18 April 2003

  • New York's currently: biting hard, but ambitions are high
  • Tension in Nigeria ahead of tomorrow's presidential election.
  • LOL: White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card IMs with the people.
  • ...He was the real power behind the George W. Bush presidency CNN obituary for Dick Cheney leaked. Related: Cheney's lawyer scolded by Federal judges.
  • Hawks used to frighten pigeons in Manhattan's Bryant Park.
  • California famers threw 30,000 live chickens into wood chippers, but won't face charges since they had permission from the Department of Agriculture.
  • Poetry and subversion with Google text ads. Related: On the forever interesting Google query board.
  • Alaskan senators tack organic seafood amendment to war spending bill, pissing off organic advocates.
  • TriBeCa business meeting ends with real-estate dealer buried in a dungeon.
  • Need a good developer/tech team leader/network engineer? Hire Dan Benjamin.
  • TMN says: Simpson Wong's new restaurant, Jefferson on 10th Street, is very good.
  • Man throws away friend's savings, stored in a false-bottomed can of Liquid Wrench.
  • The American way of life includes widespread surveillance, quiet abductions, and a spoon-fed Congress.
  • Profile of Dana Gioia, poet, critic, and chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
  • Des Moines finding means for pride at hosting the Miss Nude World pageant.
  • Something peculiarly satisfying in seeing James Woods's novel The Book Against God digested.
  • Neo-Nazi group distributing fake whistleblower memos on media bias in the Iraq war.
  • Amy Tan is rock and roll.