Posts from September, 2004
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Sep1Making a Big Statement
It turns out that Hummer’s tag line, “Like Nothing Else,” is no longer true. Behold the International CXT (Commercial Extreme Truck), the world’s largest pick-up truck. A recent press release proudly announced that it is built on the same platform as dump trucks and snow plows. Dump trucks, folks. The company is refreshingly honest [...]
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Sep0Hot Topic: Turning 30
Thirty-years-old in less than in a month. It’s not that I’m really dreading the countdown to Forty, but I’m defiantly challenging this transition. Case in point: yesterday Sarah and I went to the mall. We split up so that she could go to Nordstrom and Williams and Sonoma. I claimed to want to check out [...]
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Sep1Quote of the Day
Our committee heard blindly optimistic people from the administration prior to the war and people outside the administration - what I call the ‘dancing in the street crowd’ - that we just simply will be greeted with open arms… The nonsense of all of that is apparent. The lack of planning is apparent. [...]
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Sep0Golf Is Not a Crime
When did it happen? When did golf start getting, gulp, cool? It’s no secret that musicians like Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and Neil Young are still breaking the rules–by breaking in their 5 Irons. But when did golf eclipse ‘chilling’ as pro skateboarders other favorite pastime? Will Eric Koston soon be a character on both [...]
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