Monthly Archives: March 2004

Those who embark on the Way discover very early that there are two distinct ways to approach the goal. There is the Path of Contemplation, delving deeply into disassociation, aestheticism, abolition of ego and transcendance of desire. And there is … Continue reading →

Somewhat surprisingly, our “Kitty Call” has generated more comments than any other Dowbrigade posting ever. We would like to sincerely thank all of the people who offered to help. Many of them were too far away, like in other states, … Continue reading →

Inevitably, the Great Experiment has yet to begin and we are already in crisis mode. All three of our failsafe offers to care for our two lovely cats while we are out of the country have fallen through at the … Continue reading →

Passers by walking down Mt. Auburn St. this week were shocked to see the venerable Harvard Lampoon Building bedecked in the corporate logo of one of America’s favorite soft drinks. Officials of the Lampoon, reportedly dismayed by flagging magazine sales … Continue reading →

As as the cardboard boxes climb towards the ceilings and the passageways of our apartment become more and more obstructed with suitcases, packing cases and garbage bags, the flashes of disorienting panic get more frequent and severe. We are so … Continue reading →

LONDON – A teenage boy pretended to perform a sex act on a head which had been removed from a body in a graveyard tomb, a witness told a court today. The 15-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal … Continue reading →

Opera Software is to include IBM’s embedded speech recognition technology ViaVoice in the next version of its Web browser. Web users will be able to navigate, request information and complete Web forms by speaking, which should offer added convenience as … Continue reading →

Graphic by APAK Yet another article explaining and extoling RSS, this one by BoingBoing’s Cory Doctrow in the current issue of Wired magazine. Unfortunately, RSS is a perfect example of something which, like certain Asian massage techniques, is almost impossible … Continue reading →

World financial markets and intelligence agencies around the world are jittery this week, although no one wants to come right out and say why, other than the usual mealy mouthed mumbling about "security concerns". However, the Dowbrigade’s highly placed sources … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) – Medicare will have to begin dipping into its trust fund this year to keep up with expenditures and will go broke by 2019 without changes in a program that is swelling because of rising health costs, trustees … Continue reading →

They called it "the blob that ate the Black Sea." And now the world’s most dangerous American biological export — a jellyfish about the size of a man’s hand — has moved east and is devouring the Caspian Sea. This … Continue reading →

The Dowbrigade, like the Redhead, has long been a fan of the daily crossword in the Boston Globe.  Frankly, the main reason for this is that the crosswords in the New York Times are just too damn hard. You practically … Continue reading →