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Has Anyone Seen the Liberal Party TV Ads?

The Conservative Party of Canada has done an excellent job of marketing itself in the Canadian election by making party…

18 years ago

Marble Slab Creamery

First, Cold Stone Creamery I'd heard of the ice cream parlor Cold Stone Creamery but didn't get a chance to…

18 years ago

Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live” and the New York Times

In case you missed it, here's the opening skit from last night's Saturday Night Live, in which alumna Tina Fey…

18 years ago

R.I.P. David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace, author of the novel Infinite Jest, the essay collection A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again…

18 years ago

The Jazziest Title Sequence for a Sci-Fi Show Ever: “UFO” [Updated]

The 1970s TV series UFO was Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's first foray into completely live-action television. Prior to that, they'd…

18 years ago

Reasons We’re Getting Fatter, Part 2

It's not just pizza that comes from vending machines these days: Click the photo to see the full picture.

18 years ago

What IS the Bush Doctrine, Anyway?

Do I Know What the Bush Doctrine Is? Yesterday, I saw a number of articles on the 'net saying that…

18 years ago

Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld’s Second Microsoft Commercial: Longer and Weirder

The first Microsoft commercial featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld established them as oddball buddies in a commercial running one…

18 years ago

Jack Layton Teaches Us an Important Lesson in Online Security [Updated]

Update: The screen capture of Jack Layton's Twitter page shown below is a Photoshop edit -- all the entries save…

18 years ago

“The Watchtower” Says Cigarettes, Alcohol, Drugs, and a University Education are All the Same

Although nowhere near as amusing as Jack Chick's looney-tunes religious tracts, I occasionally like to flip through any stray copy…

18 years ago