The Green[e]house Effect: On the Side: September 2003 Archives

September 30, 2003

>Care to supersize that coffin? (0)
>... and so the gorilla gets hauled off to the zoo for lack of a bus fare (0)
>Wesley Clark campaign rolls out a blog featuring one of the blog world's old-school pioneers — and, just for good measure, overhauls its web site (0)
>Seems like Howard Dean is bringing Americans together in more ways than one ... (0)
>It's okay if Campbell's wants to make soup chunky — but not this chunky (0)
>Atlanta boiled down to a paragraph in a record review: "The twelve-lane Connector plows through Atlanta like the Nile of pavement." (0)

September 29, 2003

>"So why do they want me to press the 'any' key?" (0)
>Vice, the ’zine where it's hip to hate: "I don't want our culture diluted. We need to close the borders now and let everyone assimilate to a Western, white, English-speaking way of life." (0)
>Zifty.com: What is this — Kozmo with an actual business model? (0)
>The Bush family tries its hand at levity: "George was a great one for whoopee cushions when he was a drinking man ..." (0)
>Ashcroft considers the USA Patriot Act an essential tool in the war on kiddie porn (0)
>Facial hair gone wild! (0)

September 26, 2003

>Doctor Sevss? (0)
>Time to place your bets: whowillbeatbush.com (0)
>Martina Navratilova says she might try her serve in politics (0)
>The Slacktivist swats down an effort to make ersatz soulmates of Johnny Cash and President Bush (0)
>The Onion: U.S. Government to Discontinue Long-Term Low-Yield Investment in Nation's Youth (0)
>R.W. Apple waxes ecstatic about mangosteens: "No other fruit, for me, is so thrillingly, intoxicatingly luscious, so evocative of the exotic East, with so precise a balance of acid and sugar .... I'd rather eat one than a hot fudge sundae." (0)

September 25, 2003

>Just what America needs to read: a literary guided tour of Atlanta strip clubs (0)
>Gene Healy: "National Greatness Conservatism might better be described as the vicarious thrill certain politicians and pundits get from watching better men risk their lives." (1)
>Is NBC trying to mess around with TiVo owners? (0)
>The supergroup you never thought had to happen: The Bens (0)
>Ben Hammersley goes to Florence, and the city blows his mind. [I empathize — it blew my mind, and I was only there for a day.] (0)
>So, it's Ben Domenech and ... what's that? A shrubbery? (0)

September 24, 2003

>The jurists of the 11th Circuit: introducing teens to sex toys since 2003 (0)
>Is America ready for the McDonald's McCheesesteak? (0)
>Fareed Zakaria: "[A]t this crucial moment in world history, the influential hard-liners in the Bush administration stand in theological opposition to the very idea of international cooperation." (0)
>So wine prevents cancer, prevnts heart disease, enhances fertility ... what doesn't it do: wash windows? (0)
>Diane Patterson cuts to the chase about No Child Left Behind: "The entire mission ... is to eventually label every single school in this nation as 'failing' — it's a backdoor way of forcing vouchers or privatization or whatever the hell they want this time." (0)
>Nicholas Lemann talks about the Iraq war: "Goals as morally grand as defeating terrorism and ending tyranny make any objection to the program for reasons of logic or practicality look puny, niggling, and cynical. ... [But] consequences are not, alas, inevitably the product of intentions; they are determined by the collision of intentions and reality. It isn't cowardly to be (dread word) realistic. It isn't amoral to think through what will follow from particular actions." (0)

September 23, 2003

>But ... but ... but ... but you aren't supposed be able to use yarn to make that! (3)
>Daniel Drezner kisses off the curse of the Bambino: "Statistical indicators indicate that the Red Sox have a 97.4% chance of reaching the postseason." (0)
>Britt Blaser takes a glimpse inside Dean HQ: "Joe Trippi is the Phil Jackson of Presidential campaigns. He doesn't so much tell his players what to do as he tells them what to pay attention to." (0)
>Josh Chafetz, Rhodes Scholar and Oxblogger, tells off Andy Sullivan: "[N]o one likes being publicly called a 'mega-loser.'" [To understand the background, read here.] (615)
>Dwight Meredith indicts us, rightly: "In 2000, James Carpenter was arrested for the misdemeanor of panhandling outside a fast food restaurant. He was taken the Mobile County Jail. He never left the jail alive." (0)
>"Hello — I'm Arianna. I like long walks on the beach, dinner by candlelight, and starcrossed campaigns for governor ..." (0)

September 22, 2003

>MadPony.com: "There are those things in life which, despite their utterly horrible nature, you simply must look at. ... [Like] Jessica Simpson." (0)
>Christopher Dickey: "[T]he bitterest contradiction of all may be that this war ... was meant to inspire awe in the Arab and Muslim world, as former CIA operative Marc Reuel Gerecht and others insisted it should be. And in that it truly has failed." (0)
>What if we priced CDs like shareware? [Link courtesy of Scott Andrew.] (0)
>CNN reports a modern-day miracle: "Six million people will drink 5.5 liters of beer at the Munich Oktoberfest" (0)
>Unemployed Georgia voters still sing hosannas for Bush, while only slightly lowering the volume. [What in G-d's name is wrong with these people?! -ed.] (0)
>Just what the world needs — annotations for Paul's Boutique [link courtesy of Tim Jarrett] (0)

September 19, 2003

>High and mighty Ashcroft, too busy to talk to the print press (0)
>Sex in public parks — man, those Brits sure know how to let their hair down (0)
>Fox News — fair, balanced, and loaded with A students in reading comprehension — says Moby's Play sold 10,000 copies (0)
>Utah students build a fusion reactor with a few bucks and spare parts (0)
>Ex-Senator Max Cleland (D-Ga.) slams President Bush: "Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President. Sorry you didn't go when you had the chance." (0)
>Wyeth mocks Instapundit: "Winston Smith at the Ministry of Truth e-mails to say that every paper in Oceania is riddled inaccurate references to a nonexistent war with Eurasia. The magnitude of the errors leaves the Jayson Blair scandal in the shade. I link, you decide!" (0)

September 18, 2003

>Governor Perdue disses Atlanta drivers, dedicates millions to solving the traffic woes of Appling County (pop. 17,419) (0)
>Betsy Spiers tells Gawker sayonara (0)
>Neat coincidence: the Wesley Clark site uses the same typeface as the liner notes to Hail to the Thief (0)
>Bono soft-pedals the Bush walkdown on AIDS funding: "I do believe he's sincere and his team is sincere. They're just not moving fast enough." (0)
>The DNC gets blog religion: ladies and gentlemen, Kicking Ass (0)
>You know, who wouldn't want a dog that brings you the remote control and never sheds any hair? (1)

September 17, 2003

>The GOP finally manages to create a job or two — too bad they're in India (0)
>Timothy Burke: "Who is the political constituency betraying our soldiers? Who is failing to support U.S. servicemen? Anybody who calls for them to be 'flypaper', to be meatshields, who asks them to serve as impotent human targets, that’s who." (0)
>Courtesy of Beliefnet, the Gospel of Supply-Side Jesus. [Funny — don't think I ever read that book of the Bible ... ] (0)
>Only-in-Washington pickup lines: "Let's play Cabinet. You be the president, and I'll serve at your pleasure." (0)
>Try explaining this to your kid: "well, it all started when when Mom and Dad asked the lab to make sperm in a petri dish ..." (0)
>Praise the Lord and pass me a credit card: Ikea comes to Atlanta in 2005 (0)

September 16, 2003

>Lance Morrow gets crochety: "America has become a place that does not encourage its children to grow up. Or wish them to grow up. Or even allow it." (0)
>I guess you could say this invention kicks butt. (0)
>First the rhumba frappuccino, now the mocha coconut frappuccino ... why does Starbucks always kill my favorite drinks? (0)
>In the mood for autumn roadtripping? Keep track of the best views at the USDA's fall foliage hotline. (0)
>Phil Carter: "If we see an exodus of reservists in the next several months, we will also see a corresponding decline in our readiness to conduct nation-building missions around the world." (0)
>Live in Shanghai? You might want to consider buying a snorkel. (0)

September 15, 2003

>This ten year old knows his political science. (613)
>... and his dad's pretty bright, too: "Remember: it required five badly-broken pieces of our political institutions ... to give George W. Bush the presidency." (594)
>A Bible verse I wish George Bush would bother to read: "He that ruleth over men must be just." (0)
>A comic strip explains why President Bush doesn't allow Cheerios at his press conferences (0)
>The Kool-Aid Man: now making house calls (0)
>The Bulge: a dessert so fattening that you have to sign a waiver (0)

September 12, 2003

>Germ power! (2)
>Quick, and to the point: onetermpresident.org (1)
>New York, New York — still a helluva town (0)
>Some interesting ideas on investment reform, courtesy of a zine from Harvard B-school (0)
>When told about a homeland security issue, will the Bush administration address the problem or shoot the messenger? Hmmmm ... (1)
>You mean we have a contest for top barista? (0)

September 11, 2003

>"What's that you said about spending $87 billion on Iraq? What $87 billion?" (0)
>Harry Potter and the Clever Trojan Horse for Christianity (0)
>Maybe Justice Moore should send those Ten Commandments to The Jerusalem Post: "[W]e must kill Yasser Arafat" (0)
>Don Rumsfeld: "The Fourth Amendment? What's that?" (0)
>Fighting over Elizabeth Spiers?! Hey, I'm from Alabama, too! I get snarky! Pick me! [Hey, kids: Bonus exclusive Gothamist pinup of Liz!] (0)
>Jabberwocky ... in Klingon?! (0)

September 10, 2003

>The Chinese ideograph for crisis connotes both the words danger and opportunity. After September 11, though, President Bush — with ideological blinders the size of stage curtains — took the opportunity the day presented and threw it away. (0)
>Jack O'Toole: "There's just no doing business with this administration." (0)
>You mean we get to pick Krispy Kreme's doughnuts of the month? I love this country. (0)
>Guys seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses? Says who? (0)
>Real Live Preacher: "You must hold onto some things and let go of others. Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of this life." (0)
>Rockefeller Center standing ere— er, thrusting skyward (0)

September 9, 2003

>"That's the news — and I'm Michael Stipe." (0)
>Break out the champagne — Berke Breathed says he's back in the game (0)
>This futon doesn't need a buyer — it needs a good steam cleaning (0)
>Are people ready for someone who's out at the old ball game? (0)
>The record industry fights the real enemy — a 71-year-old grandfather named Durwood Pickle (0)
>Scrabblog: for those who can never get enough opportunities to catch eleven points on the word 'quagmire' (0)

September 8, 2003

>Your share of next year's tab for the war in Iraq: $297.95 (0)
>Stephen Moore gives Republicans a warning: "Howard Dean could be George W. Bush's worst nightmare." (3)
>Health warning: do not shove firecrackers down your pants (0)
>A friend from U-Va. who helped Fox News sue Al Franken just got her very own Googlebomb (520)
>Apple announces updates to the iMac, iPod (0)
>Find new objects of automotive desire @ Motoblog (0)
>Howard Dean slams the speech: "In 15 minutes, [Bush] attempted to make up for 15 months of misleading the American people and 15 weeks of mismanaging the reconstruction." (0)
>Sting takes it back: "What I didn't say was that [my eight hours in the hay] included four hours of begging and then dinner and a movie." (0)

September 7, 2003

>Johnny Edwards has a blog, E-I-E-I-O ... (0)
>Ben and Mena from Six Apart have come pretty far this year — from writing software to getting an audience with Howard Dean (0)
>Ted Koppel trashes the Patriot Act: "The men who drafted our constitution ... would, I suspect, retch at some of the boneheaded, self-serving misinterpretations of their intentions that they so often use these days to undermine the very freedoms they pretend to safeguard." (0)
>How to make Greg hungry: post a photo of the Mexican sandwich shop that used to be two blocks up the street from his old apartment (0)
>As much as I love Krispy Kreme ... a wedding cake?! (1)

September 5, 2003

>Google knows the meaning of life, the universe, and everything (611)

September 4, 2003

>Pickle Juice: It's ... well, pickle juice (0)
>PimpJuice: It's Nelly in a can! (0)
>Annals of Brilliant Mergers, Vol. 113: Toyota beats the Chrysler division of DaimlerChrysler in August sales (0)
>Dyin’ to hear a lounge version of the Strokes? Wait no more. (0)