A Personal Pantagraph

Prognostications, Epiphanies, and Banalities

Archive for February, 2007

Achilles’ Choice

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Achilles got it wrong. As the son of Thetis, a goddess of the sea, Achilles is given an important choice: live a short and glorious life, to be remembered by man for thousands of years, or a long and happy life, to be remembered only by his children and grandchildren. Achilles wavered at [...]

Why Comments Are No Longer Allowed

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Few enough (< 1?) people read this blog, so there is very little comment activity in it, only one legitimate comment over two years. Nevertheless, I receive a comment submission at least once a week from various SPAM sources. This is no problem–I just disapprove the submitted comment and get on with my [...]