Archive for November, 2004

back to business

Because I really and truly don't believe I have much to add to the political discussion, because my heart is broken after the election (either because we lost it or because it was stolen), and because I'm living halfway around the world, I'm not going to belabor the depressing point, or fill my blog with [...]

Auntie Intellectual Property Laws

I got a call, recently, from my dear maternal aunt who was caught, as it were, in an absolute panic about the moral fabric of her two young sons who are, almost by definition, my “cousins.”? It seems that the two young boys had become fascinated with a game of their own invention which had [...]

TV Scout

Sunday, June 14 Dear Times-Herald readers, We are pleased and proud to introduce to you a revamped, redesigned, new and improved TV Scout. The new issue ensures enhanced readability with larger type size and an easy-access, easy-to-understand format. We at the Times-Herald take the TV Scout very seriously. We are very happy and proud of the new Scout. [...]

Making Time in Manhattan

Think you can get around New York with just some lame street map? Fuggedaboudit! Every visitor to the Big Apple should be aware that in these parts, knowing where you're going may be half the battle, but getting there is the war. Make no mistake, Jayhawkers, this is not Manhattan, Kan. Navigating New York would be [...]

Shaun of the Dead

I must confess to being a wimp in at least one regard—zombies freak me out.??? Their movies usually have too much rough stuff going on for my tender constitution.? Corpses.? Cannibalism.? Family eating family.? I don’t care if the severed limbs and unspooled intestines are really made of rubber and sausages; they’re still gross.? Mind you, [...]