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

November 25, 2003

>Andrew Sullivan — yep, the magazine-editing, blog-having Andrew Sullivan — wants to be your Friendster (0)
>Primary Colors, this ain't: Democratic presidential hopefuls go Spy vs. Spy (0)
>This takes me back: Barman, a book about the trench-warfare ordeal that some call prepping for the bar exam. [Not to be confused with this Barman.] (0)
>To put a stop to 'political correctness,' Congress is mandating ... political correctness. (0)

November 24, 2003

>How's this for a hobby: Man reads entire New York Times every day. [He's only a year and a half behind.] (0)
>Sweden's H&M shreds the union label: Why uphold your home country's labor standards when you can pay ’em cheap? (0)
>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on George W. Bush: Worst ... environmental ... president ... ever (4)
>Michael Sippey travels to Chicago to sup at the table of the world-famous Charlie Trotter; inspires ravenous jealousy from a former resident of the restaurant's neighborhood (0)

November 21, 2003

>As the Decembrist points out, when it comes to the Bush family, the more things change ... (0)
>Congrats to Real Live Preacher, who just snared a deal to publish a real live book (0)
>"Right here, right no-owwwww / watching the Blue Light Special on aisle 13 ... " (0)
>Worried that mom might get hip to your site? Never fear — Blogger can help. (0)
>Now this is blog poetry (see below): (0)
>so much depends (0)
>upon (0)
>a red wheel (0)
>barrow (0)
>glazed with rain (0)
>water (4)
>beside the white (0)
>chickens (0)

November 20, 2003

>If facing making Thanksgiving turkey is making you feel inadequate, there’s nothing like a huge turkey cooking discussion by excellent cooks on Plastic to make it worse (0)
>Support the troops — waste gas by the truckload! (0)
>A Japanese venture capitalist opines about the States: "I'm not anti-American. I'm anti-stupidity." (0)
>20 inches? Tim, that is so last week. (0)
>Merry Melanies: Madame Brushstroke treats an up-and-comer to the gift of blog (0)

November 19, 2003

>Proof that alcohol kills brain cells: Man wins vodka drinking competition by drinking 1.5 liters in 40 minutes, dies 20 minutes later (0)
>Should Roger Waters revise the lyrics to The Wall? "We don't need no action figures, we don't need no royalties" (0)
>... and I'd like to wash that down with a glass of Pumpkin Coke. (0)
>People faced a tough choice in Louisiana in voting for governor — either choosing the 'foreigner,' or choosing a woman. (0)
>Laura Rozen wakes to something odd: "The motion detector lights on our garage flicked on, and I was shocked to see a blond haired man atop our back gate, trying to jump into our tiny back deck." (0)
>Eric Alterman gets letters: "Judaism is an incomplete religion and our country is NOT a 'Judeo-Christian' nation. America was founded on the principles of Christianity and Christianity ALONE." (0)

November 18, 2003

>Huh. Wonder what Josh Marshall knows that we don’t about Astroturf? (0)
>Don't click that referer link: Porn sites hiding behind blogs (0)
>Only in Massachusetts could Mitt Romney speak in favor of civil rights for nontraditional couples and still come across as a social conservative: "Of course, we must provide basic civil rights and appropriate benefits to nontraditional couples, but marriage is a special institution that should be reserved for a man and a woman." (0)
>So much for that Power Station reunion: drummer Tony Thompson passes away (0)
>20 inches? Is Steve Jobs compensating for something? (0)
>The Enola Gay — famous bomber, and little-known vanguard of the homosexual agenda ... (0)
>Ed Cone on the significance of Howard Dean: "Not since the televised Nixon-Kennedy debates has there been a comparable shift in the art and science of running a campaign." (0)
>Fast Company on the impact of Wal-Mart: "U.S. companies have been moving jobs offshore for decades ... But there is no question that [Wal-Mart] is helping accelerate the loss of American jobs to low-wage countries." (0)
>Tuesday Morning Quarterback settles a burning question: "The plural of Elvis is Elvii." (0)

November 17, 2003

>Dave Winer comes to his senses: Pimping News no more (0)
>How to clear your conscience with the RIAA and get your email account shut down for denial of service in one easy step: send back your MP3s! (1)
>Fire @ the Clifton Inn near Charlottesville; two dead (0)
>Archpundit gets letters: "I honestly pray to God that some n–––er f–––s, kills and eats you and everyone you claim to love!" (0)
>Wouldn't it make more sense to just send Apple an e-mail? (1)
>A dumbfounding work of staggering genius: a mixed CD with song titles arranged as limericks (0)
>Thanks to Greg for the hat tip. I’ll try to return it by not screwing the sidebar up too badly. Just remember, I’m ThreeDegrees, not the Blogosphere. (0)
>How long before billions and billions served? Dave Sifry’s growing pains: 8,000-9,000 new weblogs added a day. (0)
>If you think the US has trouble with presidential elections, consider the Serbians, who are now 0 for 3. (0)

November 15, 2003

>Holy smoke — what can't Google do? (609)

November 14, 2003

>Fun with QuickTime™: Gen. Wesley Clark, rockin' the vote fo' shizzle, my nizzle (0)
>More Fun with QuickTime™: Can furniture really do that?! (1)
>Michael Kinsley: "Bush is cocksure that active, sometimes military, promotion of American values in the world is a good idea, just as he was, or appeared to be, cocksure of the opposite not long ago." (0)
>Associated Press: "[R]epresentatives of 30 media organizations, ranging from CNN and ABC to the Newhouse News Service and The Boston Globe, have signed a letter to the Pentagon raising concerns about what they view as an increasingly hostile reporting environment." (0)
>Still More Fun with QuickTime™: Whassup, Wonder Woman? (0)
>Tacitus talks about depression: "[T]hat was my secret. I took joy in nothing. My attention span lasted mere minutes. I lacked, as they say in the Army, motivation." (0)

November 13, 2003

>Wait a minute — has LifeStyles gone into the theme restaurant business? (0)
>... and continuing with our foodie theme, chef/author Tony Bourdain stirs up a culinary catfight over restaurateur Rick Bayless and his commercial for Burger King: "How the f$%^ does Bayless wake up tomorrow and look at his stupid face in the bathroom mirror and not want to projectile vomit?" (0)
>"[I]f the ability of the Star Wars ABMs to hit a nuclear missile is imaginary and the nuclear missiles in Iraq are imaginary, does that mean a Star Wars ABM could hit an Iraqi nuclear missile?” (0)
>From the 'What Comes Around ...' News File: Virginia Republicans protest electronic voting machine irregularities (0)

November 12, 2003

>A Marine writes a letter to the editor taking exception with Bush administration policy in Iraq — then gets hit with charges of disloyal statements, and ends up drummed out of the Corps. (0)
>The Coffee Achiever visits the 'Heaving Bowl,' my favorite Atlanta restaurant [and hers too!] (1)
>William Safire reports on the presidential primaries on Bizarro Earth: "Will this Kennedy-Clinton Combine be able to save the Democratic establishment from the assault of this generation's McGovern?" (0)
>Paul Ford — "noted author, information architect, and girlfriend-stealer" — writes a short story. (0)
>Tracks magazine: More music. Less Britney. [See also: Paste, Word] (0)
>No offense to any of these guys, but come on — would you fly an airline named Ted? (0)

November 11, 2003

>Mr. Bush, it seems, would like the queen to control her English. (0)
>You Grow Girl: Webby goodness for garden geeks (0)
>Anyone game for entering the North American Wife Carrying Championships? No? (0)
>Like misshapen inky blobs and alphabet faces through the hourglass, these are the logos of our lives (0)

November 7, 2003

>... ummm, be my guest — but I think I prefer my hot sauce on food. (0)
>John Scalzi, on Dean and the battle flag: "Someone needs to go ask all the Rebel Boys what they really get out of voting for someone like Bush, whose economic policies ram all working class people of every color right up the cheeks." (2)
>"How you gonna keep them down on the farm, after they've seen Paris? ..." (0)
>Maria Farrell @ Crooked Timber: "So why do we find it so damn hard to offer heartfelt sympathy and support to people with mental illness?" (0)
>News flash: "The Bush administration has been spectacularly successful in getting the overwhelming proportion of its judicial nominations confirmed." (0)
>Heads up, hipsters: why settle for just one Pabst Blue Ribbon when you can buy the whole company? (0)

November 6, 2003

>From the Land of Plenty Dept.: Finally, America has a tomato fit for the Marlboro man (0)
>— that's Sir Naked Chef, MBE, to you, buck-o. (0)
>Houston voters got a crash course yesterday in a cutting-edge balloting technology: paper. (0)
>... just another day for Phil and Adam in paradise, eh? (0)

November 5, 2003

>They know where the bodies are buried: career staffers @ the EPA put on a wake for the Clean Air Act (0)
>President Bush: "[I will] ask Congress to bolster the first-year aid from $3,300 to $5,100 per recipient of the Pell Grant." Still waiting ... (0)
>A B-52 builds a space-age bachelor pad hotel — oddly, not called "The Love Shack." (0)
>Tony Bourdain — Mr. Kitchen Confidential — offers culinary pointers on pulling mussels from the shell ... (0)

November 4, 2003

>Rock Against Bush: Hey, why not? (0)
>... and now, a Halloween costume that might give "I'm feeling lucky" a whole new meaning. (1)
>For one family in Bush's war, a Hobson's choice: go AWOL, or lose your children (0)
>Operation Hammertime™: Reviving MC Hammer's career one stop sign at a time (0)
>From the Missing the Point Dept.: a dating service for ... married ... people. (0)
>And then there's Rent-a-Husband — "[f]or those jobs that never get done." [Hey! Get your minds out of the gutter ... ] (0)
>Ahhh, Wal-Mart: they won't sell you Maxim, but they will sell ... 'hottie' boy shorts. (0)
>Let us pray. (0)

November 3, 2003

>You better not shout; you better not cry! You better vote 'D,' I'm tellin' you why ... Baby Kos is comin' to town! (0)
>Annals of Silly Zell Miller Pronouncements, p. 476: "The modern South and rural America are as foreign to our Democratic leaders as some place in Asia or Africa. In fact, more so. I'm sure each could explain the culture and economy of Pakistan, Taiwan or Kenya better than that of the American South." (0)
>Um ... these monkeys aren't going to heaven. (1)
>Wait — how many ’Hoos for Howard Dean? 253?! But ... but what happened to my beloved hotbed of apathy? (0)