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Friday, November 30, 2001

12:02 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Today also marks the 101st Anniversary of the Death of Oscar Wilde. Have a drink, drop an aphorism, and bugger a high-strung rich kid in his honor.  [++link]

11:54 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Not my favorite Beatle (do I have a favorite Beatle anymore?), but still. He was a force behind two of my favorite movies: Life of Brian and Withnail & I. And he may not have been the smart one, but he didn't break up the band over his screeching, talentless "conceptual artist" loon of a wife. And he wasn't the cute one, but boy has that shit gotten old. And even the Travelling Willburys get some cred for letting the project go after Roy died. George Harrison R.I.P.   [++link]

11:15 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Who's got a Weblog? RuPaul's got a Weblog.  [++link]

12:43 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

I'm betting heavily on this dude winning first place in the 2001 Darwin Awards.  [++link]

Thursday, November 29, 2001

3:17 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

We may not deserve Pee-Wee (ref. below), but by God we've earned Donny Osmond and Coolio up to their necks in worms and scorpions.  [++link]

1:12 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

A decade or so back, Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee-Wee Herman, got arrested for wanking in a porno theatre, which is roughly equivalent to Jenna Bush being arrested for trying to order a Margarita (which is to say, sure it's against the law, but (a) cosi fan tutti and (b) no one else on earth would have wound up posing for a mug shot over it). That cost us Pee-Wee's Playhouse, which was a great show, and it fucked the career of a uniquely talented performer. Now, just as he's starting to get work again, some bullshit comes up and Pee-Wee's a joke and a pervert and isn't it a scandal all over again. This pissant country doesn't deserve Pee-Wee.   [++link]

12:41 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

A London theatre is offering men free admission to a performance of The Vagina Monologues. That strikes me as a safe offer. I think I speak for most of my gender when I say I'd rather pay $250 to spend three hours duct-taped to a cactus while an explosively incontinent Jehovah's Witness pounds roofing nails into the tops of my feet.   [++link]

12:09 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Some days you have to work for it, and other days you get your straight lines handed to you on a platter.  [++link]

Wednesday, November 28, 2001

12:44 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

You can buy absinth in the UK now, and if you really want you can make cocktails with it. Believe Your Kindly Uncle William when he tells you that in the end you are better off drinking a pint of store-brand gin and getting a friend to slowly back a car over your head.  [++link]

12:35 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

The other night a bunch of guys showed their cocks to the Queen of England, a 58-year-old woman danced in lingerie, then Vinnie Jones did a number from Cats. And J-Lo, Elton John, and Donny Osmond were there. Every word of that is true.  [++link]

Tuesday, November 27, 2001

6:13 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

From the Brunching Shuttlecocks letters page: "If you poke a fork into the creamy middle of an oreo cookie before dunking it, you can use the fork to dunk the cookie. That way, you keep your hands dry and you dunk the whole cookie at once. Try it and see." Brilliant. My personal method uses Mini Oreos, and all I do is pop one in my mouth and then take a sip of my milk/coffee/bourbon as if washing down a large pill.
  [++link]

5:24 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Complaining is good for the soul, but it will tire out your friends and it rarely shows you in your best light. Fortunately there are Web-based utilities for anonymous, generalized bitching and moaning. Whinger.  [++link]

4:34 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Americans average 124 fucks per year, making us the Champions of the 28 countries surveyed. You could put this down to our being world-class liars and braggarts, of course.  [++link]

Monday, November 26, 2001

8:55 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Can you imagine the trash talk in this circle? "Yo mama so ugly, the mummies try to wrap her back up." "Yo mama so dumb she think Rosetta Stone is a movie star." "Yo mama so old, the Antiquities Ministry keep her from leaving the country." "Yo mama so dumb, she think Sumeria invented quantity surveying." Quite.  [++link]

7:59 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Random Cliche Generator: don't leave home without it.   [++link]

7:46 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Why do you ask?   [++link]

7:44 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Re: Will's post below -- all this, plus we have a Bush in the White House and we're fighting a war in Muslim lands during Ramadan. So tonight I'm gonna party like it's nineteen-ninety-one.   [++link]

4:18 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

This is the first deconstruction of Gilligan's Island I have read that doesn't revolve around sodomy. It's still interesting.  [++link]

1:48 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Irritated to lunacy by pop-up&under ads for shit you wouldn't buy if God Commanded it? Free program stifles unwanted window spawning, greasing the rails of your nightly pornsurf.   [++link]

1:24 PM ++ posted by Maggie ++

Oh, that's what's sexy. Thanks for clearing that up for me. (caution: long, slow download time; quick, brief gratification. If you don't have a high school girl's tolerance for that sort of disappointment and need a bit, um, more, try this site instead.)  [++link]

12:38 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

This, apparently, is the sound of one hand clapping.   [++link]

11:37 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

The National Bureau of Economic Research has declared that the US officially entered a recession in March this year, i.e. nearly nine months ago. The NBER must have a very relaxed attitude about deadlines for their reports. Anyway, thanks for the closure.   [++link]

9:39 AM ++ posted by Anonymous ++

OK, I'm a Luddite, I'm anti-progress, I'm a low-down, fetus-fetishizing vegetarian, whatever. But the cloning thing, I cannot get behind. I thought it was creepy when they made the sheep, I think it's super-creepy that they've made this human embryo, now.
Incidentally, I wonder what the buggers in the labawwra-tree have named the wee bitty bastard? Biologists really like to give lab subjects cute names, as I learned in the seventh grade when Catherine Hovaguimian named her pickled frog, "Kermit." I guess it's cozier if you know whom you're vivisecting.   [++link]

12:54 AM ++ posted by Anonymous ++

Heh, heh, heh: I love it when Spacey New Age Motherfuckers make fun of Spacey New Age Motherfuckers.
  [++link]

Sunday, November 25, 2001

1:10 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

"He's also a Freemason. He is a Royal Arch Mason and a Cryptic Mason and a Knight Templar. He is a Perfect Elu, a Grand Pontiff, a Knight of the Brazen Serpent and a Master of the Royal Secret. He is a 33rd-degree Mason, and there is no 34th degree." Sounds like a paranoid schizophrenic as well, but apparently not.  [++link]

Friday, November 23, 2001

3:34 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Coffee is bad for you again this week, if you are a woman and your tits hurt.  [++link]

11:47 AM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Taliban Update: SuperCaliFragilisticExpiAliFUCKERS.  [++link]

11:13 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Installment One in the experimental web project One Thousand Really Short Articles About Slobodan Milosevic.  [++link]

10:40 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

That jet engine car story is an urban legend, say the Darwin Awards bullshit police. The Jet Engine beer cooler, however, is documented. Would that every person of misdirected manic energy had such benign outlets.   [++link]

Thursday, November 22, 2001

12:24 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Speaking of which, has anyone heard a peep out of Dan Quayle since September? Has he been spirited off to a secret GOP Military Industrial Complex silo in the Dakotas and forgotten? Is he crouching in his dark, cold cell, nibbling on his mattress stuffing and scratching his Al Gore beard? Or has he finally learned to keep his malaprop-gushing facehole shut? More news once I've digested Thanksgiving.  [++link]

10:53 AM ++ posted by Mugs ++

All I want for Xmas is round trip tickets to Berlin. Nah, better make that one-way.  [++link]

10:50 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair mis-spelled "tomorrow" three times in a handwritten note the other day, and now he's getting the Dan Quayle treatment. Not really fair. Dan Quayle only had one spelling incident (getting bested by a grade-schooler) and earned his reputation as a drooling imbecile through years of mind-scrambled public statements. Tony's a very slick public speaker, mostly, and can probably spell as well as the rest of us. And we don't have W with his arm around our shoulder muttering "You Limey bastards are getting bloody with us on this, or else..."   [++link]

Wednesday, November 21, 2001

8:43 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

I can't believe I've missed two years of TV Go Home. Gosh, those biting, ironic Brits...   [++link]

5:34 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Uh, Mick, could you elaborate on that last point for us, please?

And he wonders why the Royals aren't tripping over themselves to give him some new jewelry and an extra line for his obituary.   [++link]

5:13 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Add to list of Things To Be Thankful For: These things live nowhere near me.   [++link]

4:54 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Forget "Cosmo Quizzes". Here's the One True Test of compatibility. If your partner doesn't laugh with you, time for a trip to the dump, post-haste.   [++link]

4:33 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Note to self: Don't forget to go to Delhi Dhaba for dinner at least once a month.   [++link]

12:16 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Check out the Ten Worst Toys of 2001, as ranked by the concerned, slightly pissy folks at WATCH. Top of the list is Murderous George and his cell phone of death.  [++link]

Tuesday, November 20, 2001

1:53 PM ++ posted by Maggie ++

What's really upsetting me about this is that I have apparently outgrown the MTV demographic. Hey, there sonny! Give me the remote! It's time to start watching VH1; I don't like the looks of this Kid Rock fellow. And while you're up, bring me my Metamucil.  [++link]

9:01 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Two things that do not go together in a world that allows me to get 8 hours of untroubled sleep at night: the Central Intelligence Agency and whimsy.  [++link]

Monday, November 19, 2001

10:48 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

I don't know who this guy is, but I want his meds. Clearly he's not using them.   [++link]

3:04 PM ++ posted by Anonymous ++

Twenty times a day -- usually that sounds like a good thing, but not this time.  [++link]

11:10 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

The British Tourist Authority has interactive maps so you can find the locations used in your favorite Bollywood musicals. They also have info on other movies, including that one with the kid with the glasses, but nothing on Withnail & I.   [++link]

10:41 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Got up at 5am yesterday, saw the Leonids. I got a pretty good show, considering we were in a park in Silver Spring, as opposed to the base of Mt. Fuji.   [++link]

Sunday, November 18, 2001

11:05 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

The shit you have to put up with for being left-handed.   [++link]

10:51 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Douglas Adams' wife went through his hard drive after his death and found multiple versions of a final Hitchhiker's Guide novel, which will be published next year. That's nice, I guess, but it's also a reminder to all of us that should you die suddenly, any files you don't have passworded or encrypted are part of your final testament to your friends and loved ones. And you might have a last novel on your hard drive, or you might not (Cough, 15 gigs of barnyard porn, cough). Beware.  [++link]

Saturday, November 17, 2001

2:43 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

A preemptive moratorium is hereby declared on Harry Potter posts to this here blog. Okay, last one.  [++link]

1:39 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Addendum to link below. Ave Atque Vale, dear.  [++link]

11:58 AM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Stop all the clocks, turn off the telephone... Do they make armbands in orange and purple? Well, dammit, they should.   [++link]

11:28 AM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Frat-Boy Niche Marketing: yet another reason why fundie whackos across the globe hate us. God Bless America.   [++link]

Friday, November 16, 2001

1:37 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Mick Jagger hasn't been knighted yet, and he's a bit sniffy about it. Here's a suggestion, Mickey: try setting up some kind of charitable foundation benefitting someone other than your ex-wives and illegitimate kids. Or try contracting a degenerative nerve disease.   [++link]

1:12 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Dudley Moore has been honored with the order of Commander of the British Empire. The linked article is notable because I suspect that most of the last section is cribbed from Dud's pre-written obituary.  [++link]

12:45 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Well, maybe this explains Don King's hairdo. It would sure explain a lot of other things about him.  [++link]

12:36 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

...or are you just happy to see me? Plus, "Cookie Pusher" redefined.   [++link]

Thursday, November 15, 2001

6:19 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

I hate snitching links from Memepool, but this is just too good not to share. You don't find obsessively detailed Lego gun fetish construction sites like this every day.  [++link]

6:04 PM ++ posted by Maggie ++

Will thinks my life is like a movie, because New York seems one big soundstage in his eyes. Lately, it's been a little too much Armageddon, not enough Serendipity. What say we all go to the Angelika and buck up a bit ?  [++link]

1:05 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

There's some controversy over arming air marshalls (at least there have been some handwringing articles written). United has their solution ready. The Pentagon has some other nifty ideas.   [++link]

11:40 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Someone from Psyops planted this story. Really, how much you wanna bet?  [++link]

10:22 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

The Euro is what, six weeks away from launch? The Dutch are taking it in stride. I'm not; I have 30 guilders in a drawer that will be good for nowt unless I can spend them before end of February. Hmmm...  [++link]

Wednesday, November 14, 2001

8:09 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Taliban Update: (I've been waiting months to say this) Running, running like scalded weasels.  [++link]

7:25 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Still trying to break that nasty crack cocaine habit? This should keep you distracted for a while.  [++link]

6:17 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

What could get my lazy ass out of bed at 5am on a Sunday? Meteors...  [++link]

12:47 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

What do we love? Mix-your-own-Electronica Flash toys! And ZeFrank!  [++link]

9:35 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

I'm trying not to read anything about the upcoming Harry Potter movie, since I am completely pre-sold on it and want to be as suprised as possible when I go. So I've made a rule that I'm only going to read interviews with the adult cast, like Robbie Coltrane and Richard Harris (who has been seriously rocking the Jason Mewes look of late).  [++link]

Tuesday, November 13, 2001

4:42 PM ++ posted by Anonymous ++

More helpful linguistic info for the overstudious. Thanks, Will!  [++link]

4:33 PM ++ posted by Anonymous ++

I majored in English Lit, with a concentration in Medieval Studies and the development of the Arthurian tradition. We didn't get this far.  [++link]

4:07 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

I have finally had my Useless Knowledge Nirvana moment for the day: Canadians call urinal cakes "urinal pucks". (DO NOT click that link at work.)  [++link]

12:50 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

The standard apology for Chomsky is that he is a pioneering and brilliant linguist who somehow doesn't have the ability to shut the fuck up. If he ever does decide to take a vacation (which might be advisable), now he can simply leave the ChomskyBot running in his place.  [++link]

12:03 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Kittens of Evil.  [++link]

11:59 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Re: The post below, if you can't break 250mph, "What you do is this: click and drag the little hand, then bring it all the way to the right side, then move your mouse OFF the playing orange area, where the hand stops, and the hand should stay right on the edge there. Now, take the mouse cursor, move it AROUND the orange box, and up the left side of the screen without moving it back in. Now, move it back in right to the side of the monkey, and the hand will automatically move to that location instantaneously. What this means is the hand gets pretty much sucked into hyperspace and whacks that bastard monkey straight to hell." Life wisdom from the monkey-hating gamer zoids at Penny Arcade.  [++link]

Monday, November 12, 2001

6:38 PM ++ posted by Maggie ++

If Will's going to hell, then we're all going to hell with him.  [++link]

6:35 PM ++ posted by Maggie ++

The small and hard to see have a power not to be ignored.   [++link]

4:40 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Remove your hats, and raise a glass of Kool-Aid.   [++link]

9:58 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Headline says one thing, article says another.   [++link]

Sunday, November 11, 2001

11:13 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Japanese cops are getting new regs next year on use of firearms. Hitherto there were legally required to fire a warning shot before firing at a suspect, whatever the circumstances. Mind you, there have only been ten (10) incidents of shots fired by Japanese police officers in the year 2001, warning shots included. Imagine living in a place were it makes the national news if a cop fires his weapon.   [++link]

10:57 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Anybody want to tell me that Ozzy isn't still hardcore as a sumbitch?  [++link]

Saturday, November 10, 2001

1:23 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

One of the first things I do when traveling is scope out the availability of toilet facilities. No, I am not a sexual adventurer, I just think it's bad ambassadorial form to piss on walls. Anyway, if you're a guy these things are not a serious problem in Berlin or Amsterdam, since there are public pissoirs and lots of bars and shopping centers. If you're not a guy and you're driving across Australia, download everything you can from here.   [++link]

Friday, November 09, 2001

2:43 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

David Sedaris is a funny guy. For a sissy who lives in France.  [++link]

2:34 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

I don't remember any big deal being made about "daisy cutter" bombs during the Gulf War. Then again, my impression at the time (from watching CNN til my eyes dried out) was that we were mostly using them to sympathetically detonate minefields, rather than incinerating conscripts. Apparently not.   [++link]

Thursday, November 08, 2001

12:13 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Oh, god, I am sooooooo going to hell for posting this...  [++link]

12:12 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

You can learn Irish/Gaelic online. You can also learn Dublin Irish, just so you'll know exactly what's being shouted at you.   [++link]

12:11 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

You might well think the Irish have a tradition of understatement. Not Richard Harris, bless him.  [++link]

Wednesday, November 07, 2001

10:20 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Okay, so rather than Google-search the evildoing bastard by his given name, I decided to use a common epithet. Who'da thunk someone would name a record label after him? You know who I mean.  [++link]

10:07 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

I am unsure who I would not want to be more: a person who filed the complaint or the schmuck at the FTC who got to field it. I think I'd rather be the web editor who put this in the Science/Technology pages...  [++link]

2:13 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

So, do you remember that survey that got reported on a while back where they asked women on the street if they'd have an operation that would increase their IQ by 20 points if it made their butt 1 size larger? I was reading about this with great zeal until I realized it was a joke. I was pissed, I thought medical science was suddenly capable of engineering my dream girl. Anyway, thanks to that Lopez woman, they seem to have developed half of the required technology.  [++link]

12:02 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Companion piece to Onion Article below: OBL as Ultimate Trustafarian.  [++link]

Tuesday, November 06, 2001

9:16 PM ++ posted by Anonymous ++

Best T-shirt designs ever! Gimme, gimme, gimme -- I Need, I Need, I Need!  [++link]

5:23 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

October's Best Onion article: Privileged Children of Millionaires Square Off on World Stage. Don't you miss it.  [++link]

12:21 PM ++ posted by Anonymous ++

For a long, long stretch of time, I actually forgot that "Dykes To Watch Out For" still exists. Happy, happy me: thanks to a link to another cartoon placed in this blog by the intrepid Ms. McKendry, now I have been reminded to visit what still remains one of my favorite comic-strip worlds. A world where everyone knows who the good guys are (activist lawyers! brave little kids with lesbian mommies!) and who the bad guys are (Jesse Helms! conglomerate bookstores!), and where everyone knows that the best place to meet your true love is at a Kiss-In for Nuclear Disarmament (if your lips are still locked, "Big Red"-commercial-style, even as the cops are leading you away in handcuffs, it might just be Protest Euphoria, but then again...).

The strip I am linking to in the above paragraph is pretty funny and oddly hot. It's nice when two things go together like that.

OK, forgive me: I promise my next post will be Snarky. I made a really good batch of soup last night, and I'm feeling residual coziness.  [++link]

11:09 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

And yes, right or wrong, Ralph Nader is a fucking wingnut.   [++link]

11:07 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Gonna go out and vote today. We have a Libertarian on the ballot for Governor, and I'd normally vote for him just to add my drop of water to the third party bucket, but I'm beginning to see that as a bad strategy, having voted for Nader a year ago. Bush would have taken the state regardless of my vote, but I feel that handing my vote to whatever wingnut got enough signatures will not encourage anyone but more wingnuts. Furthermore, our last two presidents have come straight from state governors' offices.   [++link]

Monday, November 05, 2001

10:44 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Here, this will take your mind off of anthrax hoaxes and gas masks for a while. It does my heart good to know there are people even more wigged-out and paranoid than myself out there, still going strong.   [++link]

10:24 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

I have, of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth.   [++link]

10:22 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Another one to rile the fanboys...  [++link]

10:15 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

My "hotmail" stalled the system three times in ten minutes. Why do I bother? Gotta get my daily RDA of spam, I guess.   [++link]

10:55 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Yes, there was once a band called Middle Earth. They played progressive rock and sucked like the black hole Cygnus X-1. The drummer eventually snapped and became a punk rocker (he stuck with it). We will not speak of this again, ever.   [++link]

10:39 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Big Brain make Smart.  [++link]

Sunday, November 04, 2001

6:31 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

Mugs' Konfession Korner: Despite having an older brother in a high-school garage band called Middle Earth, I managed to pass my entire youth without reading The Lord of the Rings. In fact, at the ripe old age of 32, I am only cracking them now because the movie is coming out, and I am hell-bent on seeing Ian McKellen in pretty much anything. (Yes, I am one of those geeks who prefers to read the book before seeing the movie, but I'm not a total snob about it.)
I think I have an advantage here: I will see Fellowship of the Ring without years of "Adaptation Anxiety" built up. Example: The Mists of Avalon is one of my favorite books ever. It hit cable TV several months ago. I have it on tape and still haven't watched it. Example Two: Hannibal. I loved that book immensely: so much so that any film adaptation, despite an abundance of Sir Tony and my Big Brother the extra, would fall short.
But with Lord of the Rings, I will have no fear. Why? The aforementioned Ian McKellen, natch. Then there's Peter Jackson. Acne-scarred fanboys and anyone showing up for the premiere in elf-cloaks simply must view Jackson's masterpiece before being allowed to camp out in front of the theatre. This will put all fears to rest. The Fellowship of Ring might not live up to your expectations, but I can guarantee you it will NOT suck.   [++link]

6:01 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

You'll notice they quoted Mom, but not Dad. Nor did they mention a date for the Halloween party -- though I suspect that any father in town who recognized the prize-winning costume wouldn't let this kid anywhere near his daughter.   [++link]

Friday, November 02, 2001

3:26 PM ++ posted by Maggie ++

Still going through the leftovers? This might help you manage your sugar overload.  [++link]

3:04 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

There's a lot of stuff (gold, drugs, guns) at the bottom of the WTC.   [++link]

11:56 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Poppies are for remembrance. You also make opium with them. Even if you don't know either of those facts, how upset are you going to be to see a wee red flower on the lapel of a news anchor? Dress codes are the sort of administrative action only given consideration by morons.  [++link]

11:50 AM ++ posted by Anonymous ++

The Atlantic Monthly really is a wonderful resource. They have recently published an excellent piece containing a full set of links to archived and uploaded articles from their own magazine, dating back to the late '50's when the machinery of this whole mess began creaking towards the full-scale catastrophe it is today. I don't think I've ever seen the phrase, "Told you so!" rendered so neatly and in such solid journalistic prose. Enjoy.

Oh, and also, while we're on the subject of history: those who do not learn from it, etcetera. Everyone please go and see Apocalypse Now Redux on a great, big screen. For the sake of your immortal soul, just do it. It is a sublime, glorious and subversive work of art. Oh, and, for extra credit: pay special attention to the part where Kurtz is reading aloud from Time magazine.

  [++link]

Thursday, November 01, 2001

2:33 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

If anyone invites you to this on a first date, either you have just been handed your soulmate, or you should run away and enter the Witness Protection Program. (Tip o' the mouse to Greg Kramer, author, strategist, and bartender extraordinary and plenipotentiary)  [++link]

2:19 PM ++ posted by Mugs ++

How to talk to your kids about September 11? Don't forget to teach them the most important lessons of all: blame, free-floating hatred, and unquestioning subservience to our Fearless Leaders. The kids can wait until college to figure out the difference between patriotism and jingoism.  [++link]

1:24 PM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Tristan Tarmoino has a new book out, which sounds a bit more mainstream than her last one, for which I maintain she deserves a MacArthur genius grant.  [++link]

11:22 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

This is shaping up to be an uncharacteristically unprofitable war for the Swiss.  [++link]

9:40 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

The NYC yack 'n' drive cell phone ban goes into effect today. And it seems like such piddlyshit for some reason.  [++link]

8:41 AM ++ posted by Uncle William ++

Who knew our military doesn't have flamethrowers anymore? Apparently they're very practical. Mind you, I'm not sure it's tops for morale to have a guy in your squad lugging a huge scuba tank of napalm into a firefight with you.   [++link]

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