17 June 2002

New York's currently: calling its analyst Donnie

Donald Rumsfeld requires langur monkey to keep 10,000 rhesus monkeys at bay.

Bush wants new defense policy, now: hit first, invade later.

Sharon rejects Bush's proposal for a Palestinian state, also criticized by Palestinian Authority and Egypt.

Bob Woodward and Ben Bradlee to answer Watergate questions at noon today, 30 years after the break-in. Related: WP editorial from 21 June 1972, 'Mission Incredible.' Also related: WP puts together special 'Revisiting Watergate' feature. Completely unrelated: Water-gate.

Nightmarish attack last night by lunatic in East Village.

Slate's Today's Papers writer dies in scuba accident.

Green rain proves to be bee shit.

GE's new ultrasound commercial features added halo. Related, distant cousin: Anti-choice group flies 100 foot ad of aborted fetus across beach.

Hamsun, by all accounts, could be as unpredictable, if not as insane, as his fictional characters. As a young man he fled Norway for America, where for two years he caused trouble in the various Scandinavian communities responsible for hosting him. (He wrote scandalous journalism.) James Wood on Knut Hamsun.

Despite last line, excellent article by Dorothy Gallagher on writing memoirs. Related: Young reporter learns lesson when Vanity Fair proves no His Girl Friday.