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May 20

theophrastus commented on Seattle Has a Three-Way Mayor's Race.

@3's history has a very similar word frequency usage of known press releases from the McGinn campaign. probably just a chance thing, right?

typing of chance, Harrell's a very interesting chap, but no way does he have a 1/5 shot at becoming Seattle's mayor. but then we knew a slog poll would be a bad sampling technique, didn't we?

May 20

theophrastus commented on Dutch Artist Turns Dead Cat into Remote-Controlled Helicopter.

not there's any more distressing news in the world, but copter-cat is nearly a year old now... http://boingboing.net/2012/06/06/dead-ca… (ah well, it still plays well in provinces)

May 20

theophrastus commented on America's Epidemic of Toddler-on-Toddler Gun Violence Continues.

the slowest and most painful form of evolutionary pressure.

(year:11371 "xyzzyz, i don't think having any deathray projectors in the dome with the clones around is a viable axiom")

May 17

theophrastus commented on Dems from 46th District Endorse Murray, Steinbrueck.

"it's a good omen for Murray", but, the exact same show of support for Steinbrueck is...? (unworthy of mention, or so it seems)

May 16

theophrastus commented on Geographic Apostrophe Death.

theres some linguistic axiom which states something not entirely other than: the more people speak a language the simpler it becomes (in terms of grammar). so three cheers for no extraneous marks, diacritical or otherwise. to hell with case (except to distinguish between polish and Polish). and maybe we should cast out the letter c (now everyone go and read Twains monograph on the improvement of english http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/t… )

May 12

theophrastus commented on Meanwhile, in Downtown Everett.

http://mcphee.com/shop/fun/googly-eyes.h…

May 5

theophrastus commented on Slog Bible Study: Isaiah 34:7.

@5 because the translators of the king james version didn't know to what animal the hebrew term רְאֵם referred to (never having encountered that reference to a particular type of ox)

they also slapped that odd translation everywhere they found it, so at least they were consistent:
Psalm 22:21 "Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns."
Job. 39:9-10 "Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? 10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?"

we aren't assuming that there's some significance to the bible that somehow transcends human foibles, are we? nahhh.

Apr 29

theophrastus commented on NBA Committee Rejects Hansen Bid to Purchase Sacramento Kings.

so you really think it comes down to yet-more bread and circuses for McGinn to be reelected? well... you might be right.

Apr 28

theophrastus commented on The Sunday Morning News.

if it soothes folks concerns at all the sheep don't "glow in the dark" in any independent sense; rather they fluoresce in response to UV light. this because they've been made to produce a protein that has that quality, like many flowers and jellyfish do. if that doesn't soothe folks concerns, well, it's still nothing to become overly concerned about (in a world jam-packed with real concerns).