Mouse Farts in a Wind Tunnel

March 1, 2003

Online Library Wants It All, Every Book

Sometimes, I feel hope for humanity. And orgasmic desire for books!

posted by el goose on 3/1/2003 01:03:52 PM | link

Okay, yes, I paid attention to the New York Times today.

Fanning Mass Puritan Hysteria, in the Salem Style

What most Americans know about the 1692 trials, in which at least 19 innocent people were put to death (most of them hanged while their neighbors looked on), probably comes from Arthur Miller's 1953 play "The Crucible." Mr. Miller's play, which was made into a 1996 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Joan Allen and had a Broadway revival last year with Liam Neeson and Laura Linney, was viewed as a metaphor for the so-called witch hunts for Communists led by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy in the 1950's. In 2003 it's easier to take the events at face value.

Okay, now say that with a straight face.

posted by el goose on 3/1/2003 01:09:08 PM | link

Organic chemistry: Just Like Cooking! Okay, I'll admit that I actually like the design of this one

If you have set yourself on fire, do not run

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Photoshopping the Terror at Fark.com

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Be Informed

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Tom the Dancing Bug

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Airtoons

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TerrorReady.net

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Ready.gov

posted by el goose on 3/1/2003 01:20:35 PM | link

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February 26, 2003

Ohio to approve 14th Amendment--135 years late

People think I'm kidding when I say it's like living in another century.

posted by el goose on 2/26/2003 02:12:51 PM | link

Oh, and this makes me feel a whole lot safer.

Base gets key role in war buildup: WPAFB staging point for C-141 missions

posted by el goose on 2/26/2003 02:24:17 PM | link

Another stupid criminal story -- hang up the phone, maybe?

Woman describes being shot, ex-boyfriend’s call: Man on trial in slaying of her companion

posted by el goose on 2/26/2003 02:27:16 PM | link

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February 23, 2003

The Office Jargon Glossary:

Page the First

Page the Second

For those of you who have not been able to watch The Office on BBC America, you might actually be saved from having some sort of transient ischemic episode (cf. brain attack, stroke). Filmed as though it was a documentary, this show about a small paper distribution office makes my skin crawl. I have known each one of these characters in various places I have worked, but the truest to life is the smarmy David Brent, Regional Manager of the Slough Branch of Wernham Hogg. I would swear they had made notes about the behavior of a boss I once had, who used to say to me, "I'm not threatened by your intelligence." Comedy of the sort where I have to laugh or else I'll cry. Or scream.

The corporate world truly is sociopathic.

posted by el goose on 2/23/2003 11:59:53 AM | link

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