Category Archives: the memo

props

Posted on September 10, 2010 by sh

I recently started following a blog by someone I don’t know, because someone I met once (briefly) recommended it on his blog, which I also follow. The blog by the person I don’t know is really great (as is the … Continue reading →

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the shortest distance between two points

Posted on June 19, 2007 by sh

Last Thursday, as I went about my normal reading of things on the internet, I was stopped by the phrase “quantitative social scientists” in a post on boingboing.net. It stopped me because just the day before, Cat and I had … Continue reading →

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Conjecture as to the origin of the AHP MS

Posted on March 7, 2006 by sh

When Wilfrid Nichyov first saw the A Historical Personages (AHP) manuscript, he immediately considered the 20th Century Francsinca friar Hammond Bacon as its possible author. He then embarked on a thorough study of the MS’s history, in the hope of … Continue reading →

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the rocket continues nowhere

Posted on February 23, 2006 by sh

My website, rocket2nowhere.com (not to be confused with this, my blog) recently underwent a major upgrade. Here are the particulars: The image on the bio page has been changed. Certain navigational weirdnesses within “A Determination of Parts” have been fixed. … Continue reading →

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finding needles in haystacks

Posted on February 1, 2006 by sh

I recently installed a counter (scroll down). It’s something I should have done a long time ago. Interestingly, this post has garnered me the most hits. It has been hit a lot mostly because it’s a list, but people are … Continue reading →

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Obtund Mess vs. covertly unreal realistic

Posted on August 11, 2005 by sh

WHAT FOLLOWS IS A WORK OF FICTION (DAMMIT) [this is a reprint of memo 187_03.31.04] Obtund Mess: (1968-1972) Formed spontaneously on an acid trip gone somewhat awry in early 1968, the band became quickly famous for their impenetrably loopy psychedelic … Continue reading →

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why is the rocket going nowhere?

Posted on March 24, 2005 by sh

“And he sensed percolating from the kitchen, humble, squalid, time-marking human thought, marking time in one spot, always in one spot, going round and round, in circles, as if they were dizzy but couldn’t stop. as if they were nauseated … Continue reading →

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