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  • Misc.

    Gas pricesOne of our local gas stations currently sells gas at $3.39/gallon. Most of the other gas stations in the area sell it at about $3.59 per gallon. That is an unusually large difference in price between nearby g…

  • Movies

    I've seen some good movies recently. Persepolis was my favorite, but others have been good. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead: A. Great movie. I was into it from scene one. It starts with a crime in progress. Then,…

  • Quiet

    I don't have much to say right now, so I'll just post a quote:It is always best to think of reality as perfectly normal. Since the beginning, not one unusual thing has ever happened.

  • I like this quote

    from today's Daily Howler.People frequently make extemporaneous remarks which sound imperfect, odd or unfortunate. If you want to play the fool, you will wait until some such remark is uttered by some pol [politician] yo…

  • The best writing on the web

    Eliezer Yudkowsky at Overcoming Bias is producing some incredible work on a regular basis. Here's a paragraph from his most recent post: I have already remarked that nothing is inherently mysterious - nothing that actu…

  • Words

    "37 Ways That Words Can Be Wrong" (link). What a great post. I'll highlight a couple, but the whole thing is worth a careful read (if you're interested in such topics...)18. You pull out a dictionary in the middle of a…

  • Learning from history?

    From an interview conducted by Errol Morris:Take historical analogies. I believe that historical analogies are always wrong. This a long discussion, but, to me, the most dangerous thing about Chamberlain’s capitulation…

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