22 August 2001

  • NATO launches Macedonia mission--to last 30 days--with Brits at helm.
  • Senator Helms to announce that he will not seek re-election, and that he's gay!
  • White House says surplus down forty-four percent from original estimates.
  • Citizens in South-Western Germany hear buzzing; some fear U.S. plan to make people dance on one leg.
  • The word no one's saying begins with an R: Fed orders seventh interest rate cut this year.
  • Former employees of Cisco hacked $8M in stock, then got busted for opulence.
  • New York Public Library acquires Kerouac archive.
  • Old subway cars get dumped into the sea to become reefs.
  • Apple wins an Emmy for FireWire.
  • Linux beer hike begins in three days, celebrating the birth of the penguin.
  • Rick Moody explains what it's like to have your novel made into a film.