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Notes on rarely-seen game mechanics
A while back I posted some miscellaneous notes on card games played by aliens. Dave Turner has written a response in the same mode, titled “Rarely seen game mechanics”. If you like my blog, you will...
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Recent addenda to articles 202304: Inappropriate baseball team names and...
In 2006 I wrote an article about sports team names, inspired by the amusing inappropriateness of the Utah Jazz. This month, I added:I can't believe it took me this long to realize it, but the Los...
View ArticleWater, polo, and water polo in Russian
I recently learned January First-of-May's favorite Russian anagrams:австралопитек (/avstralopitek/, “Australopithecus”)ватерполистка (/vaterpolistka/. ”Female water-polo player”)Looking into this...
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The pillar box war
A “pillar box” is a British mailbox. It usually has the monogram (“cypher”) of the reigning monarch at the time it was built. At right are two examples. The one to the right has the monogram of Queen...
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Two words, two lies (again)
(Previously)My observation that the Moral Majority was neither moral nor a majority had been made many times before. This is not surprising as it was obvious from day one. Many people suggested other...
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More notes about pain as a game mechanic
In a recent article on rarely-seen game mechanics, I suggested a variation on chess in which a player can force their opponent to retract their last move and play another, by cutting off one of their...
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Egyptian crocodile hieroglyphs in Unicode
A while back Rik Signes brought my attention to the Unicode codepoint with the long and peculiar name TELUGU FRACTION DIGIT THREE FOR EVEN POWERS OF FOUR (U+0c7e) and this inspired me to write an...
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Hieroglyphic monkeys holding stuff
I recently had occasion to mention this Unicode codepoint with the undistinguished name EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHIC SIGN E058A:In a slightly more interesting world it would have been called STANDING MONKEY...
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The Master of the Pecos River returns
Lately I have been enjoying Adam Unikowsky's Legal Newsletter which is thoughtful, informative, and often very funny.For example a recent article was titled “Why does doctrine get so...
View ArticleMore about _Cozzi v. Village of Melrose Park_
Earlier today I brought up the case of Cozzi v. Village of Melrose Park and the restrained but unmistakably threatening tone of the opening words of the judge's opinion in that case:The Village of...
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