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Thursday
Feb 28, 2002		 When you mix grassroots organizing with professional baseball, you just might end up buying the Expos.
to Sports by engelbot
The Enron scandal has become the world's most famous cautionary tale of what can happen when well-meaning CEOs like Kenneth Lay (Bush's leading financial patron and, completely coincidentally, co-author of Bush's energy policy (which regulates Enron)) are "duped" into doing horribly evil things without realizing it by just about everyone they've ever hired, done business with or met for the past sixteen years. ("Aw... Lay issums a poor wittle bumblingly-innocent bunny!") Happily there's a silver lining: the sudden widespread approval of corporate whistle-blowing is blossoming into one of the healthiest political trends in twenty years (law offices are reportedly swamped). And even non the non-Internet-savvy are catching on that it's an imprudent and needless gamble to invest in, partner with or accept a position at a company without first peeking through their dirty laundry.
to Society by cricket
Wednesday
Feb 27, 2002		 Muffin Films has some awesome movies about muffins ranging from the tragic to the downright silly.
to Flash by lucky
Aye, the Farce is wit' ye, yiz bastads!
to Humor by fatherdan
FATMOUSE IS COMING
to Pets by avi
Tuesday
Feb 26, 2002		 The grammarians among us may note that the apostrophe in Women's Studies is possessive. While this is grammatically correct, the egalitarians among us may wonder if it is ethical to imply possession of academic discourse through punctuation.
to Politics by fool
It seems there exists a niche for one whose life's calling is gleaning data by studying a lot of old crap and taking notes about it.
to Science by monde
Enough of the "squeezably soft" and the pictures of baby chicks, baby dolls and fluffy bunnies. I want a toilet paper that gives me the sense I'm getting a product that will do exactly what I'm buying it for.
to Humor by monde
Monday
Feb 25, 2002		 Old maps can be fascinating but, by their very nature as historical artifacts, can also contain feature names that are offensive to our modern sensibilities. A cursory place name search of modern USGS quads will unveil several "Negro Lakes"and "Japanese Creeks"that didn't always have these (comparatively) pleasant names. Some offensive names have been overlooked altogether, and remain on current additions of USGS maps. See if you can spot the racist place names on some of the maps that were posted earlier.
to Cartography by cadastral
He's an all-American sweet-toothed filmmaker who hides his scarred face behind a mask. She's a transdimensional foul-mouthed advertising executive from a secret island of warrior women. They fight crime!
to Web by kade
For people with an interest in historical maps or the northeastern United States, University of New Hampshire has a historical USGS map collection online. You'll also want to learn about standard symbols used on old maps.
to Cartography by shadow
Why spend $10/month and half your life levelling up in one of those complex online multi-player games when you can streamline the experience with Progress Quest?
to Games by nelson
Phony Pony tire swings are much cooler than your average tire swing. Not only are they cute but they make use of old tires, promoting recycling. (Hubcaps not included.)
to Toys by lucky
Saturday
Feb 23, 2002		 Global Double Crossing -- "Under the Chapter 11 filing, all shareholders will be bent over and anal screwed without the use of vasaline[sic]."
to Business by kade
For a limited time, The Comics Journal is presenting MP3 excerpts from an interview with Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz.
to Comics by tregoweth
The Stripper-FAQ provides information on how to work as an exotic dancer succesfully. The tools of the trade section gives some info on basics such as care of your body and shoes that are good for dancing in. The Auditioning/Dancing section gives some way cool advice like, 'Go to the Ultimate Strip Club List and look for clubs in your area. The reviews will give you a very good idea of whether it's a place you want to work. i.e. If the guy says, "Wow, it was great. This girl let me feel her up" It's obviously not a place you want to work.' Most important is the safety section that gives some good advice for protecting yourself.
to Sex by lucky
Friday
Feb 22, 2002		 Enter the beat loop and well worded world of Joe Frank, courtesy of KCRW ( RealPlayer required).
to Media by goboro
Clan Mortal Teamwork asks you kindly to bang your head until you stutter.
to Music by wheezer
Eat bunny! Bunny Corp offers many tasty selections for all bunny connoisseurs. Check out the full menu. I highly recommend the Fried Bunny.
to Humor by lucky
The Kitten Burger Electronic Latin Jazz Keyboard is controlled by your own computer keyboard providing hours of fun! Well, minutes...
to Flash by lucky
Thursday
Feb 21, 2002		 Ever hear of the game Chess? Reviewer Greg Kasavin hates the first edition but loves the second, realtime strategy version. Reviews elsewhere have been mixed. The whole controversy reminds me how much I agree with game designer Bob Abbott's assertion that video games suck.
to Games by tinfoil
Here's an awesome model of the Terre Haute Union Station, which served the Chicago and Eastern Illinois as well as a line which would eventually become past of the vast, past Pennsylvania Railroad, after much battling in the background.
to Toys by shadow
Wednesday
Feb 20, 2002		 Y Tu Mama Tambien might just be the best title for a movie in recent memory. It looks like it's got some of the folks from Amores Perros to boot.
to Movies by fool
The US Geological Survey, for some reason, runs a fabulous bird identification center that is better than any other I've found on the net. Very useful for confirming that what you saw in your backyard really was a red-tailed hawk or a great blue heron.
to Outdoors by peterb
Tuesday
Feb 19, 2002		 While everyone is getting their panties in a knot about the fact that google is allowing sponsored ad rankings. I find it much more interesting that you can now do your searching in any number of nonexistent and dead languages such as Klingon, Latin, Pig Latin, and of course 1337 5p34k. If by some chance there is no google interface in your language, then you can volunteer to help them translate. I wonder how much longer it will be until lojban and elvish show up.
to Linguistics by brainwave
Margaret Sanger, feminist icon and the founder of Planned Parenthood is usually accorded unquestioned respect and praise. However, she was also a crypto-racist supporter of eugenics who championed sweeping sterilization laws. Naturally, these views have been downplayed by abortion supporters and exaggerated by abortion foes, but should be kept in mind before handing out awards in her name.
to History by riotnrrd

The Bulletman Suit allows you to deal head-punching, groin-kicking violence to your opponent without leaving a mark. Just try not to think you're being attacked by the Great Gazoo.
to Fashion by fatherdan

For the TV addict in all of us, TV Episode Lists By Menu! Now I can prove that I didn't hallucinate Mel Brook's short-lived TV show When Things Were Rotten (unfortunately not available on DVD). On another note, I both love and hate the internet for taking over my mind with the theme song.
to Television by peterb
Monday
Feb 18, 2002		 Prepare for your career as an annoying urban attention seeker with dubé juggling equipment. The knives are pretty damned cool-looking though.


to Entertainment by fatherdan
Hotels have been built out of ice. Everyone from the ancient Balinese to Frank Lloyd Wright has built on water. But the NY architects Diller+Scofidio are the only ones wacko enough to try creating a building out of water vapor (or so it will seem). Visit at Swiss Expo '02, assuming it works.
to Art by belford
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