Pax Nortona – A Blog by Joel Sax
From the Land of the Lost Blunderbuss
Month: November 2003
Money
Posted on November 21, 2003 in Consuming Thinking
If you collected all the U.S. currency in the world — the quarters, the Susan B. Anthony dollars with their kinky edges, the pennies filed down to the size of dimes for purposes of cheating vendors, the silver certificates held in collections, — I mean every single last cent no mattered if it is warped, bent, half melted, half burnt, or torn in half, you would not have nearly enough to cover the amount of money that is on the books in today’s banks and brokerage houses.
She didn’t say what they wanted her to say
Posted on November 21, 2003 in Crosstalk Liberals & Progressives Occupation of Iraq
When David Horowitz throws together a panel, you can expect that it will consist of people who attack liberals as a class.
Compare and Contrast
Posted on November 21, 2003 in Occupation of Iraq
I must say that given the restrictions placed on London demonstrators, the British did pretty good with the turnout.
Shaving a Fluffy Bunny Saint
Posted on November 20, 2003 in Myths & Mysticism Reading
The word is out: you do not tarnish the legend of St. Francis of Assisi, you do not apply a depilatory to a man who gives most people the warm fuzzies.
Just before a reading
Posted on November 20, 2003 in Poems
Key to understanding: The last line isn’t meant as it first reads.
Before we even get started
Lee’s saying “Be nice, be nice.”
Not a chance.
Buggy
Posted on November 19, 2003 in Site News
Due to problems with Blogrolling, I haven’t been able to update my links. To those who have been waiting, I tender my sincere apologies and my upraised hands: all I can do is wait with you.
I’m also trying to debug a problem with uploading my photos. These computer problems all seem to come at the same time from all sorts of directions!
An Amendment that Will Rend
Posted on November 19, 2003 in Appeals and Goodwill Human Rights Partnership
I have long said that driving homosexuality underground results in severe exploitation and cruelty to the weaker partners.
On a Trail, in the Dark
Posted on November 17, 2003 in Hiking Neighborhood
Yesterday afternoon, Lynn and I braved the partial cloud cover to hike along the lowest ridge on our skyline to a place called “Vulture Crags”.
The Legend of 1900
Posted on November 17, 2003 in Film
It’s another one of those European films which slipped past the notice of Hollywood, perhaps because it touched on experiences too deep and too subtle.
Capitol Reef 25
Posted on November 17, 2003 in Photos Vacation Fall 2003
This gallery is the last of my Capitol Reef photos and includes, in addition to this portrait of the rocks, the Not-So-Great-Arch of Grand Wash.
These pictures were taken inside the Grand Wash at Capitol Reef National Park. This day is described here.
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