29 Jul 2003, 14:33 p.m.

Cell Phone Hint

Try not to turn off your phone, go to a meeting, sit in a chair that is the same color as your cell phone, and then think you have lost said phone and run around …

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28 Jul 2003, 16:01 p.m.

Auto-recommend Amok

If you liked Peter Brook's Mahabharata, you might also like Dune!

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28 Jul 2003, 13:38 p.m.

Man, these spammers have great fake names. Russell Kerbrat,…

Man, these spammers have great fake names. Russell Kerbrat, Ahmed Pollock, and Glenn Narayan!

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28 Jul 2003, 11:18 a.m.

Bill Moyers Interviews Jon Stewart

"STEWART: You don't want to get the Democrats angry, because then they'll maybe meet in private." I wish that Stewart had poked more fun at Moyers, but it's still Jon Stewart.

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28 Jul 2003, 10:55 a.m.

In Which I Play Andrew Northrup

This Paul Conrad cartoon features (I think) George W. Bush, at 79% approval, running in a race, and another George W. Bush, at 42% approval, gaining on him. But at first I thought it featured …

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26 Jul 2003, 11:15 a.m.

I am a happy mutant rabbit. I saw Josh…

I am a happy mutant rabbit. I saw Josh Kornbluth's Love and Taxes last night with Katharine, and we really enjoyed it. After the show, I met the performer and he remembered me from e-mail. …

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25 Jul 2003, 16:13 p.m.

Sometimes, when I'm trying to pacify the few (thank goodness)…

Sometimes, when I'm trying to pacify the few (thank goodness) rude customers, I think I'm just enabling their bad behavior. I wish it were legit to say, "No, I'm not going to help you unless …

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25 Jul 2003, 16:08 p.m.

Nobody Expects a Palace of Wax!

I'm reading the Mahabharata in prose form, as edited by C. Rajagopalachari, "popularly known as 'Rajaji' or 'C.R.'" Fantastic stuff. I see the connections among little narratives and anecdotes that I read in Amar Chitra …

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25 Jul 2003, 12:01 p.m.

What's the Opposite of Aging?

Depressing search: "used to be about". This reminds me of Leonard's aging-hippie impression: "It used to be about the selling out, man!" Roger Ebert's review of the new Lara Croft film: Lara Croft is Lady …

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25 Jul 2003, 10:14 a.m.

It's Too Soon

Uncle Saddam DVD: Laugh along at the horror of Saddam and his tyranny of terror over the Iraqi people. No, I will not laugh along!

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