The Half-Assed Handyman
Are your screws loose? Is the house falling apart? Call the Half-Assed Handyman! Kevin Guilfoile walks us through proper fence gate repair and the best way to fix a lawnmower handle.
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The Kinks, Something Else By The Kinks
‘Waterloo Sunset’ is one of the best songs ever recorded by anyone ever. And of course that’s an overstatement. Nevertheless, it fizzles in as you’re scanning the radio stations, its number comes up on the jukebox, it swirls overhead in its Muzak-ified incarnation at the grocery store—
The Worst Toilet in the World
In which the editors and some writers met at a bar for drinks, talked about girls, other writers, stories about our parents, trips to Mexico, the Flaming Lips; then someone went to the toilet. Note: You may not see the flies at this resolution, or roaches
Kayley’s Super Power
Kayley has a super power. The thing is, she’s not exactly sure what it is, and she doesn’t even know how to use it. A story by Kevin Fanning, illustrated by Sam Brown.
26 September 2002
New York's currently: little kids the size of their backpacks Mayor's Office releases Management Report, including tons of information about your neighborhood. Tropical Storm Isidore came ashore this morning. U.S. resumes talks with North Korea. This autumn, according to the congressional Advisory Committee on Student
25 September 2002
New York's currently: dying to leave Israel continues Ramallah siege; Palestinian Authority holds out; both invoke U.N. resolutions to end stand-off. The New York Sun named the Best Gay Paper. Only the finest students attend The College of Matthew Perry. Related: Bush twins demand regime change
The Church of the Open Mic
New York has Broadway, Off-Broadway, even Off-Off-Broadway. It also has Open Mic night, and the rules are a little different.
24 September 2002
New York's currently: sending a public service announcement to neo-hippies: no one likes your stupid drums Julio Diaz, the best dancer in the subway, even if his partner's stuffed. Fighting rages in Ivory Coast between government and mutinous soldiers, prompting U.S. and Canada to
This…Is SNN!
Welcome to a special broadcast of SNN, the Simplified News Network, where you get the news after you already understood it. Understand? Matthew Baldwin reports from the set.
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