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Worst Library Hours Ever
I ask you, what kind of hours are these for the only library in town that carries Chuang-Tzu's The Inner Chapters?
Hours:
* Sunday: Closed
* Monday: Closed
* Tuesday: 1-5
* Wednesday: Closed
* Thursday: 1-5
* Friday: Closed
* Saturday: Closed -
I actually thought to myself yesterday..
..I wonder if I should eat before or during the Jeffrey Dahmer movie.. -
Microsoft Word spell check..
..thinks "Obama" is a spelling error. But not Dukakis. A little behind the times, Gates?
I guess more to the point is why I would feel the need to type the word "Dukakis," ever. -
Palin's town charged women for rape exams
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's hometown required women to pay for their own rape examinations while she was mayor, a practice her police chief fought to keep as late as 2000 ( Read more... ) -
Shakespeare & Co.
I went to the writer's group at Shakespeare and Company on Saturday. Think I'll go again next week - I've never been to a critique group before. People seemed to give pretty intelligent advice, but I guess the question you always have is how much amateur writers can help each other, if they need that same kind of help themselves ( Read more... ) -
Abortion declared constitutional by the Supreme Court in Mexico
We are elated to inform you that the Supreme Court has voted in our favor-Abortion is now constitutional in Mexico! We are absolutely thrilled by this recognition of women’s fundamental rights ( Read more... ) -
Bienvenue en France
I now live in Paris.
Things I saw in my first hour:
a) A sign denouncing anti-white racism
b) A sign criminalizing the sale of fake name-brand sunglasses -
Responses to a Craigslist Ad
A friend of a friend found this ad on Craigslist and has been concocting increasingly elaborate emails, corresponding with this guy..
Here's the ad:
Sonic Weapon needs musicians. Especially a vocalist who likes trippy singing, and also controlled yelling (And possibly more instrumentalists). The project currently has a 7-string guitar ( Read more... ) -
I am living in a former cult headquarters.
But it's San Francisco, so it's just a hippy cult. Though I guess we did have Charles Manson and Anton LaVey..
Moon has said he is the Second Coming of Christ, the "Savior", "returning Lord", and "True Parent". He teaches that all people should become perfected like Jesus and like himself, and that as such he "appears in the world as the ( Read more... ) -
Interview / reading for Nightmare in Silicon
In which I profess on why you shouldn't be having sex or even reading this post. Thanks to Shane Hinton - it's always nice to have an interviewer who's actually read the book.http://firstwallrebate.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/