Maybe I’ve been too tough on the French & the Russians. Here’s a story about Marat Safin at the French Open: Safin was still annoyed about being penalized a point for dropping his shorts early in the fifth set Thursday. “I felt it was a great point for me,” the former U.S. Open champion said. [...]
Consider your sources
May 27, ’04
9:58 AM
Over on Drudge today, an entry reads Archives: Tape shows Nixon too drunk to speak to British PM…. It details a story that, during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, President Nixon was too drunk to have a phone conversation with the British prime minister. But that sentence isn’t necessarily accurate. I guess I’m too nitpicky about [...]
Invader Sim
May 27, ’04
9:41 AM
I laughed like a retard over this request for a better war sim. Particularly the part about the tentacles. Enjoy.
Interminably Long Ramble
May 26, ’04
9:03 PM
[No, I'm serious. This thing goes on forever and doesn't make much sense. You'd be MUCH better off just skipping to another post. Don't say I didn't warn you.] Yesterday offered me a different catharsis than the one I was expecting. I took a half-day off from work, so I could go into NYC for [...]
Were they planning to deliver food and clothing at night during the Olympics?
May 26, ’04
6:49 AM
A few weeks ago, following the execution of Nicholas Berg, I noted that even Hezbollah condemned the action. VM reader “Andrew” evidently took umbrage at this remark. In the Comments section of my site, he provided a link to an article on Hezbollah in the New York Review of Books and wrote: A nice cure [...]
Moon Pies and Red Man
May 24, ’04
9:44 PM
For your enjoyment (even though this has probably circulated all over the Internet and I’m the last guy it got to), Redneck Haiku: BEAUTYNaked in reposeSilvery silhouette girlsAdorn my mudflaps REMORSE A painful sadness Can’t fit big screen TV through Double-wide’s front door OPTIONSUnemployment’s out. Hey, maybe I can get on Disability BLAZEDistant siren screams [...]
Literary Production Numbers
May 24, ’04
9:58 AM
British literary critic James Wood reviews The Oxford English Literary History, Vol. XII: 1960-2000: The Last of England?, and sharpens his knives: Mind you, Stevenson’s three lines on A House for Mr Biswas make one glad that the rules [of the Oxford guide regarding what constitutes an "English" writer] allowed him to venture no further: [...]
The Cosby Show
May 20, ’04
8:00 AM
Evidently, Bill Cosby’s got some strong opinions on lower-class black families. According to the Washington Post, Cosby unloaded at a recent event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Ed.: “They’re standing on the corner and they can’t speak English,” he exclaimed. “I can’t even talk the way these people talk: ‘Why you [...]
Delirious Seattle
May 19, ’04
10:57 AM
The new public library building in Seattle just opened. Designed by Rem Koolhaas, it’s drawn rave reviews, including this one from Herbert Muschamp at the NYTimes (you have to be registered to read it, I tihnk). It includes the priceless line: “[W]hat kind of adult would deprive a child of the memory of a spectacular [...]
Sudan
May 17, ’04
5:38 PM
VM reader Elayne mentioned that there’s a resolution in the House of Representatives (H. Con. Res. 403) condemning Sudan and calling for the UN to start an investigation into crimes against humanity. The resolution was introduced by Rep. Frank Wolf, the ranking representative from Virginia. I wanted to e-mail him directly, but his site won’t [...]
