Monthly Archives: February 2009
Friday Random 10: Skiing Edition
Pax Arcana The shushy and well-balanced Mrs. Pax Arcana are alighting for the hills of Vermont later today to go skiing with my parents and some family friends. I don’t have anything clever or interesting for today’s random 10, but … Continue reading
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Friday filler: Your semi-regular Wilco update
Father Scott To celebrate the forthcoming June release of Wilco’s yet-to-be-named seventh record (co-hat tip Spackler and Wilco’s own email), here’s a Bad Plus cover of Radio Cure. And if you’re wondering, yes, it sounds like every other jazz cover … Continue reading
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We is old
Pax Arcana The English language is a frenetic pastiche of influences from other languages — such as those that gave us words like “frenetic” and “pastiche” — but it turns out some words are older than others. Words like “I,” … Continue reading
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Dinochicken is not a good idea
Pax Arcana When the ashes have returned to ashes and the dust is dust, it will be known that humankind did not succumb to global warming or the aftereffects of nuclear war. Rather, the people of earth were slowly pecked … Continue reading
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Thursday Filler: They Are Not Human
Pax Arcana If you’ve ever watched a professional or high-level college football game and laughed at the giant fat guys that clog up the offensive and defensive line, let this video be a good reminder that those guys are not … Continue reading
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Old fish wuz bangin’
Pax Arcana New studies into old fossils have revealed that the physical act of sex — known in academic cirlces as “delivering the dissertation” — is at least 30 million years older than once believed (hat tip to Jaelynne). Researchers … Continue reading
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Me, myself and I argue about the Amazon Kindle
Pax Arcana Me: This new Amazon Kindle looks pretty awesome. One Citigroup analyst called it “the iPod of the book world,” and Lord knows I love my iPod. Myself: That’s interesting. What does it do? Me: You can read books … Continue reading
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Wednesday filler: Glory Days
Father Scott I love the Avett Brothers. I love covers. By the transitive property, I love this. Wait, that isn’t the transitive property. I don’t love math. ht: Fuel/Friends
Hey let’s all blame this guy!!
Pax Arcana The worst parts of our accelerating economic depression are pretty obvious — joblessness, retirement insecurity, loss of national confidence, eating sawdust pancakes, etc… But there are bright spots, if only you look hard enough. For one thing, it … Continue reading
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What’s a sandwhich?
Pax Arcana I love the salad bar at the Lambert’s on Route 1 in Westwood, but either they’ve invented a new type of lunch meal that questions you back or they need to proofread their signs better:
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