Monthly Archives: April 2002

French Fries Cause Cancer

Ah, as if life weren’t difficult enough, now the simple pleasure of eating fattening, starchy French fries is put to the task….

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Holy Shit

It is wonderful to know that not only does my personal philosophy doom me to eternal damnation, but so does my computer. In this extraordinarily amusing article (Note: the original page is down as of 27 Apr 02. This link is a Text only copy I made, violating the spirit, if not the meat, of [...]

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We Hold These Truths to Be Inevident

We’ve all come to accept certain clichés as truth: A cat always lands on its feet; There is nothing new under the sun; The media is slanted to the left….

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An ounce of lead is worth a pound of cure

The War on Drug claims another innocent victim. According to this article, from Newsday, (Click to read in new window. Warning: pop-up ads.), a 20 year-old man was killed, by accident, during a raid that recovered “eight ounces to a pound” of marijuana. The accident occurred when one elite police officer tripped over a tree [...]

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Red Skies and Flawed Logic

There is a kind of mysterious fun to not be up on current events whilst being in the midst of them. I imagine that many people go through life not really aware of the events around them, and yesterday, I was one of those people. Towards the afternoon, the distinct odor of burning wood wafted [...]

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In case you were wondering

I’ve discovered a couple of things these past few days….

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We apologize for the inconvenience

I wish there was something I could say that would approximate the turmoil that is going on right now, but I can’t really….

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