Monthly Archives: November 2007

The day I realized how much of a nerd I really am…

By terje | Published: November 30, 2007
… was last weekend, when I and one of my flatmates (who’s a linguistics student) spent a quarter of an hour having fun with the IPA map in general, and the voiced bilabial trill in particular. But hey, the voiced bilabial trill really is one of the funniest phonems in the world. Alright, the “schwa” and [...]
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2007-11-28 — Quote of the Day

By terje | Published: November 28, 2007
“In the second century C.E., Loukianos of Samosato wrote, ‘Everyone’s writing history now, and I don’t want to be left out of the furore.’ Loukianos, who was also known as Lucian the Scoffer, then produced a fantasy story called True History.” — John M. Ford, in the “Historical Note” to The Dragon Waiting.
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The nerd’s ant farm

By terje | Published: November 28, 2007
Or wait, isn’t the ant farm the nerd’s ant farm? Anyhoo, awesome xkcd today. But saying so feels really redundant.
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Valentine

By terje | Published: November 28, 2007
Heh, one of my flatmates and I just spent the last couple of hours taking cheap shots at Valentine, a rather silly slasher movie from 2001. A bunch of snotty girls have picked on a nerd all through elementary school, until they in 9th grade get the kid sent away to a mental institution by claiming [...]
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Burn Notice, season 1

By terje | Published: November 28, 2007
A couple of months ago, one of my flatmates tipsed me of a TV show called Burn Notice, which he claimed to be some of the best stuff he has seen in years. As this is a guy whose tastes I respect, and who spends most of the day watching TV shows, I thought I’d [...]
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Night of Knives, by Ian C. Esslemont

By terje | Published: November 27, 2007
Night of Knives, by Ian C. Esslemont. 2005. Bantam Press. 282 pages, hardcover edition. Even though I enjoyed the book, and ripped through it faster than I have ripped through anything since I had a severe cold about two months ago, I am not sure if I see Esslemont as an independent author. Sure, he is the co-creator of the [...]
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Slaughterhouse-5, by Kurt Vonnegut

By terje | Published: November 27, 2007
Slaugtherhouse-5, or the Children’s Crusade. A Duty-Dance with Death. By Kurt Vonnegut. 156 pages, Torstein Bugge Høverstad’s Norwegian translation from 1970. First published in English in 1969. How to describe Slaughterhouse-5? Some other random site that had a review of it simply raved on about it being the brilliant ramblings of a madman on LSD, but I feel that [...]
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München

By terje | Published: November 26, 2007
München has also been neglected for a while. It portrays both the murder of half a dozen Israeli athletes in München during the 1972 Olympics, and Mossad’s retribution afterwards. The emphasis is on the latter, and follows a team of agents who are given a list of 12 names, of prominent Fatah members they are to [...]
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V for Vendetta

By terje | Published: November 26, 2007
I watched V for Vendetta a couple of weeks ago, but bloody useless Neverwinter Nights has been stealing all my time since. I love Evey’s story, and the way they’ve managed to keep so much of the comic’s plots. Inspector Finch is great, as is Deitrich, as well as most of the other characters. The “morale” [...]
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X-Men: The Last Stand

By terje | Published: November 26, 2007
I feel like beating myself around the head with a heavy stick. Over a month ago, I watched X-Men: The Last Stand, and I have neither reviewed it here, nor entered into my movie log. Action must be taken; amends must be made! Knowing my very exclusive readership, I’ll skip my usual half-arsed attempt at a [...]
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