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Thursday, June 13, 2002
Here's some of that interesting stuff I've been running across and promising to share with you. Mostly, friends have pointed me at some interesting things, but I've managed 10 minutes of websurfing here and there as well, and I've been saving it up for you. (Don't you feel special?) Here goes: Your food may not be nearly as safe as you think it is. After that, I (finally) discovered Andrew Sullivan, a writer of no small talents, and a particularly interesting (and amusing) article he wrote recently on the mega-rich. Also, a good dose of "the funny", brought to you by my friend Robert Peyton (see his link over there to the right? He's a good guy, by the way; you should definitely visit his blog, too -- especially if you like to read about food, or you dine in New Orleans on any kind of regular basis.) Also amusing is this little Flash site which allows you to create a South Park cartoon version of yourself (or hey, all your co-workers -- whatever amuses you. And in case you'd like to see mine, which I cheated and photoshopped a little to make it more accurate, it's over here.) Also, I thought this article on how the music industry is becoming the book industry was worth checking out, as were these articles on how getting too much sleep and fat-free foods may be bad for you. And in case anyone is considering sending the Ground Force crew across the pond to me as some kind of unexpected gift this year, could you have them build me a new patio out of these Escher lizard stones? Cool, thanks. And lastly (for tonight, anyway) if you've ever spent any time on IRC chatting, maybe you've had the good fortune to run across some very funny people -- most of whose witticisms seem to be making their way into this fun little website.
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
I'm hoping to talk my friend Dave into seeing a movie this weekend, because I'm just about through reading Nick Hornby's About A Boy and, much like High Fidelity, it's amazingly well-written. Hornby displayed a genius for exposing the inner workings of the male mind in his debut, and this book is no different, although it's a very different story. The characterization is absolutely wonderful. Curiously enough, however, at two-thirds the way through the book's 306 pages, it thus far does not seem like a movie that would translate well into Hollywood-marketable romantic-comedy stylings, which is what you'd usually assume when you see Hugh Grant, but I keep having to remind myself this isn't a Richard Curtis screenplay (Notting Hill, Four Weddings & A Funeral, Bridget Jones Diary) for once. Anyway, no more commentary on the film until I've seen it. But I have to take a moment to encourage you to go pick up the book, if good sharp modern fiction with loads of commentary on modern society's somewhat odd social hiccups is your cup of tea.
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