Wednesday, July 30, 2008

So Much for Plausible Deniability

by Ken Houghton

As Armadillocon nears, and I head for the cold, a final reminder of where life really is. Everything I know about food I learned at the County Line, which apparently served me well:

You are 72% REAL Texan!!

You're way more Texan than average. You're parents were probably from here too. We're glad to have you. You probably go to the border for Christmas shopping and are well versed in BBQ, Mexican Food and .. well thats pretty much it.

How Texan Are You?

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Monday, July 14, 2008

Painful Coincidence

by Ken Houghton

July 2, 2008 [link fixed; thank you, Gary]:
Short of succumbing to the madness of anorexia, I doubt I am likely to experience actual starvation before I die.

Especially not when you die two days later.

(via Gary Farber, who posts a wealth of other links)

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Tuesday, July 08, 2008

This is for Drek

by Ken Houghton

Via Susan, the current Grand Rounds has an article on inverted nipples, complete with a link to an 1866 British Medical Journal piece [PDF].

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Monday, July 07, 2008

Condolences to Scott

by Ken Houghton

In the greater scheme of things, this is a minor matter. But it seems likely to ruin his day.

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Thursday, July 03, 2008

Dear Mad, You and Danny Don't Exist.

by Ken Houghton

Via Roy, I discover that the San Francisco of Victor David Hanson's, er, mind consists of:
smartly dressed yuppies, wealthy gays... What is missing are school children, middle class couples with strollers, and any sense the city has a vibrant foundation of working-class, successful families of all races and backgrounds...

My wife's relatives work in San Francisco and live in Albany, but they're doctors and lawyers. (Though—sorry, Julie, Howard, and Mike—not many would confuse most of them with being "smartly dressed" in the VDH sense of the phrase.)

So I guess Mad at EoB doesn't exist, since VDH's SF "reminds [him] of H.G.l Wels Eloi and Morlocks," and I've never seen her wear as much eye shadow as Yvette Mimieux in this film (though it's possible that Sarcasm Girl can stay).

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