Monthly Archives: March 2008

It seems the efficiency of the US private health care system leads us to spend more on health care than comparable nations. Victory is ours again! (From the US Dept. of Health and Humans Services, seen at Paul Krugman’s blog.)

Apparently last fall Weird Tales was asking for suggestions about the greatest “weird storytellers” of the last 85 years as a kind of anniversary promotion. They posted their list this past week (I saw it first at davidcapeguy‘s LJ) and … Continue reading →

I finally subscribed to Talebones. Is it because of the current current subscription drive? Is it because the new issue features Jim Van Pelt and Paul Melko (among others)–names to conjure with, in my view? Is it because, back when … Continue reading →

One of the best cartoons ever: and one I thought about when I read Robin Hobb’s antiblogging rant. I did think it ironic that RH wanted to distribute this thing, so she posted in on the internet–essentially, it is a … Continue reading →

Arthur Clarke is dead, there was a LiveJournal strike, the Hugo nominations have just been announced, it’s Holy Saturday, the US Democratic primary is starting to get genuinely ugly, and the best cheese in the world turns out to have … Continue reading →

Arthur Clarke is dead, it seems. Behind every man alive now stands one more ghost. [Seen at jimvanpelt‘s LiveJournal.]

Today it’s Belle Rêve but tomorrow it’ll be Belly Rave… This never bothered me before, but it seems like Belle Rêve is a solecism; it should be Beau Rêve, according to the infallible penguin who wrote my French dictionary. Oh … Continue reading →

Okay, okay–maybe I’m going a little overboard on the garfish. But today is (a.) the Ides of March, when a bunch of Julius Caesar’s close personal friends (some of them garfish or pipefish for all we know) stood around him … Continue reading →

This afternoon, in an increasingly desperate attempt to avoid useful work, I was reading the Gospel of Luke and I came across this familiar line: εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρήματος βελόνης εἰσελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ … Continue reading →