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December 12th, 2003 · No Comments

Guardian Unlimited Film | Features | We are all nerds now is an interesting article on nerds/geeks and how we have changed in social stature since the 1970s.

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October 31st, 2003 · No Comments

I’ve just uploaded this file: http://kenneth.typepad.com/blog/pphlogger.js in an attempt to try out adfreestats. We’ll see!

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Christian Century, May 17, 2003

May 16th, 2003 · No Comments

This issue has good, brief essays on being the mother of a soldier and on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The news section is good this issue, as is the little story that reports a grieving father not ready to be comforted asking, “What would God know about losing a son?”

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Paul Robinson, The Philosophy of Punctuation

May 16th, 2003 · No Comments

Paul Robinson, The Philosophy of Punctuation Oh, the things you find out about on CE-L!

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Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Simon Tisdall

May 5th, 2003 · No Comments

What Europe has to do to avoid becoming a US vassal

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The Amber Spyglass

May 5th, 2003 · No Comments

By Philip Pullman. Satisfying finish. Perhaps now I should read something that’s not part of a series?

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The Golden Compass

April 29th, 2003 · No Comments

By Philip Pullman. Rereading very good juvenile fiction.

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The Naked God, Part 2: Faith

April 27th, 2003 · No Comments

By Peter F. Hamilton. So what would we do if we had massive, direct evidence of the existence of the soul after death? A rousing finale to a great read.

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The Naked God, Part 1: Flight

April 24th, 2003 · No Comments

By Peter F. Hamilton. Well, well, well. Zooming right in towards what should be a blockbuster, wrap-up-all-the-loose-ends finale. Can’t wait!

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The Neutronium Alchemist, Part 2: Conflict

April 18th, 2003 · No Comments

By Peter F. Hamilton. Rolling right through them, and the bookstore I can get to doesn’t have the next installment!

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