Dude, You’re Getting a Dell and Other Success Stories
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an actor not in possession of a private fortune must be in want of a commercial. Lessons learned on how to win the audition.
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31 May 2002
New York's currently: wishing you the best of weekends Silent ceremony for ground zero. Senegal beats France in first World Cup match. Terrorism feared at World Cup: details on South Korea's security. If only this was the most dangerous headline in the news: Gun-toting Russian
Royal Memories
As Britain prepares for the Golden Jubilee—the 50th anniversary of the Queen’s throning—a reflection on the pomp, circumstance, and correctly colored ties in the monarch/subject relationship.
30 May 2002
New York's currently: the new LA FBI given new surveillance rules, allowing monitoring and research without evidence of potential wrongdoing. Customs service calls for U.S.-bound cargo to be inspected by American officers. al Qaeda probe in 2000 fouled by glitches in 'Carnivore,' the email
The Mere, The Mere
Athens, Georgia’s The Mere is Jacob Flint. Oh, the name? It’s because he ‘wanted a band name that was short and said nothing about him at all.’ The Mere? Yes, and it’s among the best new music you’ve likely never heard. The Mere sounds like a
29 May 2002
New York's currently: sweating under cover Last column removed from ground zero under flag. What we forgot to link on Sunday: Sad, rewarding account by The Times of last hours in lives saved or lost on Sept. 11. FBI permanently devotes 2,600 agents to counterterrorism, wants intelligence
What Are You, Drunk?
A new study on binge drinking from the Harvard School of Public Health slides off the stool, falls down, and admits that it really didn't know what it was talking about earlier, with all that “research” business.
Pirates and the Navy
Once the scourge of the seven seas, now fuel for ARGHHH... jokes and the parrot industry, pirates seem better suited for Disney World than the Atlantic. However, the Navy was attacked last month by a band of unwashed scurvyites.
28 May 2002
New York's currently: preferring vacation to work Pakistan ready to pledge 'full might' in war against India, if war is started. Pakistan tests final missile; Indian Defense Minister Fernandes says options are narrowing, but countries are not on brink of war. Giant nut proves hilarious in
Read the Fucking Manual
An anthology of new work from seventeen writers with websites, including many writers published here and in better places.