Daily Archives: September 1, 2003

Hafta get the car inspected tomorrow. Major bummer. For starters, the damn thing is held together with coat hangers and duct tape, has two Telly Savalas tires and one with a slow leak, one wheel whose tie-rods are shot, according … Continue reading →

  Burning Man Put Out by Suits Melding what’s left of the counter-culture to an X-Files aestetic, the Burning Man festival has been attracting left-coast pyromaniacs since the 1980’s. Located in Black Rock Desert, Nevada (Nevada’s fourth largest city, who … Continue reading →

Despite the central role of the armed forces in Bush’s vision of America’s relations with the world, Robert Schlesinger writes in the Boston Globe that Secretary of Defense Donald Rusmsfeld is locked in conflict with one particular branch – the … Continue reading →

MAN DRILLS THROUGH SKULL A Californian man is lucky to be alive after an accident on a construction site. Ron Hunt was drilling into a wall when the ladder he was standing on slipped.His head was impaled on the drill … Continue reading →

A rather remarkable little story from Tom Paine, via Instapundit. “It’s all done with now though, Granddad. War’s over. It’s been over a while now.” “Yes, and thank God for that. Actually, you should thank me. I reckon it was … Continue reading →