12 Jan 2004, 12:34 p.m.

Living High On the Sog (Tofog?)

Mockmeat steak costs the same as mockmeat chicken or mockmeat hot dogs. I could eat soy prime rib every day.

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09 Jan 2004, 10:20 a.m.

I Knew Him When We Were Acquainted

Today's Qwantz reminded me of Humiliating Happenstances! by one K. Byerly. I may as well also link to his splendid Crime Over Time and How Do I Get Rid Of This Gun?. More like this.

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09 Jan 2004, 9:54 a.m.

Exposure

Scott Rosenberg ponders cryptic spam subject lines. My favorite interpretation: "origami inflation -- Paper money is always at risk." He also links to Spam As Folk Art (recently updated!) and some well-done spam poetry.

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09 Jan 2004, 9:33 a.m.

Just Reread Gatsby

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the spam.

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08 Jan 2004, 16:49 p.m.

Out Of Context Theater

"steve schultz's blog showed me the light. i now go out to wrestling parasite goth punk raves dressed as a schoolgirl."

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08 Jan 2004, 11:08 a.m.

Utter Mayhem!

Now I know why I grab the Chron's Wine section from the recycling bins to read on BART. Today's article on wine clubs drones on and on, but then kicks in: Probably California's most unusual …

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07 Jan 2004, 18:11 p.m.

The Syndicate

Apparently my LiveJournal feed works again, and who knows why. Sabrina, Paul, Joe, John, &c. - care to lower the syndication cost?

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07 Jan 2004, 17:25 p.m.

Truncated Dac (tyl)

I hear "Ratchet and Clank" and think of Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake.

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05 Jan 2004, 19:20 p.m.

Late last year, Comedy Central reran a Nov. 18th Daily…

Late last year, Comedy Central reran a Nov. 18th Daily Show with Bernard Goldberg, author of Arrogance and Bias. I didn't find his arguments very convincing. Jon Stewart asked him the $64,000 question, namely, seeing …

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05 Jan 2004, 19:16 p.m.

Happy New Year. I spent the 2003-2004 liminal time watching a…

Happy New Year. I spent the 2003-2004 liminal time watching a lot of TiVoed TV with Leonard (Reading Rainbow, Good Eats, and some surprisingly palatable Star Trek: Voyager; I have grudgingly accorded Voyager canon status) …

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