Archive for August, 2006

Odds and Ends Pt. 6

"Real Life" by GameSpot--Just in case you need to get an idea of what real life is like before you participate. "What's Lost Is Found, Very Cheaply"--If you're ever in Scottsboro, Alabama, be sure to stop by the Unclaimed Baggage Center. I'm not sure how people lose some of the stuff...
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"They exist to be used …"

When did a sheep last die of old age? Sheep do not own themselves, do not own their lives. They exist to be used, every last ounce of them, their flesh to be eaten, their bones to be crushed and fed to poultry. Nothing escapes, except perhaps the gall bladder,...
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Black-and-Whites

My friend got her first published piece in the New York Times! Cause for celebration... The piece, "In Baghdad, a Beachhead for Black-and-Whites," is about black-and-white cookies, which I thought only existed on Seinfeld. I've learned from her article, however, that they are actually sold in a bakery in New...
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Odds and Ends Pt. 5

As it seems to happen to most people sooner or later, I've become slightly addicted to YouTube. Two recent favorites: MADtv's Gangsta Shop Quartet, which is exactly what it sounds like, and Dave Chappelle in Grand Theft Auto. I haven't seen much of Grand Theft Auto, but the clip is...
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The Zen of the Driving Range

"In so many ways, his family's life feels like a string of accidents, unforeseen, unintended, one incident begetting another. ... And yet these events have formed Gogol, shaped him, determined who he is. They were things for which it was impossible to prepare but which one spent a lifetime looking...
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