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June 2002

Heh heh.  They said “box”…

For those of you interested, here’s a link to the XBox commercial that American censors have banned from U.S. television. You’ll need a media player of some sort to view it. Personally, I think it’s kinda cool, the commercial — and not in any way demeaning to anyone in particular. If anything, it renewed my profound respect for the power of, er, womanhood. Phallocentric, vertical science — particularly physics —

Heh heh.  They said “box”…

For those of you interested, here’s a link to the XBox commercial that American censors have banned from U.S. television. You’ll need a media player of some sort to view it. Personally, I think it’s kinda cool, the commercial — and not in any way demeaning to anyone in particular. If anything, it renewed my profound respect for the power of, er, womanhood. Phallocentric, vertical science — particularly physics —

Unfortunate by Birth

Toledo – “Nick and Sarah Arena gave birth to a baby boy early Thursday morning at St. Luke’s Hospital. They’re huge Detroit Red Wings fans, so when they found out they were having a boy, they decided to name him Joe Louis…as in the stadium where the Wings play. Add in thier [sic] last name and he’s Joe Louis Arena.” ‘When I started watching the Red Wings, I put two

Judge Ye Not, Lest Ye Bee Gees-ed

“[…An] appeals court has interrupted the work of the famed Condom Judge of Brooklyn,” the New York Post’s Andrea Peyser reports. Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach earned that nickname a decade ago, when he handed out condoms to hookers and addicts from his bench in Criminal Court. But it is Reichbach’s continued sensitivity toward more violent sorts that drives prosecutors to the Maalox and honest citizens to their homes. And

Moxley Moxy

Breaking: “Kennedy Cousin” Michael Skakel found guilty in the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley. Skakel, now 41, was convicted largely on circumstantial evidence. “He hung himself by his own petard,” prosecutor Jonathan Benedict told reporters outside of the Connecticut courthouse, referring to Skakel’s own admissions over the years. More here. Well, somebody killed Ms. Moxley. Was it Skakel? Dunno. Did he cover his tracks alone? Doubtful. But it’s all academic,

2 Die, 1 Rescued

Another reason to keep strong our resolve to combat terrorism wherever and whenever it rears it’s filthy, murderous head… “A Filipina nurse and a U.S. missionary held hostage by

Saving Graces

“A bus plunged through the stone wall of a bridge Thursday and fell 28 feet, crashing through the roof of a building used to store mattresses,” KMOV in Missouri reports. “Seven people were hurt in the accident, only one seriously enough to be admitted to a hospital, said Carthage Police Sgt. Doug Dickey.” ‘God’s watching out for these people,’ he said. Ken Smith ran to the scene to help after

The Devil’s Hacky-Sac

H.D. Miller of Travelling Shoes offers his “Unified Field Theory of Entertainment,” under which theory both French cinema (rightfully) and the European fascination with soccer (blessedly) take well-deserved beatings from their American entertainment counterparts: One of the best examples of the superiority of American cinematic art is that the French think of Gerard Depardieu as a romantic lead, while at best, we consider him (big-nosed, lumpy, and pockmarked) a suitable

The Devil’s Hacky-Sac

H.D. Miller of Travelling Shoes offers his “Unified Field Theory of Entertainment,” under which theory both French cinema (rightfully) and the European fascination with soccer (blessedly) take well-deserved beatings from their American entertainment counterparts: One of the best examples of the superiority of American cinematic art is that the French think of Gerard Depardieu as a romantic lead, while at best, we consider him (big-nosed, lumpy, and pockmarked) a suitable

Gleaming the Rubes

Writing for The American Prowler, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. takes on those he calls “Gaudy Grandstanders“: Americans’ antipathy to the study of history is a boon for pundits and politicians, especially when they feel the urge to declaim on urgent matters. Today, in Washington, our pundits and pols, expounding on September 11 and the concomitant ‘intelligence breakdown’ in vacua, can do so with the greatest freedom of expression imaginable. History