23 September 2002

New York's currently: quite thankful the in-laws get along

Israel continues siege against Arafat, raising the Israeli flag over his compound and hoping he'll take a one-way ticket abroad.

Special forces units being moved to the CIA for war with Iraq, so the Pentagon can say that no uniformed forces are in action.

400,000 march on London for…foxhunting.

Being Jack is even hard for Nicholson, but he'll do it if the occasion, or younger woman, is right.

Beanie Babies were big. Celebriducks (Allen Iverson takes a bath with you!) will be bigger.

I'm personally not a great fan of Ulysses--to me, the book feels like some big, chilly Old World cathedral stuffed with iconography, with tourists walking through it quickly, and devotees consulting with the priestly critics who comprehend its Mysteries, and the whole edifice certified by the state and by scholars as Great Art. Jonathan Franzen on 'hard-to-read' novels.

U.S. prepared to vaccinate entire country within five days of a smallpox outbreak.

Semi-interesting story about Dave Eggers's self-publishing becomes very interesting story about the automatic book machine.

The man who lost a million dollars by spilling a cup of coffee.

Cuba to unlock Hemingway's basement.

If I'm a lawyer advising a news organization, the idea of a Web log like this would just make me break out in hives. Reporters find professional freedoms, pains in blogs. Related: Much more interesting, a year of teaching public school in New York City, blogged.

PETA wants you drinking beer, not milk.