HBO's the Wire Blog
I spent a lot of time this weekend watching the Wire. So good. And when I was looking around the web for some info, I found that there wasn't a simple place with a lot of good links on the show. There probably is but maybe google just couldn't find it for me? So I threw some together on a new blog and added a newsfeed about the show as well.

Men's Clothes Suck
I'm totally copying off Andrew and starting a blog to help guys find cool clothes that are cheap and don't suck. It's just like when we were in kindergarten and I totally stole his joke about elephants and toothaches. Man, I got a lot of ass with that joke. -luku

slate.com computer advice: don't get a new computer, just get a giant monitor
I think I might agree.

doctor who ebooks
Hi, nerds! You can download, or read online, a new Doctor Who book from this BBC site. No idea if it's any good but that's pretty incredible, right?

Fox tv people are asses
Fox sports promises people a free car and gives the winner a toy car. Nice. Ugh. Who runs that place? Mean 14 year old boys?

Birthday Hulk
"And so on and so on. The Birthday Hulk became a bit more subtle in later years, though her antics include forcing boys to make out with her, BECAUSE IT'S HER SPECIAL DAY, knocking people to the ground on a dance floor with her wildly flailing elbows, because BIRTHDAY HULK OWNS THIS SONG, BITCH!, and throwing a bowling ball smack into an innocent car parked on the street. What? BIRTHDAY HULK DOESN'T KNOW HER OWN STRENGTH!"

Jesus Camp Trailer
Whoa, that's scary. Really, really, really scary.

pitching cards at babies
looks like a fun game for everyone! Lots of great photos on that site. The rock camp photos are also awesome.

kim chee! kim chee! kim chee!
The Kim Chee photo pool at Flickr. So loved, yet so feared and hated by others. Sort of like those pants you wear sometimes. I'm hungry.

Our Meeting with Song Sung-young
Sometimes it's nice to read about people using the internet to connect for purposes other than sex and money. Like visiting families in another country to see how they live. And, I can't say this strongly enough, not have sex with them. God, what's with you and the always trying to get it on thing? The link above is from the perspective of the French woman who visits a Korean farmer/reporter, and here is a report by the Korean farmer she visits. It's all very nice.

fourfour
If you watch Project Runway, you also read FourFour's coverage of the show on Monday, right?

Katherine Harris is not just scary looking, she's scary in the inside, where it counts
MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris told a religious journal that separation of church and state is "a lie" and God and the nation's founding fathers did not intend the country be "a nation of secular laws." "If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin," Harris said. Separation of church and state is "a lie we have been told," Harris said in the interview, published Thursday, saying separating religion and politics is "wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers."

Godzuki
Have you seen Godzuki the cat? 16 pounds of cool.

Better Off Dead soundtrack mp3 downloads

craigslist m4w
"I guess this is were I tell you my likes and dislikes. In general I really enjoy life.I love learning about people and thier cultures,love eating well( pretty good cook),good bottles of red wine,traveling,living outside the box, my dog,my family, and hopefully a bunch of the same things you do.I don't like Asian drivers , BUSH and.... well thats about it."
The best part of this ad is one of the photos he includes.

On Craigslist, even when dudes don't post photos of their penis, they sort of post photos of their penis.

Stereotype by Mike Joyce
Check out 2K's new movie related t-shirts. Yes, this is now a "shopping blog". No wait, it's still a celeb gossip blog. Did you hear Tim Gunn knocked some girl up on the show?

best tote ever
Pam says I can't carry a tote because I'm a dude. But if I was the sort to carry one, I'd carry this one. It's got wolves! Double headed wolves! And the word "Blood"!

The birth of weeniecello, hot dog infused vodka
Via Pam via Kfan

ice cream sammies of nyc
via megnut.com, some awesome photos and reviews of fancy ice cream/gelato sandwiches. It's interesting how megnut decided to become a foodblog and just instantly kicks ass at it.

Star Wars Last Supper

ruined music
"But perhaps the worst thing about the breakup is the fact that music gets caught in the fallout. Everyone has a song, album, artist, or band that’s been ruined by an ex (or, more accurately, by memories of an ex). Ruined Music is the place to talk about the music you’ve lost: the songs you can’t stand to hear ever again, that record she always played when she was over at your house, the band you went to see together a week before he called it quits, That Song that was on That Mix, the record that was playing the night you (fill in the blank), the album you got for a Valentine’s Day gift." I myself can't listen to "My Humps" anymore.

blair laid bare
don't get all excited. it's all clothes-on in this photo. but ask me nicely and i will get out the picture albums. please read this story of #1 rock star blair, and you are going to be so sad that you'll miss his big show. i know i'm sad. but he'll be someplace near you soon! ish! prob! -pam

Open Toed Shorts
is not a good idea. This is not a link, just a thought. What up, Pitas!

strike
don't shop at amazon/borders anyway, but especially not now! -pam

rock on
Worst Album Covers Ever. via richard.

general tso
Who Was General Tso And Why Are We Eating His Chicken? Annie finds out and sends me this link.

darth
classical music is awesome, right?

korean soups
Winter is coming so that means soups and stews! Korean soups and stews! What? I'm busy that night so you have to order withouth my help? Good thing there's this helpful page. Yukgaejang is good when you have a cold cause it clears out your head (spicy) and Samgye-tang is one of the best, simple yet elegant chicken soups I've ever had (but don't forget you need to add your own salt and pepper), and the Mandu-guk is good and safe for you wimpy eaters afraid of new things.

outkast
go here and watch the video fo Outkast's "Hey Ya!" they should roll back the months cause this is THE summer jam and i'm in love with it. starts out all power pop stiff guitar and then philly pop call and response and then it's something Prince should be writing if he wasn't taking this decade off. genius...

Stephenson complete-review review
Review with links of Neal Stephenson's latest book "Quicksilver" a pre-quel kind of to his Cryptonomicon. And first of a trilogy.

cat town
cat town (via kfan). it's real in our hearts...

chicago international film festival
wow, i totally forgot about the film fest this year. what movies are you going to catch? do you have an extra ticket for me?

t-shirt
i love this shirt for some reason. so pretty.

cheap ipod
from casper woo, an affordable iPod. good for chinese ceremonies as well.

A Dead Dog and Nekkid Hugging
"Not that it was entirely unpleasant, mind you, I'm just saying it was new. And frankly, I was a little worried. Isn't that a super-delicate membrane? If something goes wrong, will I have to have a skingraft from my lips? I seem to remember hearing that in middle school at some point."

sarah vowell
writing about john ritter's greatest role. -pam

sarah vowell
writing about john ritter's greatest role. -pam

fresh air
you can listen to "salam pax" of http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/ fame on Fresh Air with Terry Gross

filmstew
someone called me a "new york city blogger". maybe new york mag will offer me a job like elizabeth spiers? i guess i'll have to move to nyc now...

vosges
ok, vosges chocolates are really fucking good & i love all their holiday collections & all that. i'm on their email list & yesterday got an email about their newest thing. vincent gallo chocolates. -pam

push cart war
Mrs. Kalowski and Mrs. Conway's Classes Present: The Push Cart War

hawaiian food
actually i'll make this hawaiian dish for you cause you are fancy.

cooking
yah i'm learning to cook. i'll make this for you when you come over!

pixie news
pixies tour? yay!!!!

gareth
has a homepage. -pam

http://www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com/
uh. did i already know about this? did i already post this page? www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com??? if not, how come you guys didn't tell me about it? how come? saving it for your private viewing?

corn
halloweenie is coming up

world canine freestyle
"Musical Freestyle is a choreographed musical program performed by handlers and their dogs. The object of musical freestyle is to display the dog and handler in a creative, innovative and original dance, using music and intricate movements to showcase teamwork, artistry, costuming, athleticism and style in interpreting the theme of the music. Heelwork-to-Music incorporates traditional dog obedience and the art of dressage with the inclusion of musical interpretation, dance elements, and costuming with an emphasis on non-standard obedience movements. Both Musical Freestyle and Heelwork-To-Music routines should create a visually exciting display which is enjoyable to watch and which is equally enjoyable to dogs and handlers executing the programs. Canine freestyle is a showcase that truly demonstrates the joys and fun of bonding with your pet."

get on the buse
it was nice knowing you all. i have a bunch of new best friends now. -pam

classics!
free classic beatbox mp3's!

catprins
dreamiest of dreams. from chris. -pam

how to beatbox
hey fatboys and girls. "We have comprehensive tutorials for learning how to beatbox.Using phonetic descriptions and audio clips you can quickly pick up the basics."

tickemaster bastard
"According to the New York Times, Ticketmaster plans later this year to begin auctioning off the best concert seats to the highest online bidders." Aw, I hate, hate, hate, hate, Ticketmaster. Who runs those guys? Boss Tweed?

Mullitt on Sundance Channel
Pat's short film, about comic book collector nerd types battling it out in high style over a piece over Barbara Streisand's wedding cake will be on the Sundance Channel. I liked it a lot. You should catch it. Think Lee Marvin in Point Blank, if Lee Marvin was played by a greasy fanboy with a mullet.

CNN LOTRings story
""Fellowship of the Ring" and "Two Towers" will roll into theaters across the U.S. in sequential order before the December 17 release of the "The Return of the King," so die-hard fans can catch all three films on the big screen in the same month." see you there, nerds!

modhair
sara sent this japanese link over. looks like an awesome site for women who want a cute new trendy hipster hairstyle. and for people who want to look at cute girls with cute trendy hipster haircuts? i think sara was doing both? i wish everyone would be a little more crazy with their haircuts. i'm so bored looking at most of yah! everyone wants to look so "classic". yawn! cept you, of course. and it grows back (usually) if it's really dumb and of course it's fun for us to talk about that. also i like the numbering system, so we can use that. "do you think i can get away with an S-47?" "she sort of looks like L-12 but Greek?"

pretty in pink-UCB
wow, songs from pretty in pink sung and scenes acted out. they should tour and stop by chicago.

quigley the movie
gary busey as a dog wearing a tie, a deadly cd-rom, and heaven. best movie ever? thanks, k-fan!

boreanaz benz
please. -pam

Courtney Love
what the hell? ok the news that Love found out she is the granddaughter of Marlon Brando is weird gossip, but the fact that her mom is the daughter of not only Brando but also the of Paula Fox, author of Desperate Characters: A Novel??? Brando and Fox. so weird.

The Elephant Vanishes
A play based on Murakami's book of short stories. I want to see that. Link found via: http://www.themorningnews.org/

honda cog ad
jeff asked me if i saw this popular internet honda rube goldberg type ad thing. i had not. it's neat.

chinatownicecreamfactory
we went here twice while in NYC. very, very good.

busey
maybe you're a little tired of me talking about busey. nevertheeless you cannot afford to miss this. don't you want to know his cat's name? and whether or not angels ever speak through him? ok, duh. obviously they do. where does he hide his wings? mixed in with his hair & sometimes they're all crazy all over the place & not hidden at all & he should sometimes comb his wings better. -pam

jane espenson
is awesome! the season 7 dvd is going to rock. -pam

noses
so much NOSE!!! i wouldn't go beyond the kitty ones. -pam

shaving silver noses
no. -pam

charlie the cat
exhibits 'tude. -pam

janeane
is also on the cover of ms., & i was planning on taking this picture to my haircut lady, but then andrew forwarded me something with people calling it a she-mullet. it kind of is. but cute, right? -pam

janeane garafolo
interviewed for "the progressive." -pam

junior senior
ha. download the Junior Senior video. it's fun. it has a squirrel causing trouble. headphone warning (this page plays the Cheers theme because...Junior Senior are funny that way). i might see them in central park on sunday along with Sparks. Sparks! for free!

mathew barney vs. donkykong
"Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3 begins a serious negotiation between art and video games. There have been exhibits and books celebrating game design in recent years, while digital art has introduced interactivity into museums. Painters have created canvases with game characters. Cremaster 3 lacks the obvious cultural references, but its absurdity, repetition, level design and use of landscape as narrative establishes a stronger connection to video games than these other works."

eco-pod.com
please make sure my ashes are placed in this urn. and then buried by a giant squirrel under my favorite tree...

don't steal ART!
don't steal his art! um, the art where he colored in photos from movies that he...stole? if i take one and photoshop over it, then it's ok?

http://www.sh1ft.org/26things/
26 Things. A photo scavanger hunt results.

get a date
find your own special clem. -pam

penguin
i love this.

Angel Season 5 Promo Poster
Angel Season 5 Promo Poster. Pam I don't know if you want to look.

rocket!
go get the Rocket song sung by Tracy Morgan, at Bookalooka's! and sing along all day long.

hulk hands
wouldn't it be great if someone...oh, kelly sue already did it. she read my mind and collected and posted photos of people wearing Hulk Hands! that's smashing.

will ferrell's harvard speech
i totally would've gone to my graduation had he been the speakie! from lonnie. -pam

new buffy figures
i'm not sure about regular willow's face, but i like the 2 bad willows. definitely check out the link for the faith statue & dark willow statue. i think tara & anya figures are still cancelled, though. -pam

queer eye
yay! for us non-cable people NBC is showing an episode of Queer Eye For the Straight Guy next week.

once upon a time in mexico
Till I read about it on Casper Woo's, I had no idea that a sequel to Desperado was coming out in September. Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe, Mickey Rourke, and of course, Danny Trejo. Oh, and your favorite, Enrique Iglesias. I read it was shot two years ago and the studio has been holding on to it, so I don't know...but with that cast it should at least be fun to watch. Mickey Rourke! I watched the trailer and unfortunatly Depp looks nothing like a pirate. R!

pas/cal
Casimer via Friendster sent a mail saying I might like his Detroit band "Pas/Cal" and so I went to the website and downloaded "Bronze Beached Boy". Liked it a lot. Pure sweet Summer pop song. Take a listen. And they play Schubas on Friday night July 25th.

artbomb
"Artbomb's mission is to promote diverse and sophisticated graphic novels. A more impressive array of graphic novels has never before been available for English reading audiences. We want to get them into your hands. If you've never bought a graphic novel before, we encourage you to browse the site. We've classified the books by genre to make it easier for you to find something that appeals to your particular tastes." Great site. Read graphic novels if you don't already. I know a lot of you who like to read novels don't because you never really read comics, and it hurts me, my heart. I know it's scary trying something new but graphic novels can be as enjoyable as a good "normal" novel. And if more of you start buying them, that means I have more people to borrow them from...

shuffling Hipster Bingo
from glossosaurus who is smart and made it so you can actually print out the cards for you and your friends to play cause he "...randomizes the pictures on the card so you can print them out and play hipster bingo over and over with your friends."

terror at the beach
i don't know what's worse, sharks or this. from dan!

indie hipster bingo
ouch. are you bleeding? i think you got pegged. oof, so on the money it hurts. good think i only wear suits now. from col-ween.

NOVEMBER SPAWNED A MEXICAN.
see, i wasn't kidding, Morrissey is huge with L.A. Mexican kids! i guess that's not so weird since L.A. has KROQ. Interview with Morrissey tribute band, "Sweet and Tender Hooligans" singer Jose Maldonado.

www.trouserpress.com
oh, trouserpress website is back! Trouser Press Record Guides were the bible for good music recommendations and band info back in the day. indispensable even.

http://www.826valencia.org/store/
R!

ergonomic pirate keyboard
meli and i are both jumping on the pirateship(wagon)so she sent me this link to the keyboard i'll have to order, yearggh...

shhhhh!
don't tell Pam i'm buying her this...it's a suprise.

robertson
"VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP) -- Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson urged his nationwide audience Monday to pray for God to remove three justices from the Supreme Court so they could be replaced by conservatives." No way, I'm using my lucky rabbits foot and horse shoe so that we get more liberals on the court. And watch out if I catch a leperchaun and get his pot o' gold! I'm donating it to all liberal causes!

http://www.agettogether.net/
pretty!

http://www.lovehkfilm.com
how rare is it to find a review that you totally agree with? i agree with this review of Sharkskin Man and Peach Hip Girl. pretty much every point made. weird. i rented it last night. you might like it. yet another good b-movie. where's the good A movies? Hollywood, why are you treating me like Nicky when I'm clearly Paris?

Costing an Arm and a Leg
"Baz remembers first seeing an amputee when he was a 4-year old boy in Liverpool. By the time he was 7 he had begun to think, "This is the way I should be."" This scares me.

kcrw
did you know you could be listening to the archived Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe Marathon instead to your cubicle neighbor or the couple fighting downstairs outside your window? yup, you could.

top model
"While the rest of the networks' reality fare wilts in the heat, a mix of Bible thumping, boa constrictors and the evil genius of Tyra "Tyrant" Banks makes "America's Next Top Model" a refreshing surprise." good article about the show on Salon by Heather Havrilesky. yeah it's salon, and yeah you can get a free day pass.

?
this is crazy. fugazi and cowboy tunes. i could listen to it all day.

http://www.otherpeoplesstories.com
do you like the sun? you watch the nanny? stories of running into christopher walken. i found it via keepthinking who i'm glad to hear is no longer living in his car.

korean gay pride parade
check out these brave people. i can't imagine the crap they must put up with being gay in korea. and coming out to korean parents? i bet it's super tough doing that here with western parents, but you should see the drama with korean parents when you are straight and you tell them you decided not to go to law school.

new spider man cartoon
does that mean jeremy PIVEN? or is that really somebody else? if it is piven, he had better not try & talk to you know who. -pam

summer of fuck
via dooce.com, a breezy and smart essay from the Observer on how common the f-word seems to have become.

sterolabrat
this girl's journal, who lia of cheesedip.com pointed out to me, has been making me laugh really hard.

rootstudio
flash cartoon craziness with lots of anime samples and uses my all time favorite song in the WORLD!! (headphones warning)

punk and dog
me and jeff saw this guy who kept talking to us. and then jeff drew this. the dog was nice but he was kinda overbearing.

http://www.evilspacerobot.com
i want Hulk hands. if i get some, will you? and then we can fight!

http://www.believermag.com
hey look, Believer magazine is online and they have a ton of articles from their first issue online for free, including this interview with Kumar Pallana, the dude from the Wes Anderson movies!

marsters yearbook photo
i can't handle it. he really should've shown me these earlier in our relationship. -pam

http://www.thingsiveseen.com
a photo blog of sorts. found via renee.

surgeryofmodernwarfare
i found this site full of quirky stories while doing a google search for "jen banbury" whose "Like A Hole In The Head" i'm re-reading and enjoying. jen banbury, when will you write your next book? i enjoyed your last. i can't believe i used the word "quirky". i can't believe i keep spelling "believe" "belive".

richard brautigan
i looked his ass up after mentioning him in my diary. yup, that is how johnny depp looks to me. #3, 4, 5 photos. he doesn't have the stache but he totally could. -pam

james marsters
even spike knows buffy loves angel... -pam

vampicorn from kfan
this vampicorn had some days of running wild before settling down in my apartment. -pam

rapture ready
"The rapture is going to strike without warning. The rapture is going to happen suddenly. The rapture is going to be one of the most astonishing events to ever occur." I wish the Rapture was a rock band. i like the FAQ page the best. "Where did the devil come from?" "Can a Clone be saved?" From Dave, who is saved. For later.

the jenville show
"I’ve been conducting interviews with my favorite bands on the topic of cooking and eating. Ideally, we cook together; more commonly, we share cooking secrets in a backstage chat." hey Jack Black Dorito burritos!

www.transom.org
so you want to be the next Ira Glass? here's a good website to start.

michaelmadsen.com
i wish madsen and tom sizemore were the wacky neighbors on Friends. always coming over and hitting on the ladies and shoving around chandler and ross. they are the perfect team, those two. for you to marry.

William Vollmann's Rising Up and Rising Down
"The book, William Vollmann's Rising Up and Rising Down , is the novelist/journalist's 17-year inquiry into violence that extends "a gravely urgent invitation to look back at the world's long bloody path and find some threads of guidance with which we can plot a moral course." It clocks in at seven volumes and 3000 pages (it was originally 4000), about 300 pages longer than all five books in the Harry Potter series combined." How am I going to fit that in my messenger bag?

podhat
you need this for your iPod.

bbc matrix story
Egypt has banned the Matrix Reloaded for being too religious. Does "Too Religious" mean "Sucks" in Egypt?

kusama
"Kusama with a macaroni mannequin (no longer extant) from her Food Obsession series, 1964." - from Annie. Looks like Yayoi Kusama was doing a lot of stuff people are getting famous doing now. Like Annie, posing as a Korean girl.

How Buffy Changed the World of Lesbians on Television
"Now that Buffy the Vampire Slayer has staked its last vampire, we can finally examine the series' contribution to lesbian visibility in its totality--for despite some controversial storylines and consistently low ratings, there is no denying that Buffy has had a lasting impact on the way lesbians are portrayed on television." -- from Kfan!

strangers with candy movie!!!!!!
"HOLLYWOOD (Zap2it.com) - She's a 46-year-old runaway, former drug addict and high school student, but she may also be turning into a movie star. The character of Jerri Blank, created by actress Amy Sedaris on the Comedy Central show "Strangers With Candy," may soon have a shot at big-screen stardom." --from Syd

BOO!
they wait for you, in the children's section of Sears, waiting to eat your face....from dj Colleen V Original.

workingbikes.org
I just heard about these guys on the radio today. Good place to buy used bikes in Chicago. The money you spend there goes to sending bikes and parts to other countries. "Since its inception in 2001, the Working Bikes Cooperative has shipped 1300 bikes and parts to Nicaragua, Cuba, and Ghana." I want a cruiser bike also. I'll have to check it out.

Granta's "Best of Young British Novelists"
I picked up the latest Granta but then I put it down and didn't buy it. Was any of it good? Let me know if you have read it. Here's a site via slate.com that has a list of the writers they picked and a little info. I actually want to get "Granta 77: What We Think of America". That looks interesting.

wildsagefoods.com
Tofu Flavored Vegan Condoms anyone?

electric six video
really really nice. from sydney & antonia. -pam (wear headphones if at work warning)

better luck tomorrow review on amazon.com
"The Orientals spoke perfect English, even had the bad language down pat." Betty Burke should be the new Earl Dittman. From Katie who says she is not Betty Burke.

alfranken
"June 2. An mp3 of the Franken-O'Reilly segment is here from greyleonard..." God, I hate O'Reilly.

high concept
read the description of this movie. have you seen it? i really want to.

penis unicorn
Pam are you going to buy this unicorn t-shirt? Turn your speakers down for this page if you are at work. I kind of like this page for the awesome music.

marky mark
I really want to see the Italian Job but after I found out that there's a man walking around without an eye because Mark Wahlberg attacked him in 1988 (Wahlberg served all of 45 days out of two years), it makes me not want to see any movies he's in. I know he was a teenager when he did it and maybe he's actually changed and not a crazy racist now but...An eye! That's just fucked up and I can't stop thinking about Mr. Hoa Trinh walking around with a glass eye or an eye patch whenever I see Wahlberg up on screen.

nelli
sydney sent me this. beautiful. -pam

Photobloggers vs. Camgirls
"One of the most interesting rivalries on the internet is the tug of war between the photobloggers and the camgirls for control of fotolog.net. How can you tell one from the other?" the Gothamist breaks it down. Funny, I noticed the same thing when I look around on fotolog.net. I'm a camgirl of course. Cept I'm a guy. But then, all pretty girls on the net are really dudes, right?

becky
keanu reeves and the dogstar drummer (who i keep seeing in bad movies) are in a band with the girl from Seattle Real World, the one who did a demo with Sir Mix-A-Lot? i just thought you should know.

markwalker reebok
check out the shorty. damn. yet another person who can beat me at basketball. from colleen!

hateful cats
from nina. -pam

The Guide to having good Indie Rock Hair or Hair Style!
now you too can have indie rock hair. from Colleen who is a geek in full stop.

wesanderson.org
i like this wes anderson website. all things wes anderson. very nice exhaustive site.

thumb movies
uh...wha....

the book
that i will be giving as a birthday present to sydney, nina, erin, chris, merritt, deborah, tish, mali, ann, & andrew. -pam

oxford american music issues
i got all the cd's from the Oxford American Magazine issues this weekend and it's incredible. i can't stop listening to "Silver Dagger" by Dolly Parton and “Goodnight Moon” by Will Kimbrough.

merzo
my nerdness! guide to sci-fi ships. from luku.

versailles
Jill has a webpage up for her play Versailles (look at her giving out the spankings). You Chicago peeps should go cause it's Jill!

buffy convention
Pam went to the Buffy convention and hit on the Master!

BUFFY- Giles Leather Satchel
wow look what dan found on ebay. i want that. bid on it for me.

My mother's incredibly stupid ex-husband
"I can't believe I have waited this long to start this thread. My mother used to be married to a man named Chris. He wasn't bright. And he demonstrated this on a regular basis, doing many, many stupid things. This is the thread where Matos remembers those stupid things, and shares them with the group. " - from Luku! this site is so awesome: "The next day, he and Mike, this guy who lived down the hall and regularly beat his wife and stepson, went out to the apartment parking lot to wash the car, this time sans soap. I said, "Can I help you guys?" "No," said Chris. "That's all right. Washing a car is a man's job!" And he and Mike high-fived."

GameBoy Muzak
"New York vs. Vienna. Live, via the web. In case you missed it last week, Next Big Thing producer Amanda Aronczyk reports from the transatlantic GameBoy Music Match, showcasing very new music in a very 1980s medium." if you can audio stream they have a great story on music made and played via gameboys and effect pedals. i liked it a lot. let's start a band?

lingo
recently you said that sometimes you feel like you just don't understand me anymore. well, maybe this link from jeff helps...

versailles
Jill asks that you all go see her in her new play "Versailles". That's her in the ad for it in the Chicago Reader, section 2 pg.42 in her undies. And that I should say she's totally nude if that helps sell tickets.

small wonder
wow! this show sounds great according to their marketing dept.! oh wait, this was the worst show ever in U.S. tv history...

the Singing Detective
"The first two discs of The Singing Detective's three-DVD set contain the entirety of the six-part, seven-hour 1986 BBC miniseries, with optional commentary by director Jon Amiel. But the series' legion of cultists will likely head straight for the third disc, which features a small sampling of interviews with late screenwriter Dennis Potter, as well as a 45-minute BBC biography that explores the connections between Potter's life and more than 30 years worth of his BBC teleplays." I'm so glad this is out on dvd. I've been waiting to watch this since 1990 I think, when I first read about it.

hawaii senate
wow! the state of hawaii's senate renounced the patriot act. "Whereas the residents of Hawaii during World War II experienced first hand the dangers of unbalanced pursuit of security without appropriate checks and balances for the protection of basic liberties..."

Women in the Director's Chair- a second chance!
"For six days, twelve powerful programs drawn from the 135 films in this year's festival will re-screen as part of the special Encore Festival (see the complete line-up at www.widc.org). The onset of war in the opening days of the 22nd Festival had a tremendous negative impact: attendance was down by over 70%, and WIDC, a non-profit organization, lost over $20,000. In addition, scores of outstanding films and videos from around the world played to nearly empty theaters, as many Chicagoans were glued to the news, gathering with family and friends, or engaged in anti-war activities. Without the Encore, the festival may go down in history as the best film festival that (almost) no one saw! Women in the Director's Chair, its staff, volunteers, filmmakers, artists and co-sponsoring organizations throughout Chicago, refuse to let that happen."

my new bodyguard
a video of my new bodyguard that deidre b. sent me. so don't mess with me or you get the broom.

bush vs. bush
in case you don't have cable and in case you didn't look at cheesdip.com, here's the pres. debating the pres. on the daily show. too good to miss.

potus for president
finally. someone i can vote for. and also actually put in my pocket without spending millions. from dan.

a poem on craigslist.org
wow. maybe the most painful, bad poem ever. "To see you again I’d go through time and space." uh, everytime i walk down the hall i'm going through time and space. "Your look infected me with which there is no cure." yuck. but it's ok dude, lots of people live with it. there's creams and stuff. "My gaze followed your graceful walk until you disappeared" nice ass, huh? "To stop from touching you I could hardly restrain." that's why they are called Restraining Orders.

10 reasons why nina simone was cool
I recall some naked dancing proudly mentioned in her autobiog. That should be on the list, though it isn't. -pam

stephanie brooks
jamie reminded me that stephanie has a website. her art's great.

stone reader
J. told me about this movie and i want to see it.

buffy fanfic
best fake episode EVER. from tish. -pam

white teeth
look, zadie smith's book is going to be on PBS.

buffy wrap party
sydney sent this. there seems to be someone missing. -pam

common dreams article
amazing things are happening in argentina. tish sent this to me. -pam

touch
for ida-red and chris.

king of the cage
i love abe lincoln art. from katie! who also told me about the excellent iron and wine. abe had abs.

bloodhag
tom just sent this link to his favorite band, Bloodhag."BlöödHag is a band from Seattle, WA. They are dedicated to the promotion of literacy in a Heavy Metal format. All their songs are short speed metal bios of some of the greatest science fiction writers of all time. With songs such as "J.R.R. Tolkein and "Michael Moorcock" they will blow your illiterate ass right back to the library." rocking is fundemental.

kitchensink mag
this magazine looks interesting. someone send me a free copy please.

your fave wein
ann sent this to me because she is ridic. -pam

bento art
from anne, bento art! it makes me hungry for a good bento box lunch. and reminds me to call my moms.

COOL AND STRANGE MUSIC MAGAZINE
"SO, without further ado, here are 31 of what we feel are some of the most wacked-out obscure recordings we've ever heard!" -- he says he's taking the songs down after April 15 and I just found out about it today. So maybe you will read this in time and download Diary of an Unborn Child by Lil' Markie in time!

earl dittman, whore.
Poor Chow Yun Fat. The commercial for Bullet Proof Monk had quotes from only one critic, gushing about how great the movie was. It was Earl Dittman, of "Wireless Magazines" who writes things like, ”Matthew Perry and Elizabeth Hurley (in Serving Sara) make an irresistible screen team in this sexy, zany and over the top road movie that breaks all the rules!". And "Along Came a Spider is "a tightly woven cinematic web of intrigue and suspense... An intense and riveting psychological thriller that will keep you glued to your seat!" My rule is if "Earl Dittman" is anywhere on the poster blurbs or in the tv commercials, I'm skipping it.

nardwuar
looky, it's nardwuar! pam's canadian boyfriend!

facinelli
my goodness, i love this fellow so! -andrew

Bull Durham Tribute canceled.
"NEW YORK -- The Hall of Fame president, a former official in the Reagan administration, canceled a 15th anniversary celebration of "Bull Durham" because of anti-war criticism by co-stars Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon."

Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists
I knew there was a reason I have not been cutting my hair...From Meli who would totally do Slater. And look at William "Jesus" Hathaway...maybe the best website i've seen in a long time.

eleven
eleven "true stories about people I know in 500 words each." i like these. found via crankygirls.com.

East Versus West
"You ask two new acquaintances to tell you about themselves. The Japanese gent describes himself as "outgoing with his family," "competitive on the soccer field" and "serious at work." The Briton doesn't parse it so finely, saying he is "friendly, intellectual and goal-driven." Then you ask each to decide which two -- of a panda, a monkey and a banana -- go together. The Japanese man selects the monkey and the banana; the Brit, the panda and the monkey." Who the hell picks panda and monkey???

movie
yah it's cold and life is as unruly as my hair, but there's so much to look forward to! from dan.

fashion
More SARS fashion but from the Philippines and beyond the burberry or label whore look. via Lia who likes "likes" Michael Palin.

aw yeah
see, it's a stereotype that star war nerds don't get dates.

howard zinn interview
"Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States: 1492–Present first came out in 1980, and recently an updated edition has been published. To date, A People's History has sold a million copies."

FIESTA!
"The Fiesta For Literacy is an exciting event that raises funds for the Jane Addams Center Family Literacy Program...Hors d'oeuvres & Cocktails 2 free drink tix each admission Salsa Lesson & Dancing Live Salsa Band Drawing & Silent Auction." At the Hot House on Saturday, 26 April 2003, 7 pm-11 pm. from Mike.

tilly
she mistook pants for me? -pam

MOTIVATION!
and then Meli takes it another step further so we can all be inspired and motivated.

forever spam
"Adding to the fol-de-rol in Waikiki, the Great Wall of Spam is to be built at Restaurant Row, a second annual attempt to break the world record (3,500 cans set in Austin, Minn., home of Hormel, the creative mind behind Spam)." from Garlicky Annie who has a Hawaii/Spam fetish.

footprints
we three made this with love.

boondocks
anne reminded me that the Boondocks is online. said he's been scathing lately with the Iraq war. i haven't been reading him cause i gave up reading the chicago tribune and newspaper cartoons in general.

elephant6
look at all the mp3's you can dowload off of elephant6's website. i'm downloading Beulah's "Emma Blowgun's Last Stand" they did for John Peel right now.

cowboybebop the movie
nerdsaywha? wha??? i hope it's good.

aeronautics
craig sent me this link to, "The IRAQWAR.RU analytical center was created recently by a group of journalists and military experts from Russia to provide accurate and up-to-date news and analysis of the war against Iraq."

HK News
whoa! actor Leslie Cheung died.

give it back
i wonder if this is serious?

compassbox whisky
jamie's friend john, along with a bearded Tom (!), were at breakfast today. john has this botique whisky company in the U.K. and it's really good. you can find it at Binnie's and Sam's here in Chicago. and a lot of places all over the world. have some! but mostly i wanted to mention that Tom has a beard. i'll take a picture tonight.

hellenjo
yay koreans! in honor i will eat korean food tonight.

Official Dirtynerdluv t-shirt
sorry, ladies. for the boys only.

maskon
k. just chatted this to me and i don't know what the hell this is but i'm scared...should we call the cops or something?

iron and wine
i'm listening to Iron and Wine's "the Creek Drank the Cradle" and it's pretty good acoustic strummed whispered hush voiced pop with some sort of southern slide guitar/banjo plucking going on. "Mother I made it up from the bruise of a floor of this prison/mother I lost it, all of the fear of the lord i was given..."

dear_raed
i've been reading this blogger in Iraq. via william gibson'sthe war behind closed doors
if you like this kind of stuff, there's a frontline episode that you can watch online about the events and players that lead this white house administration to decide to go to war with iraq. interesting to see who the players are. they have great video and interviews.

defense link
"The official website for the Department of Defense of the United States". you might as well go to the source, right?

angel recap
syd sent me this link for a recap of last night's angel in case you missed it because of the iraq war coverage.

Ignore the Tuchus Ruckus: Spring for Some Face Cream
get ready for Summer!

deckard's shoes
i love how crazy obsessive nerds can be about stuff. like what shoes was harrison ford wearing in Blade Runner??? they make me smile, those crazy nerds. found by lia of cheesedip.com.

talking fish
some fish store people in NY claim a fish talked to them. but they ended up selling it. happens.

outlaw hummers
Meet Eb Wilkinson.

Meat and Mordecai: A Montreal Journey
I've been really enjoying Gary Shteyngart's series on Montreal. He's the author of the novel The Russian Debutante's Handbook and seems to have a fanatical love of food and books that makes me have great hopes of following in the tradition of the novelist who take breaks from serious novels to write about great sandwiches they have eaten. Gourmand/Novelists are cool.

korean actors
So I've been watching a lot more Korean films lately, in part thanks to DVD's, and most of them suck but the same can be said of any country. But once in awhile I've been seeing something good and that makes me happy. And this page shows some of the korean actors in the biz so you know who to stalk.

attack the gas station!
I saw this Korean movie via Netflix last night. It's not as good as this review makes out but it was fun in the way that Empire Records was fun? Ok, maybe more so than that. Also that one guy can really pull off the leather blazer look. Who else can you say that about?

Stuff's editor cracks nasty about his competitors
Ha, I like how the editor of "Stuff" makes his magazine sound like the second coming of magazines and how he thinks every other men's magazine sucks compared to his. is he serious? is he high? am i missing something? did "Stuff Magazine" suddenly evolve from "Maxim"-rip off into something incredible(not to mention readable)? Or is it still mostly b-level tv stars in their undies next to a photo of the newest mp3 player on the market?

so you want to wear an insulating vest?
everything you ever wanted to know about "Selecting Insulated Vests And Jackets." it's sort of neat and also makes me wonder why it was written. there should be factsheets like this for everything. and it should all be in one book or website.

bernadette's zoom arm thing
Bernadette is freaking me out.

greencine
I use Netflix for dvd rentals but this company looks interesting. Anyone out there use them yet? If you have, email me (nerdpita@yahoo.com) and let me know how you liked it.

greencine
I use Netflix for dvd rentals but this company looks interesting. Anyone out there use them yet? If you have, email me (nerdpita@yahoo.com) and let me know how you liked it.

bruce
bruce lee lives in flash...i like the art way they drew this. oh yah, volume warning.

Miss Abigail's Time Warp Advice
Sometimes I need advice and Pam's "Aw, poor Simple..." pat on the head sometimes doesn't cut it. So I turn online...

www.johnny-five.com
i saw this on the fine blacktable.com. she liked the movie Short Circuit way more than you did. oh i'm sorry, i meant, she documented her love for the movie way more than you did.

charlie
oh man i got this off of ida-red's diary...please watch this.

androidworld
"How would you like a full-sized animatronic head?" uh, no thank you.

pill wear
all your favorite pills, from Tylenol to Zoloft, made into jewelry. nice. from KF.

buffy news
an AP story on what's going to happen on Buffy. don't read this, Pam.

oso ono malasadas
Please put some in my carb-hole. Malasadas are the King of Donuts. That's right, I wrote it. Is it time for a donut battle????

moz.gov
Ha, Amy made some Morrissey nuke war saftery tips.

stony
i am so SICK of men getting everything good. god. where is my name. sent to me from sydney. -pam

freedom fries
craig sent this cnn story about "freedom fries". let's all freedom kiss now.

*
you should watch this this japanese movie trailer. alone. in the dark. in a house in the deep woods. on a moonless night. when the wind is howling outside. and you hear something scratching scratching at your door... (from richard)

teleport city
reviews of really weird and marginal movies that you might otherwise never be lucky enough to have heard of, let alone seen, like "MECHANICAL VIOLATOR HAKAIDER" which i really have to see cause Hakaider was always the coolest bad guy. you could see his brain cause he had a plastic skull.

teleport city
reviews of really weird and marginal movies that you might otherwise never be lucky enough to have heard of, let alone seen.

the day the clown cried
so i was telling my friend J. about this movie that jerry lewis made but never released in 1972, about a clown (he starred of course) who entertained the kids in the nazi concentration camps. and she said i was making it up and maybe you have never heard of it also? if not, here's an article about it.

fight clubbies
sydney sent me this. so funny. -pam

yours
You wish so bad that Lance Romance was your Valentine!

Pazz and Jop 2002
the village voice music poll wrap-up for 2002 is up! see if you agree with anyone about any of the music there. i was hoping they would write about the rise of Cashmere Jungle and the final nail in the coffin of Ambient Fuzz in the U.K. but nobody did. the "personals" section of the poll is pretty funny and a good idea. it's that kind of stuff i like from the writers. i don't care at all about the actual list and rankings.

what song was that?
what? no, sorry i don't think i know what song that was in that one commercial. maybe it was aldo nova? everything sounds like aldo nova to me. maybe it was the Only Ones? no? ok i give up! go ask at this forum, it's what it's for.

frodo has failed
ha.

a day in the life
i've been looking at this photo site a lot lately. i like it because it's not just close ups of people's faces and more a glimpse of other people's cities and lives. it's my favorite photo site i think.

art
my walls are white and bare. i need some stuff like this to put up.

war posters
posters for our times. from the tom2.

all of them
all your boyfriends. all on one webpage.

f&g
please please please please sign this. -pam

animated buffy
animate buffy samples via pam. (i got from erin - pam)

haruki murakami's pinball 1973
i think this is the complete text of murakami's pinball, which i belive is out of print. from the K&F.

blythedoll
sometimes i see little girls playing Barbi and i'm all, what, you couldn't get a blythe? losers.

staff picks
online version of the staff picks shelf at my local record store. i was just in there and the web version looks pretty current. i usually lean towards Matt's picks.

william gibson Q&A
i'm reading william gibson's PATTERN RECOGNITION and so far it's his best book in a while. the last two i felt like maybe he was sort of marking time. this is his Q&A from his weblog.

kicking is murder
"The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that anyone who inflicts fatal injuries to the testicles should face first-degree murder charges."-BBC. there goes my vacation plans. from klara the bicycle bell.

rip torn
playboy interview. i love him so. -pam

avrilution
you say you wan't a revolution?...."My fellow Avrilutionaries, our cause is too awesome for any of us to feel worthy of it. Our task would be impossible, if not for the inspiration and guidance of Avril Lavigne and the Avrilution™. "

metacritic
wow, how come you didn't tell me about metacritic? i like it! you can click on a film and see blurbs from what different new sources had to say about them with a link to the review. it's nice. also i found this site called "ebay" that looks interesting.

bullitt locations
a tour of san francisco via the movie bullitt. if you like this movie and like san francisco, it's neat. from K to the F.

cnn durian story
the powerful durian strikes again. from richard.

Opinion: The United States of America has gone mad
London Times piece by John le Carré. Apparently this article has sparked a lot of debate around the world except here in the U.S.

newcar
a car for you and your ghostbusting friends to bid on.

giantlavalamp
what every city needs, a giant lava lamp. so your city can look like a giant dorm room. from dr.dave.

handpuppets
a very informative article on how to meet women by using a handpuppet. from mr.sparkles who is looking out for me. i like the photo of the author also.

moonboots
it's snowing here in chicago. i'm ordering the ones with the fur on top. naked and only wearing moonboots is the HAWT look this Winter. InStyle magazine says so.

brian posehn
interview w/your boyfran. -pam

korean soap opera photo re-cap
funny. also she has a HUGE neat website and is a logan square'er. me and tom tried making people call logan square "the Log" when we lived there but they wouldn't go for it. no vision...

illegal art
it's illegal! art that ran into trouble with the law for one reason or another (tradmark reasons). wow this is a great site, it even has Todd Hayne's video "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story" online. from jean who got a haircut (fringy bangs).

dame darcy
i could not beLIEVE it when i flipped to blind date last night & there was dame darcy. at first i thought maybe it was just someone who looks a lot like her & likes to dress super fancy & act strangely, but then it said darcy on the screen. it was totally awesome, she even wore her mermaid outfit in the hot tub & said she could only speak mermese while in the water. mermese consists of some trilling noises. she also made a big point of talking about her witchcraft. -pam

starshipexeter
some people got together and made their own version of 1960's star trek episode. god bless the nerds who have their own. from dan.

the anonymous portrait gallery
i'm painting one of you right now. funny how big your head is turning out. but it's cool, you are smiling like usual, in that beautiful crazy and kind of dumb way, like in real life!

the best gift EVER
from sarah, via greg. i have to take some time to pick out which one exactly i want more than anything ever. -pam

kelly link
I like reading essays/diaries about booktours. this one is by Kelly Link whose "stranger things happen" pam gave me for xmas. i'm going to read it right now as soon as i figure out what the most comfortable position on this couch is. hey! mrs.doubtfire is on tv! hell with reading books!

flyguy
i like this.

raelian profile
if you are interested in what the hells the "raelian" religion is about. you know, the guys who claim the first cloned baby. they named her eve, of course. if it was a boy maybe John Connor?

raelian profile
if you are interested in what the hells the "raelian" religion is about. you know, the guys who claim they had some give birth to a clone. they named her eve, of course. if it was a boy maybe John Connor?

sheets
dani pointed this bedroom set out. you know, for when you decide you will never have sex again.

nasa tie
super last minute super gift! i'd wear this tie. but i'm like that.

goodhandwriting
i just sent out xmas cards yesterday and once again realize how much i need to work on my handwriting...

lucy lawless
should be doing xena movies, but instead is doing this. -pam

squidsex
i just finished reading "inappropriate behaviour", this book of essays that at times totally rocked. one of my favorite pieces was by penny birch, all about octopus sex. here you can read the very beginning of it. but it's really the end of the essay that's the best, when she totally gives specifics. -pam

lance henriksen
an artist, an actor, a potter... -pam

game
catch the babies.

iraq debate
from tom who is is san francisco so can't go:"Our first in this new series is on Attack Iraq?: The Missing Debate to Peace, Justice, and Security. Join us as we examine the prospects for war and peace, and our role as citizens in informing this discussion." At the Harold Washington.

clock
what time is it, you ask? here's a good clock to bookmark.

lord of the beats
hobbit hip hop. haha i likes it. "Well my name is Gimli/I’m a fucking dwarf/I been slaying mutherfuckers /from the south to the north."

hot
this is one hot kueen. -pam

Trent Lott article
this one has a good sampling of responses to trent lott being the dick he is.

fanfic
kfan sent me the greatest piece of fan fiction ever written, after reading about my nobody candy night. -pam

movieside film festival
fancy! -pam

colin cowie
names his favorite books. -pam

stoked-the rise and fall of gator
wow someone made a movie about Gator, the 1980's pro skater who is now serving a life sentence for murder. i think i owned two gator boards as a kid. i want to see it.

beekiller
oh you are working way too hard. take a break and take a look at this site. lots of funny stuff here.

kitties
i guess maybe everyone knows about this book? but i just heard about it this morning from your lover gene shalit. -pam

hoody
this just might be the perfect hoodie!

horses
whose gonna ride your doofus horses?...

kikkoman
it's the only soy sauce to buy. from boing.

movern callar
this was a great movie and this is a nice site warp records put up for the soundtrack. i want a copy.

Kathy and Dennis Q&A
Kathy Griffin interviews her friend Dennis Henlsey, the author of "Misadventures in the (213)" which is a really funny book (this Q&A is also really funny). I just called Pam up cause I was trying to remember the name of it cause I'm buying it as a gift and she said that his new one is also very good. She also said a lot of other things I wish I could share.

what? no.
two rights can make one big wrong. -pam

david cross
ok so it's how people use their cell phones that i hate. -pam

Hu Jintao - China's new leader
Take half a minute to take a look at the new leader of 1.2 billon people. Not much info but he likes ballroom dancing.

switch
from boingboing.net. something that i've been thinking of. and something i guess a lot of americans have also been thinking of.

beth orton
there's a nice Quicktime video here of beth orton doing a live version of the one song i like, "Thinking About Tomorrow".

nobohiro's biking across canada page
this japanese guy writes about his bike trip from vancouver to montreal. i've wanted to do that since a waiter at Cousins told me how he did the same thing and how much he enjoyed it. very likable writing with lots of details and photos and also about his trips to new zealand and his work with an NGO in india. ok who's up for a bike ride?

Hero
"Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, fresh from their award-winning performances in Wong Kar Wai’s ‘In the Mood for Love’, reunite to play the assassins Broken Sword (Leung) and Flying Snow (Cheung). Zhang Ziyi, who has gone from strength to strength since her critically acclaimed debut in ‘The Road Home’ will play Broken Sword’s devoted servant, Moon.Zhang Yimou is the director." also jet li is in it.Oh Maggie...

selling out
bid on this chicago straight edger's ebay auction for him to sell out. from craig.

plagiarist.com
archive of poetry.

robbie fulks contest
"Any reader on this site who attends a Ryan Adams show and disrupts the show with a Bryan Adams song request will receive in return merchandise of his or her choice, equal to the cost of the ticket, from my online store. You're on the honor system, necessarily; but please provide the date and location of the show, what you yelled, and what Ryan's reaction was." I've seen Robbie Fulks handle drunks at his show and he's pretty gracious. I like some of Ryan Adams songs but mostly he kinda just bugs me.

firefly fans
i am one!!! -pam

airbrush
clothes? who wears clothes anymore?

no
they don't. -pam

longbets
put your money where your mouth is. " Long Bets is about taking personal responsibility for ideas and opinions. Posting and betting under your true name is part of standing up for what you think. "

kelly link
her new book of stories rocks. -pam

buffy poster
you should bid on a buffy the musical poster. you have til Nov-05-02 03:21:01 PST. good luck.

?
click it. maybe it's good?

buffy poem
i found it on matthue's pita page. -pam

bubblestore
make your own tapioca bubble tea. since you make all your own clothes. oh, i'm sorry, i thought you did.

something
Article about Optic Nerve comix Adrian Tomine.

lulu's adventures
hats on dogs, billy joel, the dali lama, what more do you need?

Aluminum Group
ha, the Aluminum Group are going to tour with just an iPod and custom Prada stage outfits. they are so cool.

buffy song
have you heard Kfan's version of Going Through the Motions? From the Buffy musical? i put it on my iPod.

xmas is coming
and andrew's computer is getting cold & lonely. -pam

bookslut
How to Choose a Book by Its Cover- from Mary Mary

sci-fi-pulp fiction
hey you sci-fi pulp reading nerds with time on your hands! this is good. it's funny how some people would find this fascinating while other people would find this dumb.

games men play
He died for geek's sins.

strongbad
strong bad answers questions. from klara. has sound.

wbl
check out the logo for the Milwaukee Does. and check out the men behind the team. boogie nights general managers. also take a gander at the Nebraska Wranglers team logo. from jamie who tells me, "Some of the Iowa Cornets were in a movie about women's hoops called Dribble. They played a fictional team called the vixens that wore pink satin." American history is cool.

toys
it's almost x-mas so you might want to get this for your kid to play with in your bunker.

mr. show store
featuring a mr. show book! -pam

i'm not sure why
but sydney totally hates this guy. -pam

varsit
a poem by zadie smith.

short and happy
i haven't read the whole thing cause people are actually making me do some work lately but it looks pretty mean and funny. from james. who can be both those things as well. but mostly he's all about the spirit of dance.

robot dance rules
jeez, there's rules for everything.

awesome t-shirt
this is my next t-shirt.

spader
i have no time for spader haters. -pam

headphone.com
you like headphones? i do! i think i'm officialy cyborg since i almost always have a pair of them on my head. this is a nice place for buying really good headphones. nice prices and descriptions by "hardcore headphone geeks".

Haruki Murakami vs. the End of the World
a short village voice article on Haruki Murakami. it talks about his latest big novel that's been released in japan.

chicago international film festival
hey, it's chicago international film fest time again. second rate star guests, and bad dorm room cheesecake photo posters (when's the last time they had a cool poster for the fest?), pain in the ass ticket situations, dumb questions (actually more rants than questions) from viewers to directors, and lots of people who talk during the movies. oh yeah, the movies! lots and lots of great movies!

pocketcalculatorshow.com
ah, the treasures we buy today are the laughable products of tommorow. except for the iPod of course...check out the Sexum Adult Digital Watch under "magical gadget".

visual birthcontrol
uhhhh.....back out of the room real slow....shhh...they might hear you....

rich people spending money
rich people can sometimes spend their money on some really dumb things. a 15thou umbrella stand? oh, i see, he used company funds. i wonder if my company will buy me a diamond encrusted iPod with a gucci leather case?

mekons show review
sent to me by syd. i'm still reeling from this show. -pam

panties
oh my god. -pam

frank miller radio interview
yah, i'm a bit of a fanboy sometimes. hmmm, i thought frank miller would sound tougher for some reason. he sounds kind of like the interviewer, elvis mitchell and i can't tell them apart. maybe elvis is just talking to himself and pretending?

katrin cartlidge
syd found a great obit in the guardian about karin cartlidge, an actress who i can't really believe died, since she's way way way too young. she's incredible in everything i've seen her in. i wish there was a picture because you may not know her name, but you probably know her face. a huge loss. -pam

david and bob of mr.show on the Treatment
mr.show guys interview on kcrw.com. "People say a lot of things about Hawaii..."

the Punk Kittens
Ok, this is my favorite band. Turn your speakers down at work before you click. They are punk!

the Beatings on Epitonic.com
I LOVE THE BEATINGS. and also this band called the Beatings are supercool.

sunoven
"Two billion households depend on wood and charcoal to prepare food and the worldwide supply of wood is rapidly disappearing. The demands of massive population growth, and the inefficient conversion of wood to charcoal, have outstripped much of the world's forests ability to regenerate, creating a phenomenon known as deforestation." I want a sunoven also.

American Jabber
Mike T. is working on this political satire site with his friend Carl. They have liberal leanings and are not ashamed. I had Indian food with Mike last night. I had the mixed tandori grill and it was good.

gleaners and i
I don't watch enough documentaries. but i watched this one on sat. and liked it.

The World RPS Society
"The World RPS Society is dedicated to the promotion of Rock Paper Scissors as a fun and safe way to resolve disputes. We feel that conserving the roots of RPS is essential for the growth and development of the game and the players." It's also the only good way to decide who sits shotgun.

guerrilla girls
guerrilla girls' official website.

the internet
i use to say that the url "pullmyfinger.com" was prob. sold for a million bucks. here's what would of been on it. from tom.

smack my mice up
can mice dance? and why waste good drugs on them?

the kid stays in the picture
i saw this last night. it was fun. i want to be just like him when i'm 60 and i'm starting on my leathery tan right now.

asian classical mp3's
Pretty cool site. Out of print (print? stock?)classical (native?)Asian music available on mp3. From James Y. (oo?). (?)

JUGAR
click on JUGAR and play. fun! from craig the punk.

real man saddles
are you a real man? do you bike? here it is then. from Klara.

backpack
For all my friends who are going back to "school". You need a backpack, right?

Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond
A great Atlantic article about how the diamond industry marketed their product so that we think it's something really valuable and "forever." Basicly diamonds are pretty dumb things to spend a lot of money on. People should just make mix-tapes for each other for their engagements. From sam.diaryland.

the Beatings
I like this Boston band. I can't find their CD anywhere in Chicago but I downloaded a couple songs before AudioGalaxy died. They are punk and a lot of other stuff and messy, messy.

rooster gets hitched
new Sedaris story in esquire, which you can read for free, courtesy, of, um, me! the rooster got married! sorry, pam!

gerbiles and jarvis of pulp
not what you think. from TZ. hey, also this flash cartoon reminds me that Pulp is coming out with a new one soon.

qbeart
What? No, go do some work, Cubey. Oh ok, here's a link to some good games. From Craig again!

spock sings baggins
spock is always fun. from craig.

Dirk Bogarde
Cintra Wilson wrote a story on Dirk Bogarde, who I was just thinking of, cause I saw him this week in the dvd release of the 1966 Modesty Blaise. He played the villan and Dr.Evil has nothing, NOTHING, on Bogarde's "Gabriel." What a fun film.

Political Heat
A review of the book about "The great Chicago heat wave, and other unnatural disasters" that happened in 1995, maybe my second Summer in Chicago. Hundreds of poor people died from the heat. Did you know the bigger and more expensive the air conditioner unit, the cheaper it is to run? I didn't know that. Why don't people tell me stuff like that?

buffy action figures
a press release giving who the next set will be! i saw this a while ago & should've linked it. the new angel ones are supposed to be wesley, darla, & lorne! -pam

learing to love you more
An art web thing where people take choose an assignment and then show how/what they did. Neat! Taken from Annie at www.crankygirls.com.

AI Koans
Zen Koans for A.I. Funny. But maybe only for technerds buddist only.

benicio
i finally looked at this picture sydney wanted me to say. oh my god. so funny. his hair! golden girls-ish. -pam

flying guillotine
A fully restored print of Master of the Flying Guillotine is playing (coming to Chicago in Sept.), making the art house circuit, and a friend in L.A. recently saw it and she liked it a lot. Looks like goofy fun.

country singles
hugging and fussin wanted.

beautiful record album covers!
from sydney. -pam

meomi hats
Ok, the plan is we all get matching hats for Fall, right? I'm leaning towards Fuzzywuzzy. From Supah.com of course.

flaming lips
The new Flaming Lips is out today. I called my store and they have copies. I hope it's good. Tom just wrote to say he just bought it and put it in his cd player. His review is thus so far, "The first 4 seconds is great..."

david hasselhoff reviews
amazon.com customer reviews of "Looking For-Best of David Hasselhoff". Easy shots? Fish in a barrel? Maybe but still pretty funny. "worth buying for the cover and packaging alone. sit back and pretend the aging alcoholic is serenading you, with his ample hairy chest in your spunk-ridden face. enjoy." "His music, in particular "Track Six", literally touches The Face of God." -From Craig. Happy b-day Craig!

global*double*crossing
the stock market continues to tumble and the CEO's of bankrupt companies keep building huge houses. here's one site put up by people angry about the company global crossing that went ch.11 recently, as millions of investor's funds were vaporized.

m.cho
i'm looking forward to seeing The Notorious C.H.O., Margaret Cho's new concert film. Ha, look at her photos on this site and her official one that's linked. She's all bling bling.

beardguy
"...the male beard communicates an heroic image of the independent, sturdy, and resourceful pioneer, ready, willing and able to do manly things." It also makes me think the person is a cop or a leatherman. From derek.

andrew wk interview
he should have a kids' show. -pam

ewan quotes
everyone adores him! from sydney. -pam

madam satan
i just rented this movie. best outfits ever! -pam

Katherine
What? You are tired of your framed prints? You want a mural of pretty trees on your walls? Call Katherine! She can do it!

64 Reasons to Hate Star Wars EP2
From Dan, the fallen Jedi.

colin cowie
I saw Pam this Sunday and we stumbled on to "Everyday Elegance with Colin Cowie" on tv, who we had never seen before. He's a designer or something and he threw a dinner party to celebrate the color pink. TO CELEBRATE THE COLOR PINK. Pam kept clapping everytime Cowie put something together (like pink feathers in a vase) and saying, "I WANT THAT!" He was amazing. Pink fuzzy cozy covers for the bottom of coctail glasses? Cowie is a very tanned white guy with some vague Euro accent we couldn't figure out and comes off sort of like...maybe if James Bond was gay and was in the same biz as Martha Stewart? Superstar!

miss america
USA! USA! US...uh miss, that's my beer. what? belly shots? sure, maybe after the game?

socrates 82
Speaking of soccer, look at this cool t-shirt Jamie found. He said it's of a Brazilian mid-fielder who was "weirdly tall" for a footballer. He was the capt. of that famous team and also finished med. school and was known as the Doctor. A guy with a name like Socrates needs a nickname?

karen black
her show sounds AWESOME!!! -pam

frogger
Javascritped Frogger. Cause you need a break from daydreaming. From Craig.

restless
remember the buffy ep "restless"? last ep of season 5, core characters all had naps after defeating adam, & had weird scary dreams? this page charts how much of season 6 was revealed in those dreams. plus look at the super cute willow/tara graphics at the top of the page! -pam

sparks
when i was a kid my friend paul, who introduced me to good music, liked this band. we saw them live even. they were huge in europe but they played a little bar in hawaii, the same bar where iggy pop dived off the stage and cut himself. or so i was told. missed iggy but met some go-go's cause they were there to see their boyfriends who are Sparks. they had a minor hit with "cool places" mostly cause jane wielden of the go-go's dueted on it. at least i think she did. they gots that 80's electro euro sound that's going around again. they should move to NYC!

Matthew Barney Slam
Wow, Charlie Finch calls Art Superstar (that's a technical term right?)Matthew (Mrs. Bjork) Barney a hack. But the thing that made me laugh was this sentence, "Animated by homoerotic tension, the cremaster concept united penis, scrotum and anus into a powerful, if incomplete, alternative to the vagina." Art is fun.

guilty pleasures
Mr. Willowby talking with his friends about guilty pleasures. Very funny.

Triump at Star Wars movie line
I think Triump the Insult Comic Dog from Conan's show at a line for the latest Star Wars movie might be the funniest thing I've seen in years. So worth the download. From Jamie the Insult Editor.

rainbowman
Growing up in Hawaii, Kikaida was the best show on tv for all the kids, nothing could beat it, but there was another Japanese superhero show called Rainbowman which was really strange and a little dirty, in that weird way only Japanese tv from the 1970's could be.

the Most Hated Man in Bodybuilding
With all the news about steroids in major league baseball, I thought this was a good interview. Funny photos. T: Do you think you motivate people? GV: No, I think I disgust people. I get rotten e-mail from all over the world from people that tell me I suck, I look like shit, I ruined my physique… Then again I do get people who are awed by it, the fact that I'm a freak. Anyway, I know I disgust people. I know I'm the laughing stock of bodybuilding. I know that and that's okay with me.

apple holler
i went here. it was awesome. i petted a mule or pony or something, & a llama came at me flashing enormous bottom teeth like dentures. there were bunnies that looked like lloyd, & a corn maze. there was good food, & they also have shows there like "george & gracie: a love story." apple holler farm cookin' rules! -pam

realultimatepower
Maybe I posted this before. But hey, it's the Summer. Repeat time! From Nessa K.!

fightingwhites
everything is gonna be all white. from Dan!

Good Advice
Sometimes you just need to see it written down. Print it out on your office printer and leave it there so you can help the other sinners.

Shower Shock
I want a bar of this caffeniated soap!

enter the guapos
mexican wrestling and bowling. so natural together.

salon buffy article
Ah, yes, the last Buffy was way better than the new Star Wars. Even Dan agrees. I usually never agree with Stephanie Zacharek but I do with this article.

chicken
sigh. poor chicken. at least give him some breading to wear.

monorail
What do you do with your free time? This guy built a monorail in his backyard. i don't know why.

affirmative action victory
make sure to celebrate this! it's so exciting. then send a contribution! -pam

mirrorproject
"i need a camera to my eye, to my eye reminding which lies have i been hiding, which echoes belong..."

bruce campbell
sydney sent me this article. it's all about what bruce is up to, & i can't even decide which thing is the most ridic. his movie with the phantasm director? his FARM? all yours. -pam

Repeat After Me
A kind of new David Sedaris story. I always forget to check this site cause Esquire usually sucks overall but then I find a new Sedaris story which is always nice. This one is especially good I thought.

rock rules
A letter from a record exec to the Waxwings yelling at them for not being rockstar-ish enough at the club before their record release show that I was at. From Syd who was there as well. Pretty funny and a good primer on how to be a rockstar. "Mick Jagger wouldn't be hangin' out in the club before HIS RECORD RELEASE show!Make a fuckin' statement!!!...Dean, you're just fuckin' hangin' out by the fuckin' entrance before the show, AND SOMETIMES ALONE! PATHETIC!!"

buffy linens
angel linens, too. -pam

emma donoghue
she was SO NICE to me last night at her reading. & super cute & i love her new book of short stories & i'm going to go back & read all her other books now. -pam

alex chiu
Alex Chiu, I'm laughing at you right now and forever. Thanks to Dan for the link to this creepy guy and his "Eternal Life Rings". Also has info on how to make your own!

spiderman props on ebay
You have too much money? Here you go, fanboy!

heavenly creatures
heavenly creatures was on tv recently and i watched it again. so great. and this website is crazy obsessive about the movie like maybe those two girls would of been if they had the internet back then. Kind of creepy.

Byung-Hyun Kim
From Jamie, a (yes, sports article) about that Korean pitcher who gave up runs in the World Series. Remember him? How sad he looked? He's ok now and you can read about it. He's a really good sleeper and Mark Grace is still smoking cigs. Sometimes I forget sports writing can be done well.

pucca
little flash movies starring two somethings. cute. don't sweat it if it says you need to download chinese characters. you don't.

the Modern Word
Nice site about writers and writing with good links to other resources. I like the Samuel Beckett page and the Gabriel García Márquez one has some nice links. But no Judith Krantz.

eurocare showers
You know when the ad says eurostyle kitchens? well i don't want the bathroom.

Gothic Martha
"What if Martha Stewart was a goth?"

BBC Buffy Quotes
I know, you prob. have this site already in your bookmarks or you already have all lines memorized in your head in case your ever stuck on the train with no book or portable audio options. but just in case you don't.

apple lunchbox
Hey you Mac nerds. Here's your lunchbox. From Dan.

klaus kinski
why do people treat you strangely if you admit to ever having privately used a picture of klaus kinski? i just finished watching "my best fiend" & cannot believe anyone had anything to do with him, ever. i haven't seen a lot of his movies, maybe just "crawlspace" when i was a kid. terrifying. you should be him for halloween. -pam

www.lunchboxes.com
Dan, who sent me this link, likes the Misfits and Iron Maiden lunchboxes. But they also have Jurassic Park 3! I hated Jurassic Park 1 & 2 and for some reason loved part 3. I think I was the only one and now I've told you all my secret. I guess I'll just take my lunchbox and sit alone to eat my lunch.

God of Fruits
Has anyone tried the durian? I wonder if I would like it or be repulsed by it? I started thinking of it again because there's a deleted scene in the In the Mood For Love dvd and Tony Leung is chowing down on one and he looks like he likes it. If you ever had one, let me know how it was.

FREE HAWAII
No, not a free trip to Hawaii. Free Hawaii as in make it an independent and sovereign Nation.

steve madden
I was once at a shoe store with ida-red and she pointed out a shoe by Steve Madden and said that they were good for relatively cheap shoes. And then I started seeing ads everywhere with his name. It's like that right? Once something is pointed out you see it everywhere. Like orange clothes a few Summers back. Anyway, he's in the slammer. That would make a good OZ story.

poutine
I looked up "poutine" after reading it in Meli's diaryland. We should go get some, right?

24hourpartypeople
I don't have to sell my soul He's already in me I don't need to sell my soul He's already in me I wanna be adored I wanna be adored

sam 3.0
Something for the robot building folk out there.

dummy
this is like me and Pam when we IM/chat each other. she always makes me cry.

ladies of snl
i love tina saying what men find funny. so fucking great. -pam

kelly osbourne sings
once again, sharon is doing the telling. -pam

hi ha
i have no idea what these japanese space aliens are doing in these Flash Panasonic commercials but it's sure fun to watch. from Buckles.

google catalogs
instead of just going to a companies website, google has actually scanned the actual catalogs for you to look at. check it out. Neat! From Dan.

gay food
a funny article about what makes some foods "gay". i love BLT's, which are gay.

page six
hilton sisters should hire someone to speak for them, the strokes are real rock stars, & no, you didn't do the stew. -pam

cheese guy
artnet.com says: "Cosimo Cavallaro is a Montreal-born artist who moved to New York City when he was 14 years old. At present, he has a studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Cavallero is probably best known for slathering a New York hotel room with cheese back in 1999, bed, floor lamps and all. After that, he pumped 1,000 pounds of pepperjack cheese all over a frame house in Powel, Wyo., covering it inside and out, complete with furniture." And this is his website.

david boreanaz idiocy patrol
will he not stop? -pam

Ye Ye Girls
"Think of the 1960s, back when pop music had only just begun. An explosion of youth, optimism and the breaking down of musical boundaries. The first generation of teenagers in search of a soundtrack to their new freedom. New artists became pop stars, riding high on a tidal wave of energy. Imagine the French, inspired by the sounds coming out of the US and UK, taking ideas from the great girl-groups, the beat-groups and combining it with the best of the French chanteuse traditions... The result became known as the ye-ye sound; classic pop songs with a French twist." ---link from Tom2.

oh. my. GOD.
amy beth sent this to me. oh my god. it is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen in my life. it kind of hurts. -pam

princess
here's what i'm using as wallpaper on one of my computers at work. it's so true.

jim's film news
So our friend Jim H. moved to Rochester to be the film programmer at the George Eastman House (the Dryden) and look at all the good films he's showing! Don't you wish he was doing that in your town? I wish he was doing all that here in Chicago. And admission is $5.50!

How Dockers® Mobile™ Pant Changed my (Gadget) Life
You need new pants, right? I really like that "geeks" get obsessive about stuff and love to document and share their discoveries. It's their nicest trait, no matter how bad the pants might look.

Hieronymus Bosch's Seven Deadly Sins
You could use this painting as wallpaper for your computer at work and worry your co-worke