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Friday, November 21, 2003

Quixotic Today's Word of the Day from Merriam-Webster is quixotic. It's probably not a coincidence that they chose it, because Edit Grossman's new translation of Don Quixote has been getting lots of great reviews. I'm about 100 pages into the translation, and it is quite the revelation. I haven't essayed this book, I don't think, since High School, and that was an abridged edition. This one is the whole thing, nearly 1000 pages of it. So far I'm enjoying it quite a bit; it's a very modern, very readable translation, with great, breif introductions by Grossman and Harold Bloom. 2:05:46 PM  Permalink  comment []

eMac II brings Apple to the Gates of Dell, Anne Onymus, The Rumor Mill. For the first time ever, Apple will have dual processors on entry-level models. [Low End Mac] Want one! 11:37:21 AM  Permalink  comment []

The Void Stares Also I really like this Charlie Stross piece on the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq. Some quibbles aside, he very much somes up my attitudes towards the whole business. Very good reading. 10:54:01 AM  Permalink  comment []

Good Pot, Bad Pot Act. A bill that U.S. Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) plans to introduce would tie penalties for marijuana cultivation to THC concentrations: The more potent the pot, the longer the sentence. Souder calls the bill, which also would restrict the ability of judges to depart from sentencing minimums, the "Drug Sentencing Reform Act." The Marijuana Policy Project, noting that higher THC concentrations mean less smoking and therefore less risk of pulmonary damage, has dubbed it the "Lung Disease Promotion Act." [Hit & Run] 8:48:51 AM  Permalink  comment []

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