Archive for November, 2004

“This book claims the earth is *spherical*”

Tuesday, November 30th, 2004 by Aabra

More links from my all-night surfing: * Science Textbook Disclaimers “This book claims the earth is spherical.” I want some activist-minded Kinkos worker to print these up and pass ‘em out at a Kansas high school. * Sickest Halloween outfit: My Baby’s Momma Going to the Prom. Nice belly! * Screen capture from Target.com selling [...]

“What is a boiled potato?”

Monday, November 29th, 2004 by Aabra

Weird stuff I found while surfing le net: * Joan & Ed’s Deli - Weird Questions “Do you have kosher lobsters?” “What is a boiled potato?” * “Weird Al” Yankovic Rarely Asked Questions “How many Academy Awards has Al won?” * Turkey Fryer Blamed for House Fire Heh heh– Dead bird vs. Man: 1 – [...]

Someone knocked on our door at 5 am

Saturday, November 27th, 2004 by Aabra

This is freaky: someone knocked on our door at 5 am Thanksgiving night. I was up– my sleep schedule got messed up by the flu– and Matt thinks it was probably a homeless dude attracted by the glowing blue TV light in the window, probably after a handout. Scared me half to death!

We have far fewer ancestors than we’d like to admit

Thursday, November 25th, 2004 by Aabra

‘Reading a lovely Jeeves & Wooster story, and some character mouths off that she’s a “Rotationalist”. She believes she comes back every nine generations, always as someone important, no doubt. This got me wondering who my 9th generation ancestor was, so I worked out the timeline. 1740s Ireland or Eastern Europe, I figured. Then I [...]

Another round of “Whatever happened to”

Monday, November 22nd, 2004 by Aabra

How about another round of… Whatever happened to… * Jamie Kennedy? (His dumb show was cancelled, but what about these movie rumors? Dog help us all.) * “I’m With Her“? (It looks like this awful show was cancelled as well. Funny how you don’t notice a bad show disappear.) * Mini Me? (Doing a Christmas [...]

Overly protective of musician biopics

Tuesday, November 9th, 2004 by Aabra

I am sick of everyone bitching that no good biopics have ever been made. (By “everyone” I mean annoying hipster writers for Portland weeklies.) Sure, Ray would appear to have stuck to the safe formula (Rise. Fall. Reclaim glory. Fade out to swelling music. Collect Oscar.) But what about Diana Ross in Lady Sings the [...]


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