"Go to Saudi Arabia, and it’s the first country to the left."

24 years ago

Simple directions to Iraq...if you're flying east from North America, and if you know where Saudi Arabia is. A common…

Pud and the pointy-haired jock

24 years ago

I'm quite busy today, but that doesn't mean I've left you with nothing to read. Phil "Pud" Kaplan, the founder…

Atkins: part of the zeitgeist

24 years ago

Zooko points out that the phrase "Atkins diet" is number 9 among the top gaining Google queries (according to Google's…

Why radio sucks

24 years ago

Cory at BoingBoing points to the Future of Music Coalition's report on the effects of radio consolidation of the music…

I’m becoming a) older b) weirder or c) Hugh Grant’s character in "About a Boy"

24 years ago

Today at the grocery store, I saw a very cute woman with her three-year old daughter and thought to myself…

A farewell to carbs

24 years ago

After seeing actual results from people I know -- Cory, Doc, the older sister of my can't-commit-to-a-damned-thing ex and Herb…

Scratch that job

24 years ago

Twelve essay questions, my answers to which they loved, and one very good interview later... ...I didn't score the semi-final…

Public service announcement

24 years ago

To all you drivers out there in Accordion City and other areas hit by last night's snow storm: SNOW IS…

"Soviet Canuckistan" — now on a T-shirt!

24 years ago

Although Pat Buchanan's use of the term "Soviet Canuckistan" to describe The People's Republic of AccordionGuy (the country in which…

Brisket!

24 years ago

This is a "cheese sandwich" posting taken to the next level. I'm posting this photo of tonight's dinner, a brisket…