Archive for August, 2000

8.30.00

If you’re a woman, you must visit this site. It teaches you how to pee standing up. I’m talking about peeing just like a guy, without removing your clothes. The quote on the front page by Judith Lewis of L.A. Weekly says it all, “Far and away the most practical information regarding the female anatomy […]

8.25.00

A cure for extinction:
BRIGHTON, Tasmania, Aug. 21 � A sign by the small enclosure near
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8.25.00

Just got an email that read:
Definition of “truncate” from dictonary.com:
Appearing to terminate abruptly, as a leaf of a tulip tree or a coiled
gastropod shell that lacks a spire.
or better,
Appearing to terminate abruptly,
as a leaf of a tulip tree
or a coiled gastropod shell
that lacks a spire.
12:16 p.m.

8.24.00

Did you read about the mother of a Kursk sailor who was sedated while criticizing a Russian official? There’s a photo of a medic jabbing her with a needle as she collapses. Boy, that Putin is a PR wiz.
2:18 p.m.

8.24.00

This is an excerpt from Brad Kloza’s “Decoding the Official Soundtrack of the Democratic National Convention.”
Occasion: Speech by Tipper Gore
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8.23.00

If you’ve got Photoshop and a spare half hour, you can erase your ex-boyfriend from the family photo. Presto, George was never at Lake Winnemuck. Now, live video can be edited the same way, but here’s the creepy part. It can be edited in real time. This allows producers to insert ads on the walls […]

8.21.00

According to the Useless Facts site:
All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle.
Charlie Brown’s father was a barber.
A pig’s orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
Octopi have gardens.
4:04 p.m.

8.17.00

Just realized something. I really don’t like people coming into my cube unless a) They’re my very good friend or b) I’m in the ongoing process of hitting on them. However, people who aren’t in either of those catagories always wander in to stand in back of me while I type. They ask, “Whatcha upto? […]

8.15.00

Ugh! Have you eaten within the last hour? Then wait awhile before you visit the Ugliest toes contest, a link I stole from Swallowing Tacks blog.
2:09 p.m.

8.15.00

Yo mama jokes from McSweeny’s:
Yo mama so poor…
she can’t afford a Christmas tree so she goes and finds a sad little twig in the yard and cuts out construction paper ornaments so that she can bring just a glimmer of light to her children’s Christmas celebration.
1:47 p.m.