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No Labor Today
No bad jokes, no misspellings or other typos, no mysterious themes, no controversies, no ponderous sentences, no imponderables, no nothing. No labor on Labor Day. See everybody tomorrow.
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Global Warming Political Enemies List
I wrote what follows for an editor who, lucky fellow that he is, has moved on to better things. So, in order not to waste these precious pearls (and to…
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Second Annual Pass On Briggs Day
It's that special time of year, dear reader. The moment has once again come to tell the world of this fine blog. I have done the calculation: if every one…
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation
The highlight was the Polish Festival in Boyne Falls, which featured a beer tent at which was served only Budweiser, hot dogs that were labeled "kielbasa", golabki covered in tomato…
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A Time To Celebrate!
I am, once more, reliving my Air Force days. I am strapped into a seat designed for a midget, jetting across the Wild Blue towards the shores of Lake Michigan,…
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A Bust—I mean must—Read; Or, An Evolution in Bra Sizes
"Excuse me, miss. Would you care to participate in science?" Sometimes being a statistician is enviable. In a flash of scientific brilliance, Australian statisticians have just completed a massive study…
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M. Night Shyamalan, Mel Gibson, and John Wayne
Part II of the Two-Envelope problem was not too friendly, so here's something that is. Via HotAir, I came across the site Marginal Revolution, in which was featured a graph…
Four Chords Is All You Need: The Limited Nature of Pop Music
Coming tomorrow: the infamous two-envelope problem, solved! More mathematical constructivism. But today, as it's Sunday, something light and airy...and non taxing. A "comedy rock" group which bills itself as the…