September 2002

We Shall Overcome
Even before the flak that Jesse Jackson generated over the number one movie in the nation, Barbershop, I was anxious...
Posted on September 29, 2002

Now that's a great idea
Microsoft has a link from their homepage about how you can create coffee table books using a third party web...
Posted on September 19, 2002

Copy wrong
Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what the above image is? Crop circles, perhaps? Maybe it's critical...
Posted on September 19, 2002

What would Dubya do?
As a daily confirmation of my suspicions that the terrorists have not only won, they're secretly controlling the minds of...
Posted on September 16, 2002

The 51st state: Iraq?
The Washington Post is running a fascination story about oil in Iraq, specifically what happens to all that oil if...
Posted on September 15, 2002

How do you say "Finally!" in Mandarin?
She's graced the cover of lad mags the world over. She's the most downloaded athelete on the internet. She's made...
Posted on September 14, 2002

Behind the prozac
I somehow missed the news that Snoop Dog, the Maharajah of Marijuana, has quit smoking weed. With this news comes...
Posted on September 13, 2002

Topless in North Carolina
"In a very real sense, Miss America represents America." I can't think of a more apropos quote, as our nation...
Posted on September 12, 2002

Unalienable rights
I wasn't going to post today, just out of principle (as dumb as that is, but I do plenty of...
Posted on September 11, 2002

Buzzworthy
Everyone knows what's happening this week. And we know that the media is going to overexpose September 11 coverage. We...
Posted on September 09, 2002

You mean Starbucks doesn't grow the beans themselves?
Friend, colleague, and chingon* photojournalist Janet Jarman recently had a story published on MSNBC about the toil involved in getting...
Posted on September 08, 2002

What rhymes with alcohol-saturated erosion of the Bill of Rights?*
A few things to ponder. Newsday is running an AP story covering the civil liberties we've lost to the much...
Posted on September 08, 2002

Courage
The Thompsons say Brendan has never complained about his illness or his considerable pain, or the partial deafness caused by...
Posted on September 04, 2002

Falling in line
As a rule, I try not to reply to posts that are generally lacking in substance. Oh well. From one...
Posted on September 03, 2002

Divine design
I'll likely take a break from my edification (I know, I know. Don't worry, I'll be back.) and start working...
Posted on September 02, 2002

Moby vs. Eminem (Part II)
Whoa. So I just realized that this never got published, for some strange reason. However, since my original Moby vs....
Posted on September 02, 2002

When vanity searching goes awry
A perfectly valid question to ask might be "What the hell were you doing searching for your own name on...
Posted on September 01, 2002