Except I Like Sock Puppets

by JS on February 24, 2006

I haven’t posted anything of a political nature lately, mostly because I’m past exasperated and I don’t enjoy high blood pressure. But this line from Crooked Timber is too good not to pass along: “The president is a sock-puppet moron” (…)

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dwell magazine doesn’t have a lock on lifestyle pr0n

by JS on February 21, 2006

My many days of anxious mail-checking are over: the long-awaited second issue of Hi Fructose finally arrived. I haven’t even started on the main stories yet, and already I’m charmed: Creatures from the house of ingri: “they are not intended (…)

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Hell May Have Frozen Over

by JS on February 19, 2006

I joined the Y. We both did, actually, as the Y has a pretty good deal for a joint metro membership. Which is a roundabout way of saying the Eastie Y doesn’t have a pool or a sauna — you (…)

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Web 2.0: We’re All Communists Now

by JS on February 16, 2006

You’d think it was from The Onion, but no, the ridiculous “Web 2.0 Is Reminiscent Of Marx is from CBS News. The author, Andrew Keen, is really on a tear here, what with pronouncements like “The consequences of Web 2.0 (…)

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The Gay Cowboy Love Story I Didn’t Need to See

by JS on February 12, 2006

In some ways I think it is great that a “gay cowboy movie” is up for major Academy Awards. Ten or fifteen years ago, Brokeback Mountain wouldn’t be playing anywhere except for film festivals and art movie theaters. The two (…)

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