Monthly Archives: July 2008

Taking Retro-Grouchitude to New Extremes

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Bone

During my recent peruſals of various hiſtorical documents, I was somewhat perplexed by the appearance of a strange letter. After, a bit of reſearch, I learned that this is the way a true retro-grouch writes the letter S, when it … Continue reading →

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Critical Mass tonight

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Bone

Don’t forget – Critical Mass is tonight at 6:00! Meet at the East end of the Walnut St. Bridge View Larger Map

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Adventures in Lethargy

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Bone

I was resolved not to go to work today, but I couldn’t quite decide whether I wanted to spend my day riding my bicycle or reading my books, so I decided to do both. I threw my Kindle in the … Continue reading →

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Some More Summer Reading

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Bone

It’s been about 100° outside for the past few days, and I’ve been spending a lot of time in at work nursing a dead Microsoft Exchange cluster back to life, so I’ve not been riding my bike at all lately. … Continue reading →

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Books: John Adams

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Bone

John Adams relies heavily on the letters that Adams wrote and received from his wife, and from various people in congress. I was really impressed by level of the everyone’s writing in the 18th century. Even in short, private letters … Continue reading →

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