17 October 2002

  • New York's currently: cute enough to put your mouth on
  • North Korea admits to having nuclear program, including 'more powerful things as well.' U.S. and other countries taking it cool for a moment.
  • Republicans raised more hard money than Democrats this year.
  • Ryan Adams pays fan to leave show after being accused of writing 'Summer of '69.'
  • Tired of meeting the same boring people at parties? You really should have invited some nice Irish young men.
  • Candidates for National Book Awards announced; fiction finalists exclude major PR'd-novels, besides You Are Not a Stranger Here, Franzen's pick for the Today show. Related: Need to advertise your product? Why not hire Narration Ltd. to write a novel about it!
  • 'An American transforming Mexico--what's happening here?' Marcela Yturria of Monterrey wrote in a letter to the editor of El Norte, a regional newspaper. 'Giuliani says he can stop crime and corruption. These problems have gone on for centuries. No Mexican leader has stopped them.' Mexico City to pay Superman Giuliani 4.3 million to clean up town, enforce order.
  • New issue of Whalelane.
  • Iranian women fight for rights, looking for equal blood money.
  • They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships: Photographs of sailors.
  • Interesting take on the role of foundations and private money in NYC schools.
  • Professors invent wacky ways to cope with cell phone-equipped students.
  • Currently coveting: A real Crombie.
  • Glen Sanford is Glen Sanford.
  • The calendars all have one thing in common: They aren't beefcake or cheesecake calendars featuring thong-clad stick figures with breasts, but ones that show the bags and sags and every last wrinkle of do-gooders of all ages. Charities find money in authentic nude calendars.