A lawsuit over the Pickle

A lawsuit over the Pickle of Doom? It's another sign of the coming Apocalypse.

All web page counters are

All web page counters are stupid, except for this one.

Wage Slave Journal's Scorecard of

Wage Slave Journal's Scorecard of Evil is offered "to help you keep track of all of the evil deeds Bush commits and, more important, to provide a record for your perusal when November 2004 rolls around."

Here's a peek behind the

Here's a peek behind the curtain at how Bush really appears at press events, compared to how he's portrayed by the press. The author of this piece is the former ombusdswoman at the Washington Post, where she wasn't afraid to say when the Post blew it.

Proof that if people fight

Proof that if people fight hard enough, the Smirking Chimp can be made to back down: Bush Accepts Rules to Guard Privacy of Medical Records. Let that be a lesson to the too-timid congressional Democrats.

That's "Mistress Freelancer" to you

That's "Mistress Freelancer" to you is the story of a freelance tech journalist in San Francisco who, with the tech slowdown, has now become a dominatrix. I don't think I know her, but I can certainly relate to the part of the story about beating an editor with a wooden spoon.

I'm not a fan of

I'm not a fan of Flash, usually, but I liked Terry's Chocolate.

Flutterby pointed to K'Pinky and

Flutterby pointed to K'Pinky and the Brain, which led to me finding Twisted HeadSwap Theater, which includes such gems as Twisted Trailer Theater and Star Trek: Deep, Deep Trouble. It's rough being a non-Trekker living with two Trekkers, I tell you!

Tonight is Yuri's Night! Celebrate

Tonight is Yuri's Night! Celebrate the 40^th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first space flight.

The Academy Jargon Basement Recycling

The Academy Jargon Basement Recycling Catalogue. Lemels and floor-sweeps, oh my!

For this job, I'd go

For this job, I'd go back to being an employee.

Microsoft does something right, and

Microsoft does something right, and puts that damn paperclip out of a job. Not only that, but they managed to do it in a fairly witty way.

Remember that story awhile back

Remember that story awhile back about how the KKK wanted a Missouri highway sign in their honor? It went all the way to the Supreme Court, who wouldn't hear the case, giving the Klan what they wanted. But, did you ever hear about the outcome?


I told the story to Sean today because I like telling him true-life stories of things coming out right. What was cool was that while I had to explain to him who the Klan was, he already knew about Rosa Parks. We must be doing something right.

eCompany.com covers Boo! And the

eCompany.com covers Boo! And the 100 Other Dumbest Moments in e-Business. My favorite is probably #53: Zapata CEO Avram Glazer decides to split the company's Internet business from its core fishmeal operations. "The Internet people don't want to know about marine protein," he explains, "and marine protein people don't want to know about the Internet" ...

Former Republican National Committee chairman

Former Republican National Committee chairman tapped to be envoy to the Vatican. Here's a typical Bush action; one of the most corrupt and cynical men in politics has been helpful to you. Pay him off with a plum ambassadorship.

Stop clowning about, clowns told

Stop clowning about, clowns told

Clowns are being urged to take out insurance against the danger that the country may be teetering on the edge of a sense of humour failure.