November 2004

spill-proof coffee carrier

It all started decades ago when I saw a short item in Scientific American about a “spill-proof coffee carrier” (SPCC).

Rolling Stone magazine, in another “Special Collectors Issue” has listed the 500 greatest songs of all time.

So I whipped out a pad of paper and started to derive the keys from first principles.

After a year of mom’s prying, Dan finally gets an Illinois driver’s license.

In the USA, brawling athletes get fined. In Uruguay, they get jailed.

Bono says to thank God it’s them instead of you. Primo Levi says different.

A new nefarious method of “phishing” for bank account and credit card information.

Well, folks, I believe that if we are truly going to have a skiing Christmas this year, it will take…

W. G. Sebald tries to encapsulate the neurosis of writing.

What do egotism, ignorance, confidence, and stupidity have in common?

Schlemiel, schlemazel, hosenpepper incorporated!

Evidence of George W. Bush’s delusional certainty in doing “God’s will.”