21 Feb 2003, 19:05 p.m.

The Language of Film is the Roundup

Bend it like Beckham. I got to see this a few weeks back because my sister is a mover and shaker and got preview screening tickets. What a country! The plot: think American Chai plus …

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21 Feb 2003, 18:45 p.m.

Sumana Suggests Signifiers

I should distinguish between the signifiers "woooOOOOooo" and "doodley-oodley-oodley". "wooOOOooo" tells the audience, "this is a scary story; feel scared." For my purposes, "woooOOOOooo" is appropriate for supernatural tales even when the story is not …

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21 Feb 2003, 17:29 p.m.

Refreshing Breeze From the Past

"I think many civil libertarians have gotten this idea from mathematics about epsilon-delta proofs of limits and thought that you could have a moral bounding box around an act..." "Hello my name is Jeremy I …

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21 Feb 2003, 8:55 a.m.

A Dutiful Finger in a Swiss Cheese Dike

Last night I thought, "I wish I could transform tasks I have to do into food I could eat." And now I'm going to transform some outrage into some action. We should try to avert …

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21 Feb 2003, 8:17 a.m.

Skit and Skittishness

When I discovered that Colin Powell's son Michael heads up the Federal Communications Commission, and that (according to Leonard) he's actually quite qualified and everything, the following skit presented itself: Michael: (comes home, hangs his …

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20 Feb 2003, 18:26 p.m.

YAGPG (Yet Another Google Party Game)

(or: Guess Dr. Lucky) This one's like Hangman. The Searcher picks some word and googles it and any number of Guessers guess the top result. I think category guesses, e.g., "a band" or "a furniture …

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19 Feb 2003, 16:41 p.m.

Hey, Alan! "In a supposedly live online chat with…

Hey, Alan! "In a supposedly live online chat with an SBC technician, Mizokami concluded that he was in fact 'speaking' with a machine."

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19 Feb 2003, 14:01 p.m.

In Soviet Russia, the Weblog Updates Me!

Sarah invited me to hang out this weekend. One suggestion: "I could come by and watch the Simpsons. Or vice versa!" Of course, I immediately thought, "In Soviet Russia, The Simpsons watches you!"

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19 Feb 2003, 9:00 a.m.

I'm heading to the East Coast next month. Leonard…

I'm heading to the East Coast next month. Leonard will speak at PyCon in Washington, DC, and I'm traveling with him to sightsee and cheer. If you live around DC and would like to meet …

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19 Feb 2003, 8:36 a.m.

The Audience of One

Two recent exchanges that have left Joe saying, "You're such a freak, but in a good way": Joe: So you know about the Tibetan monks' tradition of ritualized debate? Sumana: I was just reading about …

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