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Happy birthday, James Joyce

Hippies and libertarians

Back around 1970, I decided that since the best policy for the government to take towards drugs, consensual sex, dirty books, and wars in Asia was to mind its own business, that might work for everything. I no longer believe that; it's now more like wishing. Here is a history of hippies and libertarians.

Thanx to RAW Illumination.

Acute nomenclature*

Lots of stuff about names

*What a rival magician claimed Aleister Crowley's little daughter Nuit Ma Ahathoor Hecate Sappho Jezebel Lilith Crowley died of.

Thanx to andrewducker

In defense of big words

When a one-star rating points a finger at the book and three at the reviewer.

Inability to defer

Our long national nightmare of waiting for the Super Bowl is almost over. Once again, we have overwhelming evidence that two weeks before the big game runs almost everybody out of interesting things to say about it. One sign is when they bring out an animal who allegedly can pick the winner. This year it's an ape who has picked six straight, thus impressing the living shit out of innumerates who think it’s one in a million, rather than one in 64.

Yeah, I know, it's me. Childish impatience. I also think they should go back to having the game at 1PM, so there's less wait, and I don't have to stay up past my bedtime.