18 Jul 2003, 13:41 p.m.

Weekend Plans

Yes, this conversation took place near an authentic water cooler. "I have grandiose laundry plans for the weekend. There's gonna be detergent, there may even be fabric softener." "That's going a little too far for …

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18 Jul 2003, 13:13 p.m.

Extremely funny, via an offhand remark in Slate: why nobody…

Extremely funny, via an offhand remark in Slate: why nobody says, "Let's go buy a condo in the valley of the shadow of death!" Really sad and disturbing: British weapons adviser possibly found dead. "Kelly, …

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18 Jul 2003, 12:16 p.m.

Dreams Too Weird to Recapitulate, So Instead

This morning I saw a bit of Reading Rainbow and thought two things: What if Reading Rainbow is a huge payola scam for certain publishers? LeVar Burton in a back room shaking down Random House …

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17 Jul 2003, 9:59 a.m.

"buy / my / album"

First there was The Holy Tango of Poetry, and now we have the much more profane version which includes Jewel.

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16 Jul 2003, 11:25 a.m.

Last Comic Standing last night was a travesty. Dat's…

Last Comic Standing last night was a travesty. Dat's act was immensely less funny than Dave's, yet Dat won the audience's vote, and I cheered. I cheered because he's Asian, the only Asian in the …

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15 Jul 2003, 18:22 p.m.

One subscriber signed up for one of Salon Premium's benefits,…

One subscriber signed up for one of Salon Premium's benefits, a free six-month subscription to Mother Jones, and accidentally called it "Mother Hubbard."

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15 Jul 2003, 18:17 p.m.

Saw a lovely The American Experience last night, with that…

Saw a lovely The American Experience last night, with that dish Simon Schama talking about an 1849 murder at Harvard and the inevitable historian's problems of anachronism. In the film, Simon Schama hems and haws …

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14 Jul 2003, 15:16 p.m.

More good Achewood strips: loathing and fear. …

More good Achewood strips: loathing and fear.

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11 Jul 2003, 13:57 p.m.

Lore F.S. of Brunching Shuttlecocks, as well as Leonard and…

Lore F.S. of Brunching Shuttlecocks, as well as Leonard and probably John, turned me on to Achewood, a fun web comic. Funny and sexual-situation strip; and then there's the fact that Roast Beef (a sad …

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11 Jul 2003, 12:07 p.m.

"says the man next to me / Out of nowhere"

Via Circadian Shift, an obscene and funny memo. This led me to discover that most people on the net remember the line "this ain't no disco" from some Talking Heads song I've never heard, while …

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