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"star" = "asterisk" = "*" = binary 00101010 in the ASCII coding system (almost universally used). Ignore the leading zeroes and you have 101010 or 10/10/10. Not that it matters in the least, of course.
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On the way to work a week or two ago I was passed by a Prius with a bumper sticker that said SIMPLIFY. It made me chuckle, because if there is one thing a Prius is not, it’s simple. There’s a huge disconnect between the pastoral imagery of sophisticated advertising directing us to be more…
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I've been under a lot of stress lately, much of it job-related, and I decided that I really needed a day with as little as possible that I was obliged to do. So I took the day off from writing. Instead of a new SNJ, here's an entry from July of 2004, the first year…
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To those caviling small-minded persons who would ask "Why should a Catholic radio station be in possession of a giant rooster?" I answer: why not? I mean, angels are popularly pictured with wings, and roosters have wings, so…. You'll note that he is tethered, so as not to menace the populace.
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Toby D’Anna sent me this interview with Don and Karen Peris of The Innocence Mission. They sound just like the nice somewhat shy people you would expect them to be. *** The American Library Association is having its annual “Banned Books Week.” I prefer to call it “Librarians Hate It When You Question Their Judgment…
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Weekend Music With ABBA we get not just a married couple, but two married couples. Sad to say, both divorced later. I picked "SOS" because I think it was the first ABBA song I ever heard–either it, or "Waterloo." Those and several other ABBA singles were a breath of fresh air on mainstream radio in…
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Our hot water has been off since sometime Saturday evening, because the outlet line split open and started spewing water everywhere. The plumbing company we use couldn’t send anyone to fix it until Wednesday morning, so I’ve been taking cold showers, on the theory that overall it’s less hassle to take a quick cold shower…
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A beautiful story about a beautiful person. Hugh Laurie on Wodehouse (in a very Wodehousian style). (hat tip to Karen for the first, Clare for the second)
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This might become a regular feature. Or it might not. *** First: Marianne posted, in a comment, a link to this story about two young American Muslims on a road trip visiting 30 mosques in 30 days (second link is to their blog, if you want to read more). It’s a very refreshing counterbalance to the ugliness that’s been…
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Actually, it's possible that the instructions in this obituary were given not by the deceased but by his relatives, not by him. If so, he's probably really angry now.
Light On Dark Water 