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Thursday, February 20, 2003

K Pasa !? reinforces the bizarre braunschweiger meme that has been cropping up on Salon Blogs of late. This was begun by Struggle In A Bungalow Kitchen and inflamed by the "secret" comments. I know nothing about it. Here's what I read at K Pasa !?: Even Andrés admitted it was better than the Braunschweiger-esque mixture of the other day. I'm sure this means it is very difficult to top Braunschweiger, the epitomeme of meat product. With Ludolphus as our patriarch, all of the internet will be our oyster, or Braunschweiger, or maybe even our Thuringer. 7:14:23 PM    comment []

Go to "Start" => "Programs" => "Accessories" => "Accessibility" => "Narrator", if your OS allows. Otherwise, use any speech-to-text program written since 1980. Now, copy the sentence below into it and listen carefully: "We will hunt down the suppliers of terrorist money, we will shut down their sources and we will ensure that both terrorists and their financiers meet the same swift, certain justice of the United States of America." If your computer doesn't sound more human than John Ashcroft, invite me over for dinner and I'll eat it ("Mmmmm...TRS-80"). What is it with this guy? I keep looking for the wires. IF, God ("swift, certain justice" - who writes his material? Julia Ward Howe?) and calico cats forbid, he ever becomes President, Eisner can send him directly to Epcot's Hall of Presidents when he retires. Who needs an automaton? 5:50:16 PM    comment []

Gloria has outgrown her simple roots and has asked to be moved. How do you think she'll look in a non-stick pan? 4:56:34 PM    comment []

When a company outgrows its name, you might forget that they are still cancermongering. Still, I kinda like the gibberish name "Altria" because it reminds me of "nutria" (Myocastor coypus). 5:57:33 AM    comment []

Crantzius Says... A BBC report on Moldova this morning, where the reporter took a 12-hour trip there from Romania took me on my own meandering Google trip beginning with the Perry-Casteneda Mao Collection. The map of Romania refreshed my geographical image of the area and from there I skipped to maps of Germany. There, I noticed how close Braunschweig was to Thuringen, both of which have sausages named for them. Another search, on "Braunschweig" took me to this Catholic Encyclopedia article where I learned that Braunschweig was also called Brunswick and had gotten its name from the Latin Brunonis vicus, which means "Bruno's Village." But who was Bruno? It took a little more time checking out hits on "Brunonis vicus", but it eventually took me to this Cartographica Neerlandica text about Bruno: The city of Brunswijck was built around the year 860 by Bruno, the son of Ludolphus who {1606E{(as Crantzius says) first erected a street or borough, calling it Brunonis vicus}1606E} after which the whole city ever since has been called Brunswijck. <It is> a city of great renown, situated in the middle of Saxony on the river Onara {1606E{which empties into the Weser}1606E}. In the beginning, this town was small. But in the course of time, and gradually, it has now grown to such a state, richness and strength that its Princes are justly called Dukes of Brunswijck. But this took a long time. I haven't checked out Ludolphus or Crantzius, but the next time I have a Braunschweiger sandwich maybe I will. 5:12:15 AM    comment []