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A cross they don’t want to bear

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

24 years ago

Salam Pax’s return?

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

24 years ago

National Accordion Awareness Month: your first warning

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

24 years ago

Hacking, painting, writing: two perspectives

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

24 years ago

Which FARK cliche are you?

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

24 years ago

When life gives you SARS, make sarsaparilla

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

24 years ago

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

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

24 years ago

Not "broken", but…

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

24 years ago

Taking the weekend off

The weather in Accordion City is lovely (it could stand to be a little warmer), and I also have some…

24 years ago

America, as your friend, I feel we need to talk…

I love you, really, I do. I'm even the direct descendent of an American from Dayton, Ohio (actually, he was…

24 years ago