oh brave new world that has such people in it!

(i saw the royal shakespeare company perform the tempest last week.)

i got this spam today:

My Dear,

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Thanks.
Mrs.Susan and son John.

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omfg, a sponsored link in spam?!?

how to kill a punch line

from today's NY times comes a correction:

An article last Sunday about new DVD box sets of James Bond movies misstated a line from “Goldfinger.” It is “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die,” not “No, Mr. Bond, I’m trying to kill you.”

somebody at the NYT has a tin ear.