bloggy: August 2003 Archives

He is still an idiot

I'm very proud that searching Google for "Thomas Friedman idiot" brings up one of my posts near the top. Courtesy...

Posted Sunday August 31, 2003 at 1:44 PM | Full Post

To the Point

Congratulations to Matt from To The Point! He's quoted in the latest Washington Monthly, in an article on Wesley Clark....

Posted Saturday August 30, 2003 at 8:59 PM | Full Post

W.E.B. DuBois quote

I love this quote, lifted from the header of Idols of the Marketplace: If there is anybody in this land...

Posted Saturday August 30, 2003 at 8:46 PM | Full Post

Greencine

I have to admit I hadn't heard of this before, but Greg Allen just pointed me to Greencine, the "little...

Posted Friday August 29, 2003 at 6:08 PM | Full Post

GWB Scorecard of Evil

All on one handy page, courtesy of Wage Slave: The George W. Bush Scorecard of Evil...

Posted Friday August 29, 2003 at 6:02 PM | Full Post

A dictatorship would be easier

Buried in this article in the NY Times, Bush 'Compassion' Agenda: A Liability in '04?, is this nice little quote...

Posted Thursday August 28, 2003 at 2:01 PM | Full Post

Google-mania

I don't completely hide who I am on this blog, but my real name doesn't appear anywhere on it, since...

Posted Thursday August 28, 2003 at 1:34 PM | Full Post

Why are they so stupid?

I don't understand this administration. They have plenty of money to spend on speechwriters and marketers, and we still get...

Posted Thursday August 28, 2003 at 12:45 AM | Full Post

Meredith Allen

Maple Ave (Digimon) / Meredith Allen I haven't had much time to post lately, because I've been working on...

Posted Wednesday August 27, 2003 at 11:33 AM | Full Post

Silipups's take on Israel/Palestine

I can't recommend The current situation -- my take on it from silipups highly enough. It is a brilliant summary...

Posted Monday August 25, 2003 at 6:33 PM | Full Post

Another U.N. loss in Baghdad

Rick Hooper died as he lived — trying to bring peace in the Middle East. (Photo by Robert Zash)...

Posted Monday August 25, 2003 at 2:47 PM | Full Post

Oh, now I feel better

I've had it with Bloomberg. He no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says President George...

Posted Monday August 25, 2003 at 12:56 AM | Full Post

Blackout photos

Oops. I just realized I had a couple of blackout photos I never posted: Sexy traffic director on Fifth Avenue...

Posted Sunday August 24, 2003 at 12:05 AM | Full Post

White House misled NYC on air quality

I can't believe this isn't a bigger story in all of the news outlets! Thanks to Newsday, increasingly one of...

Posted Saturday August 23, 2003 at 11:50 PM | Full Post

The brilliance of the Alabama protesters

Kenneth Millican, top, of Rising Pond, Ga., and Jerry Layne of Chattanooga, Tenn., hold signs as they join dozens...

Posted Saturday August 23, 2003 at 11:51 AM | Full Post

On Israel/Palestine, violence, and ethnic cleansing

Go right now and read Anees's post titled For newcomers to this blog. I agree 100% with what he has...

Posted Friday August 22, 2003 at 9:48 PM | Full Post

To Do on Saturday

... if we can stand the weather -- both part of the Howl! Festival -- and free: Way the F**k...

Posted Friday August 22, 2003 at 4:12 PM | Full Post

The right - scared of debate

From Rush and Malloy of The Daily News: 'Debate' vs. Coulter-geist Tough-talking Ann Coulter wouldn't say a word last night....

Posted Thursday August 21, 2003 at 7:19 PM | Full Post

If you don't have Tivo yet...

and you have Time Warner Cable, I wouldn't get it. For an extra $10/month, they've introduced a Digital Video Recorder....

Posted Thursday August 21, 2003 at 6:16 PM | Full Post

More on U.S. Killing Journalists

I posted something a couple of days ago in which I said I was very disappointed to see so little...

Posted Thursday August 21, 2003 at 4:41 PM | Full Post

Blackout photos

Larry Nussbaum has three cool photos, taken from Hoboken, of NYC Blackout 2003....

Posted Thursday August 21, 2003 at 1:47 PM | Full Post

Howl Festival opening night party

I will send James, but I might be working. Tomorrow night is the Howl Festival's opening night party at Angel...

Posted Tuesday August 19, 2003 at 11:26 PM | Full Post

Sergio Vieira De Mello, Mazen Dana

My cable modem finally came back at 3pm yesterday, so I've been working frantically to try to catch up with...

Posted Tuesday August 19, 2003 at 9:47 PM | Full Post

The Times on Bush: Snarky

I love the NY Times. In yesterday's paper, Elisabeth Bumiller's article on Bush and the blackout was headlined Bush Doesn't...

Posted Saturday August 16, 2003 at 8:52 PM | Full Post

Welcome back

The lovely and talented Anees is back -- with a bang -- from his blog break: silipups: Suckers!...

Posted Thursday August 14, 2003 at 11:55 AM | Full Post

Brilliant!

Quick! Go see the George W. Bush Air National Guard action figure on eBay before they take it down. Why...

Posted Tuesday August 12, 2003 at 11:00 PM | Full Post

HOWL! Festival - East Village

The first annual Howl! Festival happens August 20-26 in the East Village. Check out the web site, plus James's recommendation....

Posted Sunday August 10, 2003 at 3:32 PM | Full Post

Only Cheney's company can do the work?

I.F. Stone once said the Washinton Post was exciting to read "because you never know on what page you would...

Posted Saturday August 9, 2003 at 1:54 AM | Full Post

Keep sending in those checks...

Your money at work, good Catholics: This is an April 2002 file photo showing the mansion-style residence formerly lived in...

Posted Saturday August 9, 2003 at 1:43 AM | Full Post

No comment

Q Thank you, sir. Since taking office you signed into law three major tax cuts -- two of which...

Posted Thursday August 7, 2003 at 1:19 AM | Full Post

For all you html-junkies

Very cool tool! If you find yourself editing HTML, or just having trouble fixing formatting problems in your blog...

Posted Wednesday August 6, 2003 at 3:37 PM | Full Post

Gertrude Stein and Paris

I'm reading a great book at the moment: Roger Shattuck's The Banquet Years, about the origins of the avant garde...

Posted Wednesday August 6, 2003 at 10:30 AM | Full Post

Cory! Cory!

I finally met Cory Arcangel and heard him perform with his sister Jamie. We got to see from home...

Posted Monday August 4, 2003 at 9:46 PM | Full Post

Horrifying

The NY Times printed a letter today which talked about activists complaining that the cure for AIDS is too expensive,...

Posted Monday August 4, 2003 at 4:05 PM | Full Post

Pandagon / Santorum

Pandagon follows the Gay Marriage And Kids debate to its logical conclusions....

Posted Monday August 4, 2003 at 12:59 PM | Full Post

Free Williamsburg / Chunkathalon

Check out Free Williamsburg's article on the Chunkathalon....

Posted Monday August 4, 2003 at 1:05 AM | Full Post

Pruning the links list

I've deleted a few weblogs from my links page. I realized that some people I know actually link to A...

Posted Monday August 4, 2003 at 12:01 AM | Full Post

Watchin' movies

I think I'll be staying inside, catching up with my Netflix queue. This is the current forecast on Yahoo! Weather:...

Posted Saturday August 2, 2003 at 9:41 PM | Full Post

Chunkathalon 2003

Ayleen from the Portland Crew has posted some images from Chunkathalon 2003, including one you will not want to miss...

Posted Saturday August 2, 2003 at 6:54 PM | Full Post

The Bush Administration's Top 40 Lies About War and Terrorism

The Bush Administration's Top 40 Lies About War and Terrorism...

Posted Saturday August 2, 2003 at 6:07 PM | Full Post

Save My Marriage

Adam Felber asks us for help to save his marriage, which is threatened by the thought of it being a...

Posted Saturday August 2, 2003 at 1:43 PM | Full Post

Things to do

See Phantom Arch show at White Columns -- today (August 2 until 6pm) is the last day See the Summer...

Posted Saturday August 2, 2003 at 12:26 PM | Full Post

Regarding "the gay high school"

I posted a version of this in the comments on a friend's web log: I think the thing people need...

Posted Saturday August 2, 2003 at 1:35 AM | Full Post

Ireland Rocks

Not only does Ireland allow homos to march in their St. Patrick's Day parades (unlike the one in NYC), the...

Posted Saturday August 2, 2003 at 12:48 AM | Full Post

Larry Flynt for Governor

Larry Flynt wants to replace Davis as governor of California....

Posted Friday August 1, 2003 at 10:52 AM | Full Post