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

December 31, 2003

Tips for the wise: What not to do when viewing Return of the King [courtesy of Jason Kottke] (0)
Get this — the president said "peeance." Heh-heh-heh — heh-heh, huh ... [courtesy of Eat Your Vegetables] (0)
Coming soon to Bravo — or C-Span — it's Queer Eye for the Iraqi Dictator Guy (0)
A braver man than I: Edward Wong, a U-Va. class of ’94 classmate, earns a living writing for the New York Times from Baghdad (0)

Jarrett House North redesigns; logo now features actual house (0)
What has Bush done for you lately? Aaron Swartz wants to know. (0)
It had to happen: OutKast signs endorsement deal with Polaroid [link courtesy of Tim O. Thompson] (0)
End-of-year music lists abound: Apathy Club, Capn Design, ShiftyEye, Cha Cha Cha, and Thomas Inskeep, with extra pointers from What Do I Know (0)

Someone remind me: Alan Colmes, self-professed proud liberal, works with this guy because ... ? (1)
From the gracious and demure Shylo Bisnett, it's Music to Slither Beside a Metal Pole By. (0)
Unfogged looks at David Brooks, the new conservative columnist for the Times: "In David Brooks' world, decency is weakness." (0)
Annoyed with life under the Bush administration? Please stand by. (0)

In case your hobbit itch still needs a scratch, I give you ... The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins. (0)
Talk about your bad Santas ... (0)
John Perry Barlow — tech guru and former member of the Dead — has a blog. Pass it on. (0)
So, what do you get when you cross chess with boxing? Um ... chessboxing? (0)

Teresa Nielsen Hayden explains why she hates America: "We don’t, of course, but ... [if the right] can admit the possibility that we had and have some good reason to [criticize Bush], in [that] case they’ve been played for suckers. If this were a Chuck Jones cartoon, this realization would briefly make them transmogrify into asses, just to make the point clear." (0)
R.E.M. wants you to know that it's been a bad day [*.ram]. Oh — and please, don't take a picture. (0)
Patent-law insanity rolls on: company files suit that claims ownership of the concept of CD recording (0)
For today, at least, vagabonding traveler Mike Pugh thinks there's no place like home. (0)

Wait — he can only think of one thing George Bush has done worth liking? Well ... come to think about it, that number sounds just about right. (0)
Remember when you used to get this excited about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches? Yeah, neither do I. (1)
37 Signals points out a book that belongs on Paul Wolfowitz's wish list: How to Win Friends and Influence People. (0)
Elvis Costello snags Diana Krall?! Life is just no fair. (1)

Okay, now that's taking outsourcing too far. (0)
They know no shame: White House moves to put industry in charge of government science (0)
The Matt Haughey empire just keeps on growing: Ladies and gentlemen, Ask Metafilter. (0)
This might be the best argument I've seen for learning to play the accordion. (0)

Speed dating too sedate for you? How about gong dating? (0)
Brass Stars Meet Pink Triangles: two generals and an admiral say 'don't ask, don't tell' doesn't work (0)
Mark Pilgrim plays a numbers game: "Imagine a hotel with an infinite number of rooms ..." (0)
Statements of the Blindingly Obvious, Vol. XXXVIII: "I suppose an Army officer marrying a very former stripper might shock some people." (0)

You can find me in da club, bottle full o’ bub, down the hall from da Gap ... (0)
The NRA says it's a news network. [Right — and Frito-Lay is a public-health foundation.] (0)
Why We Shouldn't Trust States to Make Medical Decisions, Lesson #413: Woman sure to have stillborn baby faces mandatory state-sponsored lecture on evils of abortion (0)
We Love to See You Wired™: McD's serves up two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onion with a latte to go (0)

Pandagon ranks the 20 Most Annoying Conservatives of 2003. Hmmm — how did Zell Miller make that list? (1)
Friends don't let friends dr— er, walk home drunk: Michigan woman takes shower, goes to sleep in the wrong house (0)
Extreme blogging: Antarctic Mike blogs from ... well, guess where (0)
Why pharmaceutical companies don't need more of our money: That's right, it's Prozac™ for cats (0)

Man likes Gillette Mach 3 Turbo a wee bit too much: "[T]hey're hooking me like crack, and I don't care. My face feels that good. My life is perfect now." (0)
Public officials who don't believe in God "more likely to be corrupt," Georgia legislator says. [So how does he explain Bush?] (0)
Everybody, meet Wayne Chung. <inner monologue> Must ... not ... write ... obvious ... punchline ... </inner monologue> (1)
Navy technician calls for hanging of Iraq war opponents. [Didn't he swear an oath to, like, defend the Constitution? Because I'm sure I remember some First Amendment free speech thing there somewhere ...] (0)

'Care to sample some eel with that cucumber roll?': Dan Savage takes naked sushi co-ed (0)
Now that's an inhaler: Inventor markets alcohol without liquid (0)
General [redacted] [redacted] to testify at [redacted] trial: Bush administration censors four-star presid— [redacted] (0)
Playboy ♥ the Macintosh: noted literary journal [ahem!] hails the little computer that changed the world (0)

Finally! President Bush comes up with a jobs program ... (0)
No country club developer left behind: House majority leader earmarks $1 million for a golf course construction fund (0)
Georgia pedestrians, do your duty: help block a car in an auto recovery zone (0)
Hail to the ... er, miserable failure: President Bush gets Googlebombed (0)

From the Photo Bloopers Dept.: Presidential candidate Dick Gephardt tries his hand at pantomiming a hanging chad (0)
Ever wondered what goes into a can of tomatoes? No? You might want to — thanks to a recent court ruling, you could end up with an extra ingredient or two. (0)
He's the Lord of Rings! There is none higher!
Sucka MCs must call him sire! (0)
Looking for a house with a few fake plastic trees in the yard? Here's your guy. (0)

Tony Pierce wonders what's with the rush to get Michael: "How is it that Michael Jackson is wanted as of press time, and Rush Limbaugh who is accused of being a primary player in a huge drug ring and who today is being accused of money-laundering isn't wanted?" (0)
Star blogger Jason Kottke redesigns, inspiring mass adulation (0)
Kristen @ Mad Pony offers a lesson on the perils of playing Liz Phair on an in-store stereo (0)
Well, I suppose this rules out getting the DJ to play "Master and Servant" at the L.A. County Building Christmas party ... (0)