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Oh, all right, it’s OK to help tsunami victims, we guess…
While still decrying “the ugly hand of altruism,” the lunatics at the Ayn Rand Institute have grudgingly retracted the essay it released last week, “U.S. Should Not Help Tsunami Victims.” Now mind you, these purveyors of institutionalized selfishness do not … Continue reading
The Insane Becomes Normal…
Thanks to the proliferation of people talking on cell phones using earbud headsets, it’s not at all uncommon to see people walking around gesturing and talking (seemingly) to themselves. At least, this is the case in the financial district where … Continue reading
Protected: No Blogger Left Behind
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Madman On Mars
Ray Bradbury’s thoroughly loopy column for the Journal today didn’t exactly increase my ever-dwindling interest in manned spaceflight. But it does raise the question of whether Kim Jong Il is taking down all his pictures because he’s planning a trip … Continue reading
Bob Dylan: Still Legal
The Secret Service paid a visit to some high-school students who were planning to read aloud the lyrics to Bob Dylan’s “Masters Of War,” the final verse of which was construed by some students and parents as a threat to … Continue reading
Scary Haircut Sold Separately
Now for sale: a waterproof MP3 player that works via bone conduction. Bone-conducting cell phones are also available. Does anyone else remember the BoneFone? You can get one on eBay if you like.
Dumb and Dumber?
Quote of the day, from Tom Friedman’s column in the Times today: In China, Bill Gates is Britney Spears. In America, Britney Spears is Britney Spears. In the column, he endorses Bill Cosby for President on condition that he talk … Continue reading
The Times reported this morning on the U.S. government’s efforts to resist the spread of international folksinging, saying that the deportation of the former Cat Stevens has pissed off the British government, with foreign minister Jack Straw protesting to Colin … Continue reading
Mice, Hookers and Pies
The Manchester Union Leader published a column earlier this week by former editorial page editor Bernadette Malone, solemnly warning RNC delegates that NYC protesters… …plan to release swarms of mice in New York City to terrorize delegates to the National … Continue reading
Guitar Heroines, Or Lack Thereof?
bobhowe pointed me to a piece in today’s Washington Post, by David Segal: “No Girls Allowed? In the World of Guitar Boasts, Few Women Let Their Fingers Do the Talking.” The author cites the presence of only two women on … Continue reading