Three Pipe Problem

"What are you going to do, then?" I asked. "To smoke," he [Holmes] answered. "It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes."

Nov
20th

Thu

Common misconceptions about science I: “Scientific proof” | Psychology Today Blogs So, why can’t I smoke in an airport?

Oct
15th

Wed

I no longer have any clear idea what, exactly, the modern conservative movement stands for.

— CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Buckley leaves National Review after Obama endorsement « - Blogs from CNN.com

Oct
12th

Sun

I went to a dinner party the other night. The new yorker sitting next to me was brash, rude, passive-aggressive and generally unpleasant, so I stayed quiet for the first part of the meal while enjoying a little wine to dull the pain. Later I made sarcastic remarks about her she didn’t understand.

— Let’s put the drink down and just talk - Times Online

Oct
11th

Sat

Welcome to Britain? The shocking frieze which will greet visitors to London’s Eurostar terminal | Mail Online

Sep
16th

Tue

DEMANDE. Quels sont les attributs et les ustensiles qui doivent orner la chambre d’une putain?

RÉPONSE. Elle doit avoir derrière son miroir deux bonnes verges, l’une ornée d’un ruban rose, et l’autre bleu. Aujourd’hui que tout est à la patriote, que l’on fout même patriotiquement, il suffit d’un ruban aux trois couleurs.

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Catéchisme libertin by Théroigne de Méricourt

Sep
14th

Sun

Critic’s Notebook - Reflections - New Orleans and China - NYTimes.com Please spare us your “visionary plans.” We don’t like plans. That’s why we live here.

Sep
12th

Fri

Pipe smoker, type writer wizard.

Sep
7th

Sun

A German hurricane? No wonder they all fled

Jul
24th

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Yet another reason to switch to Linux: Billionaires Back Antismoking Effort - NYTimes.com

Jul
6th

Sun

Voicemail is dead. Please tell everyone so they’ll stop using it.

— Think Before You Voicemail

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Catéchisme libertin by Théroigne de Méricourt