30 October 2002

New York's currently: growing a beard for winter

U.S. and France getting close to a deal, requiring Bush to consult the U.N. if the U.S. goes alone against Iraq.

Federal appeals court rules government can't punish doctors who recommend marijuana to their patients.

Winona's trial starts, surprisingly with a former studio boss in the jury.

Only 20 percent of drugstores in New York's minority neighborhoods carry common prescriptions for long-term pain control.

Genetic mutation responsible for beautiful buttocks.

Bush calls embryos 'human subjects,' announcing a win for the unborn-lobby. Related: What's bald, has big clacking teeth, and wobbles? A zombie baby wearing the dentures of an elderly woman whose brains it just ate.

The financially undead: Japan's Zombie businesses will never die.

American anti-abortion activist conceived while parents on vacation in Jamaica to have himself deported.

Double Lane Wednesday: Lane reviews insipid Truth About Charlie and zinger Roger Dodger, then reflects on the entire history of James Bond in time for the 20th film in the series.

AP reporter sacked for inventing extremely boring soundbites.

Mmmm........ pumpkin pancakes.

Basic Web tool kit for international travelers.

Perhaps we all secretly yearn for fate to blow our lives off their prosaic courses to some spectacularly alien Shangri-la where our senses will be employed as nature intended them to be: gathering intelligence in the service of our unfettered predatory appetites. That, at least, was the reverie of Alexander McQueen. Fashion writing as it's rarely done, by Judith Thurman.

Animal lovers save hens from being executed at the altar of German theater.

The history of Smokey the Bear. [ via ds ]

Just in time for Halloween, artist Myke Adams to show new series, Candy Coated Pill Popping Pedophiles, at Kim's Uptown, today through Saturday.