: Apple Computers (2)

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(Go   here for earlier acts) Act III. We're now at Dartmouth College , NH, and the day is Jan 16, 1984. I had become interested in ...
Oct 8, 2011

History of the world: Apple Computers (I)

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Act II. Somewhere in 1978 or 79, the Amsterdam department store De Bijenkorff opened a new sales corner on its 4th floor, mysteriously nam...
Sep 30, 2011

Progress

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Progressives are convinced that mankind can progress, in particular modern mankind, us. And we do, in fact, progress on many measures, such ...
Sep 12, 2011

Help me, help me (washed-up script writer)

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We haven't heard from the washed-up scriptwriter in quite some time. He was washed up in Kazakhstan, and wrote some poems for President ...