tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post494269741194969354..comments2024-01-20T23:55:26.269-08:00Comments on The Detritus Review: A Smelly, Half-Minute QuickyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-53803080135362741052008-02-22T14:42:00.000-08:002008-02-22T14:42:00.000-08:00Hey Empiricus, thanks for the above link. I was b...Hey Empiricus, thanks for the above link. I was browsing the site, and while reading the article on the Tsar Bomba, I came across this:<BR/><BR/>"Soviet Minister of Medium Machine Building Efim Slavsky"<BR/><BR/>That is the most awesome title for a mid-level government functionary... ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-65701628152529121452008-02-22T13:33:00.000-08:002008-02-22T13:33:00.000-08:00I apologize dr. nick. I have no editors, just like...I apologize dr. nick. I have no editors, just like the Washington Post. Erratum eradicated.<BR/><BR/>Also, atom-splitting isn't all that complex.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nuclearweaponarchive.org/" REL="nofollow">TEXT</A>Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-14977358466223406452008-02-22T12:35:00.000-08:002008-02-22T12:35:00.000-08:00What the fuck does "harmonic of melodic guideposts...What the fuck does "harmonic of melodic guideposts" mean?<BR/><BR/>And "conventional gestures"? At least that phrase has meaning, but what does he want, an alberti bass?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-2786640567293874732008-02-22T12:05:00.000-08:002008-02-22T12:05:00.000-08:00Hey! Where's my "Composer of the Day"?Hey! Where's my "Composer of the Day"?Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371363571092946834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-34687303750254473302008-02-22T10:38:00.000-08:002008-02-22T10:38:00.000-08:00Spinose? Spiny and elusive? This is the problem ...Spinose? <I>Spiny</I> and elusive? This is the problem with thesauri (<I>syn.:</I> synonomicon, -ica); people grab words which bear at best tertiary resemblance to one another, then jam them together.<BR/><BR/>If there's one thing that a spine is not, it is "elusive." Spines are nothing if not conspicuous, as anyone who has ever seen a cactus or sea urchin can attest.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps Batty feels that Carter's work bears occult spines, like those of the platypus; turgid with venom and concealed until necessary for self-defense. Batty seems to know quite a bit about turgidity.<BR/><BR/>I had hoped that "minatory" shared a root with "minotaur," but alas, they are false cognates.Murderfacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01220337199108444992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-71442638765728880292008-02-22T10:02:00.000-08:002008-02-22T10:02:00.000-08:00Wow, that's one of the worst ones yet. Good find!...Wow, that's one of the worst ones yet. Good find!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-14231588067611601272008-02-22T09:27:00.000-08:002008-02-22T09:27:00.000-08:00Or else I'll have to write another post about you....Or else I'll have to write another post about you. Take that!Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.com