Month: January 2002
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I don’t get the “pleated pants” thing. Did I miss something? For the record, I’m anti-pleated pants.
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I am the New Year’s Resolution Girl! I joined the gym today and made an appointment to see a personal trainer tomorrow afternoon. I am going to get fit, fit, fit. But no yoga. I learned that lesson already.
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Apparently Kirsty MacColl’s last album is going to be released soon. I’m not such a big fan, but Snookums’s mom is. That article has some good information about her influence on modern music (and musicians).
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I hate spammers. That’s why I loved this detailed war of words with one of them. Great reading, if you’ve got a few minutes.
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I can’t stop giggling. President Bush referred to Pakistanis as “Pakis”. Oh my. My American readers probably don’t realize that this is a majorly offensive term elsewhere in the world. And he didn’t even apologize! Who’s advising this guy, anyway?
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Now they’re saying that the suicide “Osama supporter” kid may have developed mental problems from his acne medication. Obviously we’re not quite done grasping at straws. The Food and Drug Administration says 147 people taking Accutane, which affects the body’s central nervous system, either committed suicide or were hospitalized for suicide attempts from 1982 to…
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I didn’t know Dave Thomas (founder of Wendy’s) died! Wow. Even the Snook knew who he was. I remember reading somewhere once that he only started doing his commercials to help the company rebound after a “tainted meat” scare back in the 80’s. The article doesn’t mention that. It does say, however: In 1956, he…
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This is amazing. Check out some of the most momentous Usenet posts ever.
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I never really noticed before that Bill‘s comment phrase is “Sing out, Louise”. When I looked at it today though, I suddenly realized where it comes from: Gypsy! The Bette Midler version was just on TV here the other day. The only thing more amazing than Midler’s constant hamming was how much Cynthia Gibb looked…
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I added a bit of new functionality to web-goddess that allows me to change the tagline (that bit up at the top of your browser window) via my admin tool. The current tagline is from Max, and I was much flattered. 🙂