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stock for the gillette company soared on the exchange today at the prospect of an almost clean shaven afghanistan. their new ad campaign plastered on hastily assembled billboards amidst the rubble of kabul extols the virutes of 'gillette: the new face of freedom'. but dont confuse that with lancomes 'le nouveau visage de la liberté' campaign for women. the french beauty multinational have set up make-up booths in mazir e sharif to instruct the afghani women in the art and ritual of face painting. no more blaming the taliban for being dateless on a friday night, ladies!
- dave 11-14-2001 5:26 pm [link] [1 comment]

birds cleared of all wrongdoing in airbus crash. incarcerated rebel flock leaders released from detention. bald eagles breathe easier. audobon society sues over defamation of character for birds everywhere.
- dave 11-14-2001 4:52 pm [link] [1 comment]

america needs this kind of commitment to its olympic sports.
- dave 11-14-2001 4:33 pm [link] [2 comments]

is this picture really necessary?
- dave 11-14-2001 4:27 pm [link] [2 refs] [add a comment]

"If you put your ear to the ground, you can hear the lake draining," said geologist Amy Clifton of the Nordic Volcanological Institute in Reykjavk, Iceland. "It sounds like water going down the sink."
- linda 11-14-2001 4:13 pm [link] [1 comment]

The Northern Alliance takes Kabul; the Taliban and Al-Qaeda are pinned down in the mountains and effectively neutralized; democracy is restored; Bush was right, the left was wrong; forget the Saudis, forget Palestine; let's put 9/11 behind us and get back to Britney.
- tom moody 11-13-2001 4:46 pm [link] [2 comments]

"Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote" say the Bush lackies at the NYT. The headline could just as easily have read "Overvotes Put Bush Election in Doubt," but the status quo must be maintained at all costs.

- tom moody 11-12-2001 7:15 pm [link] [2 comments]

Hollywood helps out with the war effort
- julie 11-12-2001 4:31 pm [link] [3 comments]

Sure, I guess watching birds in Central Park can teach you a thing or two, and make for a fine afternoon, but to the geek birder the need for a wind tunnel is pretty clear.
- jim 11-11-2001 4:44 pm [link] [1 comment]

Ken Kesey died today. He was 66.
- jim 11-10-2001 11:16 pm [link] [6 comments]

Peter, I can see your house from here





- bill 11-10-2001 7:21 pm [link] [1 comment]

Let's Roll




- bill 11-10-2001 3:04 pm [link] [2 comments]

does anyone have the address of sarah's opening? i forgot the invite and need to be there by 6...
thanks.
- julie 11-09-2001 8:54 pm [link] [2 comments]

There's been controversy about high tech security devices at 26 Federal Plaza which go unused, or, like the $30,000.00 x-ray machine, get used as coffee holders. My favorite device is decidedly low-tech. It's a convex mirror with wheels on the back, attached to a pole with a flashlight on it, and used to check the underside of vehicles. The only thing lower-tech is the sniffing dog, but we have yet to build a device with that level of sensitivity to odors. Maybe we should use owls for night vision.


- alex 11-09-2001 8:50 pm [link] [add a comment]

The Invisible Library is a collection of books that only appear in other books. Within the library's catalog you will find imaginary books, pseudobiblia, artifictions, fabled tomes, libris phantastica, and all manner of books unwritten, unread, unpublished, and unfound.
- dave 11-09-2001 4:42 pm [link] [1 ref] [2 comments]

Islamic Hip-Hop vs Islamaphobia
(from 1997)
- alex 11-09-2001 3:21 am [link] [add a comment]

This isn't rocket science: better not leave that wacky string in the car (I thought it was called 'silly string' - is that an east coast thing?) (via robotwisdom)
- jim 11-08-2001 10:14 pm [link] [add a comment]

Too Close to Call Jeffrey Toobin



- bill 11-08-2001 3:57 pm [link] [add a comment]

Bill, maybe it's none of my business, but I really think you should get this straightened out right away. She seems like a nice girl (if a little on the obsessive side.)
- jim 11-06-2001 3:06 pm [link] [1 comment]

GO DIAMONDBACKS!!!!
- Skinny 11-04-2001 3:10 pm [link] [4 comments]

I read somewhere that the '60s antiwar song "Fortunate Son" had been corrupted to sell jeans and jingoism. Any links on that?
- tom moody 11-04-2001 3:09 pm [link] [5 comments]

i found this when i clicked on a mysterious looking banner ad on a pakistani news site.
- dave 11-03-2001 6:42 pm [link] [add a comment]

is it true that Dr Wilson didnt do a 11/1 "Day of the Dead" post??
- Skinny 11-03-2001 2:46 pm [link] [1 comment]

it aint me
- dave 11-02-2001 5:19 pm [link] [add a comment]

get your war on



- bill 11-01-2001 7:54 pm [link] [6 comments]