Dropsafe

I am so used to going to [www.amazon.com] and typing the name of an author into the search box, and getting a list of publications with a best-fit match for the name, that I verge upon being offended by the fact that I just tried that with Darryl Huff Lie Statistics – yielding 263 results.

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I have my own views regarding the UK’s fad towards Identity Cards – which I will post at a later date – plus I am an Economist print subscriber, because I consider it to be essential bathroom material for a sunday morning soak. But: for those of you who are not, by seraching for Barrington

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A website that I find amusing and informative, and which reinforces my slightly archaic way with grammar: [www.ceafinney.com] What ? Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary defines subjunctive as: adj. 2. in grammar, designating or of that mood of a verb used to express condition, hypothesis, contingency, possibility, etc., rather than to state an actual fact:

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Well, things have been chaotic, hence the paucity of posting this past few days; highlights of the past few days include: Filling a gapping chasm in my kitchen wall, the which was left by removal of an ancient clothesdrier outflow pipe which had been duct taped and then plastered into the wall by the previous

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…either a spoof, or a full-on republican right-wing dilemma. [www.takeoneforthecountry.com]

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so, my ibook video is once again toasted. bother.

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For those who’ve been wondering why my posting rate had dropped-off, my iBook’s power supply/transformer died last week (dodgy cable) and so I’ve been living on borrowed power at work, and ignoring the laptop when at home. My experience with AppleCare on this occasion has been – frankly – unacceptable. Last time I was forced

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“espantoso”. hmmm… it’s pants.

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So: on The Today Programme this morning, a Yorkshire Vicar who risks having to close his church over the summer due to the presence of Natterers Bats; an endangered species, the larger Natterers (unlike their Pipistrelle cousins) fly in/out in the gap over the church door, and poop liberally around the church leaving a nasty

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memes like this were/are all the rage on livejournal, and this is the first one that i’ve seen or thought to participate in since dropsafe was first posted. not unlike the tom lehrer song of some fame, i got it from geoff [www.geoffarnold.com] who got it from dave [www.dme.org] who got it from tim [www.tbray.org]

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I remember, long ago, working on a VALGOL cross-compiler; in the same tradition, only moreso, comes: The Shakespeare Programming Language [shakespearelang.sourceforge.net] The Infamous Hello World Program. Romeo, a young man with a remarkable patience. Juliet, a likewise young woman of remarkable grace. Ophelia, a remarkable woman much in dispute with Hamlet. Hamlet, the flatterer of

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And from my friends Graham and Rachel: [www.yamaha-motor.co.jp] Because of its serious, thoughtful appearance, the SUMATRAN ORANG-UTAN is nicknamed philosopher of the forest . Contrary to its grave image, the orangutan is actually a gentle-natured creature. An anthropoid possibly the closest to man, the species is currently classified as CRITICALLY ENDANGERED in the Red List.

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