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| Thursday Oct 14, 1999 | I'm a driver, I put almost 1500 miles a week on my car. I speed, too. But, I have someone on my side - the National Motorists Association. Don't take a traffic violation laying down, again! to Transportation by imploded |
| Get ordained now
at the Universal Life Church website. After you print out your certificate
you'll need to drag out that Visa or MasterCard so that you can
purchase ministerial supplies such as a Standard Marriage Certificate,
or perhaps a course leading to a Doctor of Metaphysics.
to Religion by urog |
| I'll admit it - I'm a masshole. I'm a better driver than you, my sports teams are better than yours, and we speak better than you. to Culture by imploded |
| Coffee, taken normally, works great as Drano for your
colon. Alternative coffee-colon combinations are
explored in
Coffee: The Royal Flush. Hey, if it was good enough
for Louis XIV, isn't it time you tried one? to Health by xrayjones |
| Wednesday Oct 13, 1999 | A friend of mine is convinced that this school's logo means no thinking / no fucking. to Education by peterb |
| When you can't get down to your local anti-clean air pool hall, practice on the Real Feel Pool Controller in the comforts of your home. to Gadgets by david |
| Once in a while, a random question sends me on a quest. Today, it was "Is there a boxers versus briefs FAQ?". In search for such a grail, I was able to find a NPR story on the effects of wearing boxers and briefs on your sperm production / scrotal temperature. Once you've listened to that, tell the rest of the world what you prefer, and play a disturbing game from our friends at BVD. to Fashion by imploded |
| Arm yourself against anthrax with the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program to Health by faisal |
| FuckU-FuckMe(tm) is for when your text-based netsex just isn't good enough. to Sex by eclipse |
| Tuesday Oct 12, 1999 | PvP is the slickest-looking online strip out there. The fact that it's hilarious doesn't hurt, either. to Comics by jon |
| Lately I've been reading a lot of fiction about ancient Rome,
and enjoying it. The ne plus ultra
of historical fiction is Colleen McCullough's Masters
of Rome series, 5 books so far, spanning from Gaius
Marius to the
ascension of Julius Caesar. Other interesting reads include
the adventures of
Gordianus the Finder by Steven Saylor, and
Lindsay Davis' hard boiled (Roman) dick
Marcus Didius Falco.
Alert Memepoolistas recommended Margaret Yourcenar's
Memories of Hadrian
as another entry in the books-about-ancient-Rome category.
And, for completeness, I'll mention Robert Graves' fabulous
I, Claudius and
Allan Massie's not really very fabulous Augustus.
to Books by peterb |
| When I rule the internet people will not be allowed to make websites which have Galleries of Goatees. to Fashion by keith |
| Pirates were big believers in democracy and equality. If you don't believe me, go check out National Geographic's web piece about The Pirates of the Whydah. It's chock full of real historical information about pirates and the lives they led. Also see the official Whydah website for even more information about the onlt documented pirate shipwreck to be yet discovered. to Culture by keith |
| Some people view the collapse of the Soviet Union as a fundamental shift in the balance of power in global politics and the ultimate failure of totalitarian communism. Others view it as
one gigantic
fire sale. to Commerce by keith |
| Monday Oct 11, 1999 | 15 miles out in the middle of California's Mojave desert is a public phone booth that
is getting a lot of interest. Check out
Godfrey's original site or
Mission: Hang it Up or
Andria's site or
other photos.
Of course the traditional media has to get in on the cult news action: read article at the
Phoenix New Times, the
SF Weekly, and the
Las Vegas Weekly.
Use this site to find other payphones in California. to Culture by gen |
| A fire has been burning since May of 1962 in the coal deposits of Centralia, PA, with no end in site. Despite the toxic fumes and dead land, it's still a minor tourist attraction for people who think the rest of Pennsylvania just isn't enough of a wasteland. to Travel by nyarl |
| October is
National Apple Jack Month and
contains
both
Sylvia
Plath Day and
National
Frappe Day.
to Reference by riotnrrd |
| Even if you don't live in
San Francisco
or
Los Angeles, you're
still not safe from earthquakes.
One of the
potentially
most deadly faultlines in the
U.S. -- the
New Madrid fault
-- runs right through the seismically unprepared midwest. to Science by riotnrrd |
| Bobbins is one of my favorite comic strips, online or off, not just for its excellent wit, execution and anglophile appeal, but also for the hot chicks that populate it. to Comics by jon |
| According to UN estimates, the human population will reach six billion on October 12, 1999. The World Population Clock counts down (or up, as it were) to six billion. Hardcore eco-activists are using 10-12-99 as a mediagenic opportunity to voice their concerns - but not everyone believes that six billion humans is bad news. Population researcher Frank Furedi's informative essay Six Billion People? Three Cheers offers an optimistic alternative to the grim Malthusian perspective we hear so much about.
to Science by pjammer |
| Warning: Do Not Lick.
The Lineman's Bull Pen
is dedicated to workers in the power industry who
have lost their lives and explains such terms as
"Tool Buddy". It also demonstrates why PCP and high-voltage lines don't mix.
to Health by xrayjones |
| The thing that makes me so mad about network television is that spineless programming weasels will ditch a wonderful and innovative show (that they commissioned) simply because there's a little violence and a gratuitous shot of dog feces. I'm talking about David Lynch's latest foray into television, Mulholland Drive, which seems to have been shot down by ABC before it could get off the ground. Read Lynch's grousing about this latest screwing-over by network television or, better yet, read the script for the pilot episode and dream about what might have been. to Television by crikey |
| If you're like me, you probably don't have nearly enough Book of Mormon Figurines around the house. The vinyl ones are particularly suitable for dramatic tableaux in your office cubicle. to Art by fringehead |
| Sunday Oct 10, 1999 | Missing socks. Everyone has-- or, er, doesn't have-- one, but hardly
anyone does something about it. Until now. This has
been a public service announcement from Joel M. Reed and your friends
right here at Memepool. to Culture by braino |
| See sex sell. See sex sell
itself. Sell, sex, sell! to Sex by braino |
| Saturday Oct 9, 1999 | If you're like me, you've got lots of gadgets lying around the house for which not only have you lost the documentation, but you don't even know who made it (like this remote I'm using with nothing on it except "FCC ID DKN AMTX"). Fortunately, the FCC ID Search Form will help you figure out who to turn to for information. to Gadgets by peterb |
| I drink tea. A lot of tea. My favorite source for tea is Upton Tea Imports, whose stunning variety of properly packaged, fresh tea opened up a new world for me. to Food by peterb |
| Well, there's a lovely definition of my favorite mascot which also includes a sound file...another site which has some small relation to said mascot, and the history of the same, oh yeah, and a really bad poem. to Computing by djinn |
| So, if it wasn't for the fact that it would probably end up beating up my cat, myrna, I would definitely want an only barely domesticated Bengal cat, a descendent of the Asian Leopard Cat.
to Pets by peterb |
| Everybody knows that he had a website. Everybody knows it was really lame. to Music by peterb |
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