Month: February 2001
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Princeton can do it; why can’t we?
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Don’t have time to read whole books? Try Book-A-Minute! Actually, their reviews are pretty damn hilarious, especially the sci-fi and fantasy. My favorite, though, has to be If I Ran the Circus by Dr. Seuss: Morris McGurk: “If I ran the circus, I would make Mr. Sneelock do lots of dangerous things, because I have repressed…
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More vagina: a Morrissey guys writes a really excellent letter about SMC’s stance on the play.
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More hard-hitting journalism from the Observer: bar owners worry that getting busted might cause them business. No duh. The most disturbing part of this article is the quote from the owner of the establishment formerly known as “Bridget Maguire’s Filling Station”: “I went in there with a bottle of disinfectant and a putty knife. It took…
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It seems a group of ND and SMC women staged an un-official reading of “The Vagina Monologues” at Regina Hall. Publicity was strictly word-of-mouth, yet over 150 people came! I have hope for our campus yet.
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Poodoo! I was in the lead on Plastic’s Karma Whoring Contest and then somebody had to point out that you’re supposed to be logging on from the United States to be eligible. How much does that suck?! I give up. My karma whoring days are over. I hate you, Plastic.
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Is it just me, or does this murder case sound exactly like the plot of the Gus Van Sant film To Die For? Except that in the movie, Nicole Kidman and Matt Dillon didn’t have any kids. I remember walking out of our campus screening of To Die For thinking, “Man, Max from Space Camp got…
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In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve added a “favorite icon” to this site. IE5 users should be able to see it in their Address bar and in their Bookmarks list. You can learn how to make one here. (I also made one for RoaldDahlFans.com.)
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Attention music fans:I just got an e-mail from my college friend Matt Curreri, who has a new album out. You should order it. I saw him perform several times back at ND and I guarantee you’ll enjoy his work. (His label says he appeals to fans of “R.E.M., Belle & Sebastian, Elliott Smith, Velvet Underground,…
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Suddenly that trip to Australia in March isn’t looking so good. Mir could fall on us. Great. And that blurb about there not being any “biological nasties” on board isn’t reassuring… Wasn’t there something in the news a few months ago about it being covered in space fungus? Oh yeah, there it is.