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Now you can have your own space conspiracy

January 19th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Four pillars

I’m a little strange. But then I guess you know that by now.
I believe that man did land on the moon for the first time in 1969; I believe that the images I saw of Apollo 11 on that July day were real, the images I saw as a 11-year old in a very crowded [...]

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Butt me no Butts: A sideways look at the Because Effect

January 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · crosswords, scrabble

No, I haven’t forgotten how to spell. This is not a post about cigarettes or even about archery. Or any of those butts.
It’s about Scrabble, the game invented by Alf Butts around 70 years ago. The game at the heart of the dispute between Hasbro, Mattel (or more correctly, its subsidiary JW Spear) and a [...]

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