Another cabbie story, this one from the vault

23 years ago

This happened a little while back -- shortly after I'd graduated from Queen's, which puts it sometime in 1995, but…

The worst cabbie in Accordion City…

23 years ago

...was driving Diamond Taxi number 3091 yesterday at 10:45 a.m.. You get three guesses as to who his unfortunate passenger…

A cross they don’t want to bear

23 years ago

On the discussion Web site Plastic, some evidence that atheists have their own annoying fundamentalists too:A state historical landmark in…

Salam Pax’s return?

23 years ago

It would seem to be that way: MetaFilter reports that Salam Pax, the pseudonymous (Salam and Pax are respectively Arabic…

National Accordion Awareness Month: your first warning

23 years ago

I didn't know this until I stumbled across it: June is National Accordion Awareness Month. Established in 1989 to promote…

Hacking, painting, writing: two perspectives

23 years ago

In The Happiest Geek on Earth: It's synchronicity -- Paul Graham and Eric S. Raymond write on the relationship between…

Which FARK cliche are you?

23 years ago

I'm not obsessed with "Which X Are You?" tests -- Kelly's actually the queen of that -- but I couldn't…

When life gives you SARS, make sarsaparilla

23 years ago

Okay, it's a dumb title. It sounded clever to me in the shower. (And yes, that's the way you spell…

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody actually *does* anything about it…

23 years ago

...nobody, that is, except for Mr. T, in Mr. T.'s Storm Chase School. Funny and educational! [Thanks to FARK for…

Not "broken", but…

23 years ago

Last night, after the 2003 edition of Iron Chef White Trash (where I played the role of Chairman Kaga --…