P.S. A Column On Things Archive

October 1998-May 2005 (then moved to Typepad)

November 7, 2005


* New York, New York
* Broadway
* Meanwhile, at School
* Political Notes: Mierswatch, Alitowatch, Briefs, Plamegate
* Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Funny Fotoshopping, Teaching Math
* Movies: Shopgirl
* Letters: Peterman on Halloween, NYC's Good Smell, Coquet on Affinity Mapping & Episcopalian Courage, Dan Grobstein File

October 31, 2005


* Cleopatra's Ethnic Heritage
* Duck's Breath Mystery Theater
* New York Bound
* Political Notes: Iraq Casualties, War Lies, Millergate Lies, Plamegate Lies, Dumb TomDelay quotes, No More Miers
* Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor
* Worst Pun Ever
* Movies: Elizabethtown
* Letters: Dan Grobstein File, Cleopatra Answer

October 24, 2005


* Blog Rolling: Jim Forbes
* The Best Experience A Teacher Could Have
* Political Notes
* Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs: None this week
* Humor: Historic PowerPoints, How To Start Your Day With A Positive Outlook
* Letters: Richard Sleegers, How to become a Republican, Confronting Bullies, Virtual Pumpking Carving, Hanzel on Southwest, Cheatley on The Truth, Bobbi Fox: A Great obit a Funny Top 10 list; Dan Grobstein File

October 17, 2005


* Seven Years Later
* Favorite Icon
* Political Notes
* Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Capote, Good Night and Good Luck, Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
* Letters: Hypocricy, again, Netsurfer via Sullivan, Dan Grobstein File

October 10, 2005


* Artist Wanted: Shortcut Icon
* Becoming Madame Mao
* Department of Cutting Off Your Nose
* Political Notes
* Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Wisdom of Children, Disorder in the Court
* Movies: Serenity Redux, Stewie Griffith, Corpse Bride
* Letters: Ask for withdrawal, Beat Time Select, Dan Grobstein File

October 3, 2005


* House Concert
* Boys Ahoy!
* Iraq Seminar and Evolution Too
* Political Notes
* Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Brazilian Soldiers
* Movies: Just Like Heaven, Serenity
* Letters: Dan Grobstein File

September 26, 2005


* Sometimes...
* Your Bill for Iraq
* Political Notes
* Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs:
* Humor: Grammar Joke
* Movies: Me and You and Everyone We Know, The World
* Letters: Calonquey Madness, Coquet: Ethics of Psyops, New Japanese Cars Coming, Dan Grobstein File

September 19, 2005


* No Child Left Behind
* More on What's Changed
* No More Times Op-Ed
* Presidents I Have Known
* Political Notes
* Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Cop, The Tickets and the Bumper Sticker, The Top 16 Ballpark Jumbotron Messages We'd Like to See, Test for Dementia
* Movies: Balzac and The Little Seamstress
* Letters: Blogs take over world, Alborz Restaurant, Dan Grobstein File

September 12, 2005


* Lack of Panic
* What I Do Now
* Lost Control Of Our Destiny
* Dream Poetry
* Gasoline Boycott
* Bushnomics
* Political Notes
* Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Bush/Katrina Jokes, Lie Clocks
* Letters: To live and ride in LA, A tale from the South, Keillor Column, Dan Grobstein File

September 5, 2005


* Journalistic Felony
* From the mouths of Babes
* Medicare Mishigosh
* Political Notes
* Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Duck Hunting, New Disease
* Movies: Constant Gardener, Sound of Thunder, Transporter II, Guest Review: TV Movie: The Girl In The Cafe, Guest Review: DVD: Layer Cake
* Letters: Dalton Finds Honest Websites, Steve Vs. Factoid, Malchman on coining words and Broken Flowers, Fake Locerkbie, Dalton on Katrina, Dan Grobstein File

August 29, 2005


* First Day of School
* You Are What You Eat
* Paul Schindler, Organ Donor
* Marlow in China
* Rae in France
* Political Notes
* Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: How many members of the Bush administration does it take to change a light bulb? Headlines of 2004
* Movies: Broken Flowers, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, guest DVD Review: Sin City
* Letters: World War III, Wolfe: Back to school, Beyond Technology, Dan Grobstein File

August 22, 2005


* Groundhog Day News
* My Third Year Begins
* Marlow in China
* Rae in France
* Political Notes
* Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Military Recruiting
* Movies: Junebug, The Aristocrats, 2046, Guest Comment on Nine Lives Meta-Review
* Letters: Intelligent Falling, Coquet on the Overheard, Malchman and Additives, Dan Grobstein File

August 15, 2005


* Loving my Job
* UGI Reunion
* Marlow in China
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: My Ass Itches
* Movies: Guest Commentary: Prequels suck, Meta-Review: Nine Songs
* Letters: Malchman: Funny Soccer Headline, Ruley on Space Encyclopedia, Non-Private Garbage, Americans not dumb? Dan Grobstein File

August 8, 2005


* A Great Idea
* UGI Reunion
* Marlow in China
* Rae in France
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 17 New Endings to the Phrase "It's all fun and games until...."
* Movies: Sky High
* Letters: PeterMan quotations, Coquet quotation, Dern on (not with ) bad fiction, Hanzel on Shuttle coverage, Dan Grobstein File

August 1, 2005


* Paul in LA
* Planning
* Contacts
* Marlow in China
* Rae in France
* Political Notes
* Movies: Hustle and Flow, March of the Penguins
* Letters: Dalton on the Joys of Long, Obscure Movies, Dan Grobstein File

July 25, 2005


* Rents then and Now
* Marlow in China
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Bad Quotes, Good Interviews, Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Fruit Test
* Movies: Best of Youth
* Letters: Daniel Dern on the FF, Dan Grobstein File

July 18, 2005


* MIT in Fiction
* Marlow in China
* Rae in France
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Guest Review: Fantastic Four
* Letters: Coquet on Microsoft Stupidity, Dan Grobstein File

July 11, 2005


* Thoughts on the Bombing
* Homeschooling one more time
* Marlow in China
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News : Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Tax Humor
* Movies: Guest Review: War Of The Worlds, Ladies in Lavender
* Letters : Malchman on Harry Potter, Grobstein on Liberal Media

July 4, 2005


* Sunny South of France
* Homeschooling
* Radio Days
* Humor: The Three Cs
* Movies: Followup Review: Batman Begins
* Letters: Malchman Musings, Dern on SF writing, Peterman finds self-plagiarism, Dan Grobstein file

June 27, 2005


* Vacatin'
* Jon Carroll Cat Column
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News : Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Father of One of My Children
* Movies: Guest Reviews: Batman Begins
* Letters: Peterman finds Mannequinism, Malchman on Engineering, Dalton and Grobstein on John Prine, Dan Grobstein File

June 20, 2005


* Eco-Friendly Car
* Seva
* Wow
* Who's Best In High School
* I'm Improving--Why?
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 25 Ways Michael Jackson Can Repair His Image
* Letters: Sullivan on IMSDb, Malchman on Fleet Street, Buck likes Jobs at Stanford, Dalton on PBS threat, Dan Grobstein File

June 13, 2005


* Last Day of School
* Effects of Recording on Music
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 16 Phrases Not to Use in First-Date Dinner Conversation (Part II)
* Movies: Crash, Guest Review: Mr. and Mrs. Smith
* Letters: Sullivan on Gynophobic News Sourcing, Dalton on Mastectomies, Pardo on "Save The Grapes," Dan Grobstein File

June 6, 2005


* A Rising Tide
* Political Notes
* Humor: That's A Moray, Pope John Paul II In Heaven
* Movies: Madagascar, Doing Time, Doing Vipassana, Le Grand Voyage, Downfall, Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
* Letters: Coquet on Irobot, Wolfe on Graduation, Dan Grobstein File

May 30, 2005


* A Convention of Me's
* Digital Projection
* A Real Lapse
* Marlow in Leiden
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 16 Biggest Surprises in the New "Star Wars" Movie
* Movies: Guest Reviews: Cinderella Man, Crash
* Letters Malchman on NYT, bad drivers; Sullivan on weight loss; Dan Grobstein File

May 23, 2005


* Teaching Update
* Marlow in Leiden
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Guest Review: Kingdom Of Heaven, Guest Reviews: Revenge of the Sith
* Letters: Dern on Sith Apprentice, Sullivan on Sailing, Dan Grobstein File

May 16, 2005


* Life
* A Retiring Teacher
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Letters: Techno-journalist wanted, Dan Grobstein File

May 9, 2005


* Life
* A Retiring Teacher
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Letters: Techno-journalist wanted, Dan Grobstein File

May 2, 2005


* Rae at Brandeis
* Marlow in Leiden
* The Power Of Coincidence
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Letters: Dern on Vanity Publishing, Dan Grobstein File

May 2, 2005


* A Week With Rae
* Tom Rutledge
* Making a Difference
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Look At Me, Kung Fu Hustle, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Guest Review: A Lot Like Love, Guest Review: Second Looks: The Interpreter, The Upside of Anger
* Letters: Dan Grobstein File

April 25, 2005


* Edwin Diamond, My Mentor
* Hurray! Rae Is Home
* Travel in the Internet Age
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Too Crude
* Movies: The Interpreter
* Letters: Dalton on MIT Fake Paper, The Romensko Effect, Kevin Sullivan with 2 From Net Surfer, The Dan Grobstein File

April 18, 2005


* Drifting Down The Stream of Time, RSS
* Political Notes: Bush's Polls, Wright Vs. Delay
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Educational Story, Wedding Night
* Movies: Guest Review: Fever Pitch
* Letters: Friedman on Starving Overseas, Sullivan on Water and Exercise, Dalton on HHGTTG, Kaplan on Gen. Sherman's Religion, Dan Grobstein File

April 11, 2005


* Gradual Mastery
* Amma's Coming
* AIDS Ride
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: The Upside of Anger
* Letters: "Morty" Passes, The End Of News, Dan Grobstein File

April 4, 2005


* Thank God For Vacation
* Groundhog Day Praise
* Facial Hair
* Marlow in Atlantic City
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Sin City
* Letters: Killer Bees, Dern on Comic Covers and Radio Lovers, Malchman on Biblical Guidance, Dan Grobstein File

March 28, 2005


* Spring Break Dude!
* Six Years With Two Cats
* I'm So Over It
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Newspapers
* Movies: Melinda and Melinda
* Letters: Deadline USA, Dalton on Cronkite, Dan Grobstein File

March 21, 2005


* Floating Down The River of Life
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: No Child Left Behind: The Football Version, The Top 16 Surprises at a Nudist Restaurant
* Movies: Robots
* Letters: Malchman on Pi Day, Sullivan on Fforde, Cronkite not a class act, Dan Grobstein File

March 14, 2005


* You Like Me, Really
* Throwing A Bottle
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs (taking a week off), Harvard B School Hacked(?)
* Movies: Bride and Prejudice, Komediant
* Letters: Carroll Cat Column, Jayson Blair, Cronkite Dishes Rather, Kent Peterman finds Wing, Dan Grobstein File

March 7, 2005


* The Nature Of This Column
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: PowerTools
* Movies: Hitch, Finding Neverland, Be Cool, Oscar Commentary (repeat)
* Letters: Teacher Freak Out, Albinus on SNL, Peterman on A Dog Site, Dern on Bears and High School Stories, Dan Grobstein File

Feb. 28, 2005


* Looking At Life
* Looking at Teacher Education
* Journalists and Teachers
* Marlow in The Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Bush Joke
* Movies: Guest Review: Constantine
* Letters: Albinus on Snow, Dern on Pratchett, Peterman on Computer, Old Wiesner News from Hanzel, Dan Grobstein File

Feb. 21, 2005


* Rolling Along
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Click Fraud, Communications News
* Humor: The Top 16 Valentine's Day Romance Tips, The Top 18 Signs Your Mechanic Is Losing It
* Letters: Carroll Cat Column, Special Effects Insider, SuperBowl Commercials, Dan Grobstein File

Feb. 14, 2005


* Groundhog Day Followup
* Second Favorite Super Bowl Commercial
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Leet Lite, Whatever Happened To HP CEO Carly Fiorina
* Movies: Million-Dollar Baby
* Letters: Bad Cupid, Mari's Cool Experiment, Sued for Cookies, Bob Nilsson on the Buster Lesbian Episode, Dan Grobstein File

Feb. 7, 2005


* Let others do it
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Leet
* Humor: Parrot Joke, Getting Ahead
* Letters: Warren Buffett, Suing the Dead, Don Davis Website, 1st Amendment Ignorance, Peggy Coquet, Richard Dalton, The Dan Grobstein File, Reaction To Harvard President's Ignorant Statement

Jan. 31, 2005


* Behind is Behind
* Groundhog Day
* Mindfulness
* Cleaning Up
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Dear Abby
* Movies: The Choir, House of Flying
* Letters: Dan Grobstein File

Jan. 24, 2005


* A Thought For Teachers, And Others
* Full Text Search
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Divorce Party? Help A Freelancer
* Is It A Stroke?
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Aviator
* Letters: Dossiers, Sound Effects, Dan Grobstein File

Jan. 17, 2005


* More on Europe
* A Three-Day Weekend
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Disaster Perspective
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 16 Holiday Songs for People Who Hate the Holidays
* Movies: Three Dot Summary, Bill Murray: Genius, Guest Review: Best Music of the Year, Guest Review: In Good Company, Guest Review: Million Dollar Baby, Guest Review: Badddassss
* Letters: Family Guy, Dern, Malchman, Vitale, Dan Grobstein File

Jan. 10, 2005


* Long Break
* Lynne Marlow
* We're Back
* Query Letters I Love
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Political Humor
* Movies: Spanglish, Guest Review: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, House of Flying Daggers, Closer; Guest Review: The Aviator
* Letters: SF in Ruins, Dan Grobstein File

Dec. 13, 2004


* Winter Break
* Later and Later
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Holiday Eating Tips
* Movies: Closer, Guest Review: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
* Letters: Grammar, Teaching and TV (a Sullivan find), Dan Grobstein File

Dec. 6, 2004


* Getting Better
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Presidential Joke, Things to do Before The Inaugural
* Movies: Guest: Christmas With The Kranks, Guest: The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
* Letters: Harvard Sucks, Boondocks Correction, Sullivan Surfs, Malchman Comments, Dan Grobstein File

November 29, 2004


* Thanksgiving Break
* Teaching: Tying Up Loose Ends
* Wow! What a Cold!
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Movies: Neal's Early Oscar Line, Paul's Early Oscar Line

November 22, 2004


* Giving Thanks
* Tales of Teaching
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Polar Express Redux, The Incredibles Redux, After the Sunset, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Birth, Sideways, Being Julia, Prisoner in Paradise, Guest Review: Finding Neverland, Guest Review: Kinsey, Guest Review: Enduring Love
* Letters: Commercial Space Flight, Tech Review, Two from Dern, A Parable, The Dan Grobstein File

November 15, 2004


* No News
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Movies: Guest: Polar Express
* Letters: Onno Visser, Best Films, Dan Grobstein File, Steve Coquet on Blue Family Values

November 8, 2004


* I've Got Rhythm Redux
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 14 Differences If the President Were an Animal, The Top 15 Shots Fired During the Presidential Race, The Top 12 Election-Related Headlines
* Movies: The Incredibles: Guest +, Alfie, Guest Review: Ray, Guest Review: Motorcycle Diaries Redux
* Letters: Sullivan on Canada, Wolfe on Yiddish, Rolling Stone on The Incredibles, Dan Grobstein File

November 1, 2004


* I've Got Rhythm
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 14 Signs Your TV Is Posessed by Evil Spirits, The Top 15 Signs Your Co-Workers Have Discovered Your Secret Identity
* Letters: Dern, Dan Grobstein File

October 25, 2004


* Short Column/Short Week
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Bush Joke
* Movies: Motorcycle Diaries
* Letters: Just One from Dan

October 18, 2004


* I've Got Nothing To Say
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 14 Signs You're Drinking a Caffeinated Beer
* Movies: Team America, Final Cut, I (Heart) Huckabees
* Letters: Dalton and Grobstein

October 11, 2004


* Six Years
* Marlow in the Netherlands
* How Big Is The Coalition
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Political Humor, The Top 16 Signs Pamela Anderson Is Your Sunday School Teacher, The Top 15 Things Overheard at D&D;'s 30th Birthday Party
* Movies: Dirty Shame, Shaun of the Dead, Shark Tale
* Letters: Hunt on Body Language, Dan Grobstein File

October 4, 2004


* This and That
* Activist Blogs
* Marlow In The Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Blonde Joke--Mail
* Movies: Napoleon Dynamite
* Letters: Humor by Wolfe, Dan Grobstein File

September 27, 2004


* Whoops! Is No News Good News?
* Marlow In The Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 16 Signs Your Truck Is TOO DAMN BIG (Part II)
* Movies: Sky Captain, Wimbledon
* Letters: Dan Grobstein File

September 20, 2004


* The Advantages of a Cold, Dark Room
* Happy Birthday to Me
* Marlow in The Netherlands
* The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 13 Things Overheard at the Burning Man Festival, The Top 16 Amish Comedian Punchlines, The Top 20 Signs the Department of Homeland Security Is Getting Outdated Information
* Movies: Guest: Sky Captain, The Story Of The Weeping Camel, Control Room
* Letters: Two from Coquet, Dan Grobstein File

September 13, 2004


* A Better Year Teaching
* Marlow in The Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Missouri Farmer
* Movies: We Don't Live Here Anymore: Paul and Guest
* Letters: Dalton on songs and guns, Bob Nilsson, Dan Grobstein File

September 6, 2004


* Getting So Much Better
* Marlow in The Netherlands
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Uncovered: The War on Iraq, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War On Journalism, Vanity Fair
* Letters: Dan Grobstein File

August 30, 2004


* Back to School
* My Daughters Travel
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 15 Reasons for Low Attendance at the 2004 Olympics
* Movies: Some Kind Of Monster
* Letters: Barrie Pic, Wolfe Column, Forbes on Guns, Dan Grobstein File

August 23, 2004


* Mindfulness
* Consistent Position/Treason
* Marlow's Travels
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 16 Excuses Given by the USA Men's Olympic Basketball Team
* Movies: Guest Review: The Door in the Floor, Guest Review: Garden State, Guest Review: Collateral
* Letters: Carroll Cat Column, Klein on Mars, Dalton on Guns, Dan Grobstein File

August 16, 2004


* Where Does The Time Go?
* The Wisdom Of The Funnies
* Marlow from China
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: How to get a few days off...
* Movies: What the #$
*! Do We Know!?
* Letters: What's In A Name? Coquet's Mars Note, Dalton Plugs Gillmor

August 9, 2004


* The Summer Slowly Draws To An End
* Marlow from China
* Prop. 66
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Clock Joke
* Movies: Before Sunset, Collateral, Manchurian Candidate, Guest Review: Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle
* Letters: Dark and Stormy Night, I Republican, Urban Myth (Mid-Air Bomb Dept.) MIT Student Heads For Beauty Pageant, Dalton, Coquet And Malchman On Kerry Speech Implications, Dan Grobstein File

August 2, 2004


* Whoops! I Missed One
* Why God Invented Vacations
* Marlow from China
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: I Robot, Guest Review: Maria Full of Grace, Guest Review: Bourne Supremacy
* Letters: Dan Grobstein File (not), Jack Anderson

July 19, 2004


* Ads?
* Marlow from China
* Political Notes
* Humor: The Top 13 Things Overheard at the Women-Running-the-World Conference
* Letters: Dalton on Sudan, Coquet on Tired.Com, Dan Grobstein File

July 12, 2004


* As Much Enthusiasm
* Deleting October 2
* My Bona Fides
* Marlow from China
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: De-Lovely, Guest Review: De-Lovely, Anchorman
* Letters: Diabetes Advice, Dern and Pournelle on Comdex, Dan Grobstein's picks

July 5, 2004


* On Being A Teacher
* Groundhog Day
* Auto-Google
* Marlow from China
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Gmail
* Movies: Fahrenheit 9/11, Guest Review: Spiderman 2
* Letters: Reynolds On Dropping Standards, Coquet On An Inadvertant Pun, The Dan Grobstein File

June 28, 2004


* Change
* Marlow from China
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 16 Signs You've Hired the Wrong Interior Decorator, The Top 16 Signs You've Had Too Much to Drink
* Movies: Guest Review: Farenheit 9/11, Guest Review: I'm Not Scared, Guest Review: The Terminal, White Chicks
* Letters: Cron news, Malchman On Poker with Cheney, Bill's Diary, the Dan Grobstein File

June 21, 2004


* Finally Starting To Relax A Little
* Marlow from China
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Guest Review: Saved, Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban
* Letters: Cinnamon For Diabetics And Other Dern Stuff, Nilsson on Disappearing Blogs, Ken Cron, Macedonian Plot, Dan Grobstein File

June 14, 2004


* Graduation
* Whining and Bad Mood
* Ronald Reagan Remembered
* Marlow from China
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Letters: Special To This Column, War Memorial, Switching To Digital Photography, Dan Grobstein File

June 7, 2004


* As The Year Winds Down
* Marlow from Mongolia
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, About A Technobrief Item
* Movies: Guest Review: Saved, The Day After Tomorrow
* Letters: Marjorie Wolfe's new column, Dan Grobstein File, Ross Snyder on WWII Veterans, Kevin Sullivan on Life and Death

May 31, 2004


* Another Quiet Week
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Bush Light Bulb Joke
* Movies : Supersize Me, Coffee and Cigarettes
* Letters: Press Box, Poetry Firing, Giant Rat, Dan Grobstein File

May 24, 2004


* 1300 A Week!
* Marlow Leaves--Again
* 14 Days
* The Rationalization Of Decisions: A Case History
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Bush Light Bulb Joke
* Movies: Guest Review: Valentin, Goodbye Lenin, Guest Review: Shrek 2, Mean Girls, Troy
* Letters: Sims on Net Pictures, Dan Grobstein File

May 17, 2004


* Pneumonia On The Run
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 16 Surprising Facts Found in "The Da Vinci Code", Two Dogs, Survivor Southern Style
* Movies: Kill Bill 2
* Letters: Reynolds on New Science and the Stata Center, Mari Schindler on Seinfeld and Superman, Malchman on Mexican UFO, Dan Grobstein File

May 10, 2004


* Penumonia, Continued
* Guest Commentary: War on Terrorism
* Guest Commentary: Fernald and MIT
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: 13 Going On 30
* Letters: Bush Conspiracy Generator, Seattle Strip-Club News, Bugmenot, Dan Grobstein File

May 3, 2004


* Walking Pneumonia
* Boston
* Upcoming Concert
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Letters: Davis: April in the Rockies, Wedding Dress Rant, Sullivan: Media Conglomeration, Reynolds, Dern, Dan Grobstein File

April 26, 2004


* A Pint's A Pound The World Around--Or Is It?
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 18 Cereals for Substance Abusers, Funny Arithmetic
* Letters: Really speeding, The Dan Grobstein File

April 19, 2004


* How Cardioversion Went
* Empty Nest Again
* My Brief Career
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Alamo, The Girl Next Door
* Letters: Coquet, Sullivan, Dern, Surman, Dalton and a bulging Dan Grobstein File

April 12, 2004


* A Week of Rae
* Cardioversion
* Edwin Diamond and Rachel Carson
* Stories of Teaching
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Home On The Range
* Letters: Brandeis News, Marjorie Wolfe Column, Dan Grobstein File

April 5, 2004


* Spring Break
* Don't get all Juror 4 on me
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: France
* Letters: Dalton on WorldWatch, Dan Grobstein File

March 29, 2004


* A Quiet Week
* WinPatrol
* Attacking Richard Clarke
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Microsoft V. Europe: Another View
* Humor: Old Joke
* Movies: The Ladykillers
* Letters: Potpouri from Vitale, Coquet, Langa/Dern, Grobstein

March 22, 2004


* How Parenting Changes
* Weight, Health, Life
* Odd Dream
* Teaching Aphorisms
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Guest Review and Editor's Note
* Letters: Murdock on NBC Monitor, Smoot at ISO, Colonna's Madeleines, Seybold Dies, Journalism Note, Dan Grobstein File

March 15, 2004


* Cool Weekend in Seattle
* Teaching Update
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Osama Bin Forgotten, The Top 15 Indications That Military Intelligence May Be Suspect
* Movies: Guest Review: Starsky and Hutch, Spartan; Fog of War
* Letters: Hanzel on MIT Jobs, Marlow on IPOD Death, Coquet's Cool Stuff, Dalton on Blogs, Dan Grobstein File

March 8, 2004


* Marlow's Home!
* How It Is With Me
* BTSA
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: The Dreamers, Guest Note: Academy Award Followup
* Letters: Wolfe Whispers, The Onion, The Simpsons, Never Cough CPR, the Dan Grobstein File

March 1, 2004


* October Surprise
* Groundhog Day Controversy
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 20 Lessons We've Learned in 10 Years of Doing This, Al Sharpton Joke
* Movies: Greetings from Mooseport, Neal Vitale's DVD Quicktakes, Fog of War: Guest Commentary
* Letters: Peggy Coquet on Spiritual Reviews, Marlow Finds MIT Video, Kevin Sullivan Waxes Philosophical, Dalton on the Environment, The Dan Grobstein File

February 23, 2004


* A Marvelous Time With Rae
* Anger and Revenge Redux
* News from Marlow
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Voice over IP
* Humor: The Choice
* Movies: Girl With The Pearl Earring, Neal Vitale's Oscar Picks
* Letters: Brandeis Praised, Yiddish for Martha, Dern's News, Dan Grobstein File

February 16, 2004


* Anger and Revenge: Ignoble
* News from Marlow
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 14 Signs Your Pet Has Been Doing Drugs, The Top 14 Things Overheard at an Animal Hotel (Part I) February 12, 2004, Hearing Test
* Movies: Master and Commander, Guest Review: 50 First Dates
* Letters: Crimson Porn, Grobstein File

February 9, 2004


* To Be Or Not To Be... Sick
* Presidential Follies
* Journalism
* News from Marlow
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 20 Items on Janet Jackson's To-Do List
* Movies: City of God, Barbarian Invasion, The Cooler, Along Came Polly
* Letters: Peterman, Wolfe, Dan Grobstein File

February 2, 2004


* Groundhog Day (The Movie) and Buddhism
* About Goy and Goyim
* News from Marlow
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Guest Review: Japanese Story, Guest Review: Monster, ? Guest Review: The Company, Pieces of April, Oscar: How'd I Do?
* Letters: Jews and Comics, Missing Vowels, Dan Grobstein File

January 26, 2004


* Attitude
* Groundhog Day, The Movie
* Superman's Jewish
* HDTV
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Guest Review: Teachers' Pet, Cold Mountain, The Company The Countdown, The Year's Nine Best Films
* Letters: Captain Kangaroo Dies, Ann Miller Obit, CBS Censors MoveOn, Dern/Fox on Churchill's Parrot, Dan Grobstein File

January 19, 2004


* Gradually Getting Back Into It
* Political Notes
* Humor: The Top 15 Things Overheard on Britney Spears' Honeymoon, The Top 15 Quotes We Wish Were in the "Lord of the Rings"
* Movies: Calendar Girls, Guest Review: Big Fish
* Letters: Vitale on Worst Album Covers, Dern on Lord of the Rings Parodies, Grobstein File

January 12, 2004


* A Quiet Week
* News From Marlow
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Visual Thesaurus
* Movies: Guest Review: The Cooler, Peter Pan, Paycheck, Guest Review: Cheaper By The Dozen
* Letters: Doctor Fun, Dan Grobstein File

January 5, 2004


* Loving Having Rae Home
* Monday With Paul
* Groundhog Day News!
* From Rae's Journal
* News From Marlow
* Humor: Seasons Greetings (As Vetted)
* Movies: Timeline, Triplets of Belleville, One From The Heart
* Letters: The Dan Grobstein File

December 29, 2003


* And Then There Were Three
* From Rae's Journal
* News from Marlow
* Movies: Guest Review: House of Sand and Fog, Guest Review: Something's Gotta Give, Cheaper By The Dozen, Big Fish, Mona Lisa Smile, Something's Gotta Give
* Eight Best Films
* Countdown
* Letters: The Dan Grobstein File

December 22, 2003


* Christmas Message
* Rae's Home
* Comfort and Beauty
* News from Marlow
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 15 Signs You're Not Getting a Bonus This Year
* Movies: Guest Review: Cold Mountain, Stuck On You, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Cheaper By The Dozen Background
* Letters: English as WalMart, Bush in 30 Seconds, Snow Globe, Vitale on Despair, Post/Times Letter, Dan Grobstein File

December 15, 2003


* Sick and Tired, Yet Exhilarated
* Concerts, Concerts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Groundhog Day In The News
* Letters: 12 Days (Malchman), American Threat and New England Weather(Dalton), The Dan Grobstein File

December 8, 2003


* A REALLY Quiet Week
* Humor: The Top 16 Unreleased Disney Movies
* Movies: An interesting Oscar preview
* Letters: Great Seal Correction, Bulging Dan Grobstein File

December 1, 2003


* A Quiet Week
* News from Marlow
* Humor: Recycling An Old Joke, The Top 15 Possible Scandals Involving Prince Charles
* Movies: Non-Review: The Cat In The Hat, Guest Review: In America, Shattered Glass, Thirteen, In The Cut, 21 Grams
* Letters: New State Seal, Malchman, Speckert, Police Calendar, Easter Eggs on The Two Towers, the Dan Grobstein File

November 24, 2003


* Eight Years on the Web
* Elsewhere on this web site...
* Teaching Update
* News from Marlow
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Defining Turkey
* Movies: Elf and Brother Bear (and Simon and Garfunkel), Countdown
* Letters: Strom on Phishing, Reynolds, Carroll, Schrempp, Dalton, Dern, Sims, The Cost of College, the Dan Grobstein file

November 17, 2003


* God
* Paul in Print
* News from Marlow
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: Mystic River, Looney Tunes, Guest: School of Rock
* Letters: No Time

November 10, 2003


* Sore muscles, Four Day Weekend
* Political Notes
* Humor: Ashcroft Humor
* Movies: Master and Commander, Love, Actually, Scary Movie 3, Matrix Revolutions Redux
* Letters: Whack-A-Pol, Tom Lehrer Lives!, Groundhog Day, Dan Grobstein File

November 3, 2003


* The Nature of Phone and Mail
* Gratitude
* News from Marlow
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: The Matrix, Station Agent; Countdown
* Letters: George Rostky, Bob Nilsson, Kevin Sullivan, Dan Grobstein File

October 27, 2003


* A Little Early
* The Beach
* A Public Service: Lie and Lay
* Political Notes
* Humor: The Top 12 Other Celebrity-Endorsed Products
* Movies: Runaway Jury
* Letters: Kevin Sullivan on the Sox, The Dan Grobstein File

October 20, 2003


* An Easy Week
* New From Marlow
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Marjorie Wolfe on Halloween
* Movies: Kill Bill Vol. 1, Intolerable Cruelty
* Letters: Peterman, Malchman, Reynolds and the Dan Grobstein File

October 13, 2003


* Five Years Later
* Nice Saturday Redux
* Another Great Carroll Column
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 14 Poems About This Fan Letter, Zen Judaism
* Movies: Out of Time
* Letters: Coquet on the Internet Tourbus, the Dan Grobstein File

October 6, 2003


* An Exciting Saturday
* News From Marlow
* News From Rae
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 15 Signs Your Classmate Is a Stripper, Dipsticks, ? Buy This Book
* Movies: Anything Else, Once Upon A Time In Mexico
* Letters: Malchman and the Dan Grobstein File

September 29, 2003


* Laid Off: Second Anniversary
* Farewell to Will and the SF Ballet
* Taiwan News
* A Mighty Wind--Live!
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Advice From A Retired Husband, Funny Essay By A Temp
* Movies: Lost in Translation Redux, Under the Tuscan Sun, Matchstick Men, The Countdown
* Letters: The Grobstein File

September 22, 2003


* Face Control
* Taiwan News
* A Cambridge Study (NOT)
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 15 Board Games for Rappers
* Movies: Dickie Roberts, Lost in Translation, Countdown
* Letters: Dern, Reynolds and the Grobstein File

September 15, 2003


* One Tired Teacher
* An Old Marlow Story Or Two
* Hammock
* Smut Filter Redux
* Report from Taiwan
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 16 Rejected McDonald's Slogans, The Top 16 Surprises in the Arnold Oui Interview
* Letters: Dalton and the Rich List, the Grobstein File

September 8, 2003


* Deliverance by Teaching
* Paul Makes The NY Times, Again
* Funny Teaching Story
* Empty Nest Followup
* Taiwan Update
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: The Onion
* Humor: The Top 12 Signs Your History Teacher Isn't Very Qualified
* Letters: Dalton on Election Fraud, Malchman on Teaching, Grobstein on Everything

September 1, 2003


* A Deep Void
* First Week Teaching
* Marlow in Taiwan
* Rae in Waltham
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: American Splendor
* Letters: Dan Grobstein File

August 25, 2003


* The Nest Empties
* Eight Hours Of Python
* World's Best Cat Columns Here
* Paid Content
* About The Blackout
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies : Uptown Girls
* Letters: Craig Reynolds, Amy Tam's Lyme Disease, Richard Dalton, Dan Grobstein File

August 18, 2003


* Teaching
* Nephew Paul Visits
* Top Of The Blog To You
* Groundhog Day: The Movie
* The Day The Lights Went Out
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 16 Snippets of Bad Film Noir Dialogue (Part I)
* Movies: Le Divorce, Gigantic, The Countdown
* Letters: Grumpy Martha, Dan Grobstein

August 11, 2003


* I Have a Job
* Catalina: You CAN Go Home Again
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Bush Humor, The Highline
* Humor: The Top 12 Things Overheard at a Naked Biker Rally
* Movies: Swimming Pool Redux, The Countdown
* Letters: Firesign, Sullivan, Dalton, Nilsson, Hanzel, Gill, Grobstein

August 4, 2003


* We're A Little Early Folks
* Teaching Week 3
* Richard C. Parker
* Ease of Use
* Political Notes
* Movies: Spy Kids II, Winged Migration, Swimming Pool, Lara Croft: Cradle of Life, The Countdown
* Letters: Dalton on Religion and Politics, Coquet on the Pentagon, Grobstein on Everything

July 28, 2003


* Teaching: Week Two
* Oregon Journal
* Night Watch
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Exploding Dog, Blog Census
* Humor: Letter TO the Bank
* Movies: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (guest review and concurrence), Johnny English, Bad Boys II, Seabiscuit
* Letters: Correction on a Correction, Nilsson on Blogs, More on Brights, an LA Times Cat Column, Reynolds Political Catches, Coquet with Iraq Irony, Dalton on Blogs, the Dan Grobstein File

July 21, 2003


* My First Week Teaching
* Groundhog Day Addendum
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Google Your Phone Number
* Humor: The Importance of Good Grammar
* Movies: Northfork, Kilometer 0
* Letters: Grobstein File, Craig Reynolds on Politics

July 14, 2003


* Teaching Ahoy And Other Matters
* What Broadcast Call Letters Stand For
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Happy Birthday Tron
* Humor: The Top 15 Reasons Top5 Has Never Insulted You (Part II), The Top 16 Cities Named by Potheads, The Top 15 Signs Your Online Romance Is Bogus
* Movies : Whale Rider
* Letters: Grobstein File, Craig's Notes

July 7, 2003


* Big News: A Job, The Girls Return
* Afghanistan
* Edwin Diamond
* Genius
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Astronomy Picture of the Day, Times 404 Error
* Humor: The Top 15 Wrigley Viagra Gum Slogans
* Movies: Hulk Revisited, Alex and Emma, Terminator 3, The Hard Word, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde
* Letters: Dalton on Bush, Rosenbaum on Breslin, Grobstein File, Coquet on the Fourth, Jon Carroll Cat Column

June 30, 2003


* Making The Times
* My Great, Short Vacation
* The Girls In Europe
* Missed Careers
* Amma
* Political Notes
* Overheard
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies: The Man On The Train, Zus and Zo, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Hulk
* Letters: Wolfe on Harry Potter, Two from Reynolds, the Grobstein File, Another MIT, Best-Ever Carroll cat column, Nillson on Rumsfeld

June 23, 2003


* The Girls To Europe
* Get Outta Town
* High Crimes... I Was Right!
* Mary Elizabeth Gilmore
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 15 Other Grave Mistakes Martha Stewart Has Made
* Movies: Spellbound
* Letters: Grobstein's Picks, Dern Checks In, Dalton on Government Malfeasance, Another Urban Legend

June 16, 2003


* Rae Graduates/ School Days
* Journalism Books
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: End Vendor License, Interesting Clock
* Humor: 25 Signs You've Grown Up, The Top 20 Worst "Line Extension" Products
* Movies: Hollywood Homicide
* Letters: Brinkley, Carroll, Dalton on WMD, The Grobstein File, Reynolds on Impeachment, Teaching Awards

June 9, 2003


* Getting My Horn Tooted
* Why Most Teachers Are The Way They Are
* Beyond Belief
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Microsoft-AOL Settlement
* Web Site of the Week: How Google Works, E-Bores
* Humor: The Top 20 Songs by the Beagles, Inner Strength, NYC Parking Joke
* Movies: Finding Nemo
* Letters: Cat Column Alert, A Mess o' Dan Grobstein, Coquet on Texas Ed, Sims on G8, Malchman On Punishable Headlines

June 2, 2003


* No Job Yet
* St. John Followup
* Modesty Does Not Forbid
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Internet Stats, Scarily Complex MIT Puzzle Page
* Humor: The Top 14 Things Overheard at the Cannes Film Festival, The Top 16 Signs Your Dog Is No Longer Your Best Friend, The Top 15 Worst Names for Boats, The Top 16 Signs a Newspaper Reporter Isn't Being Completely Honest
* Movies: The Italian Job
* Letters: GOP "Accomplishments," Tom Lehrer, Deck of Weasels, Mucho Grobstein, Mucho Jayson Blair

May 26, 2003


* Marlow Graduates from Columbia
* Thoughts on Graduation
* Life X 3 On Broadway
* Political Thoughts
* Humor: The Top 15 Changes if the "Matrix" Films Were Cast With Other Actors
* Movies: L'Auberge Espagnole, X2 Redux, Bruce Almighty, The In-Laws
* Letters: Dan, Richard, Craig, Peggy and Kevin

May 19, 2003


* Thoughts on Marlow's Graduation
* Job Interview Part I
* Foodie Madness
* Lunar Eclipse
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, RIAA Looks Stupid, Again
* Web Site of the Week: Floppy The Robot, The Truth?
* Humor: Media, The Top 15 Signs You May Be a Bad Driver, The Top 16 Programs on Spike TV
* Movies: X2 Redux, The Matrix Reloaded
* Letters: More on Jayson Blair, Lewinski Joke, Grobstein, Dern

May 12, 2003


* George Morrow Dies
* Dag Nabbies and Crikies
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: War Commentary, Honda Ad
* Humor: The Top 16 Things That Can Get a Gal Banned From the Women's Union, The Top 15 Other Wacky Changes Proposed by PETA
* Movies: X2: X-Men United, The Dancer Upstairs
* Letters: Reynolds On Bad Policy, Grobstein on Top Gun Bush, Jayson Blair's Record

May 5, 2003


* Soapbox For The Self-Absorbed?
* Exit Interview Done
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Much Ado, Patriot Act Parody
* Humor: The Top 15 Leftist Country-Western Song Titles, The Top 20 Least Successful Restaurant Chains, Coded Message
* Movies: Confidence, Identity
* Letters: A Little Dern, A Lot Of Grobstein

April 28, 2003


* Rae's Going To Brandeis!
* Forgiving The Unforgiveable
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Peep Research
* Humor: Mobster Joke
* Letters: Reynolds On Bird Breath; Dern On Windows, Dogs and Darpa; Wolfe On The Real World; Coquet on Windows, Self-Grading And Happiness; Grobstein On The News

April 21, 2003


* Give Me The Child...
* Joy/Frustration
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Escher Meets Lego
* Humor: Musical Humor, Anti-French Joke, Anti-George Bush Joke
* Movies: Bend It Like Beckham, Phone Booth, A Mighty Wind, The Good Thief, Chaos, Bulletproof Monk
* Letters: Coquet, Dvorak, Grobstein, Lyme Disease, Reynolds, Dalton

April 14, 2003


* A Quiet Week in Orinda
* Lyme Disease: More Common Than You May Think
* Passover Baleboosteh
* Political Thoughts
* Web Site of the Week: Floppygami
* Humor: The Top 16 Poor Responses to the Question "Does This Make Me Look Fat?", The Top 16 Signs You're Wearing Something Made of Poop
* Movies: Bend It Like Beckham
* Letters: New Journalism Book, Kaplan on Telemarketers, Grobstein on Everything, The World Is Crazy, Reynolds and Stupid Stetson Tricks

April 7, 2003


* Beantown by Surprise, Portland by Plan
* Rethinking UPS, Misdirected Anger and Life
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Comdex Dies, MecklerDex Rises
* Web Site of the Week: Two from Scot's Newsletter
* Humor: Two Jokes
* Movies: Tadpole, Quiet American
* Letters: Reynolds, Grobstein, Sullivan, Ruley and a Photo Firing

Mar. 31, 2003


* Another Teaching Assignment Ends
* Coalition Enlargement
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: War Blog: Phil Carter's Intel Dump
* Humor: Pest Control, The Top 15 Signs You're at a Dog Brothel, Blonde Joke
* Letters: Wolfe on the Fish, Grobstein on Thumbs Up, Rosenbaum on Math Teaching, His Column

Mar. 24, 2003


* Marlow's Week Home, Rae's Play
* Oscars
* Forget UPS
* Give War A Chance
* Teaching Style
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: More Microsoft Analysis
* Web Site of the Week: Smoots and Signs
* Humor: Bar Humor, Short, Hot Love Story
* Movies: Bringing Down The House, Laurel Canyon, Secret Agent Cody Banks
* Letters: Sandler's Talking Fish, Wolfe's School Skipping Policy, Warnings about Iraqi Aftermath, Grobstein's picks, Rosenbaum's Column, Nilsson finds 101 Dumb Moments In Business

Mar. 17, 2003


* Marlow's Home! Rae's Still Home!
* Advice On Getting Students Interested
* Mom's Idea For Commuters Redux
* Daughter to Work Day
* Groundhog Day Redux!
* Give Peace A Chance: Axis Of Evil Wannabes
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, AI Prize Soap Opera, Microsoft Analysis
* Web Site of the Week: Propaganda Remix Project
* Humor: The Top 15 Pet Peeves of Newborns, The Top 18 Rhymes in the Dubya/Saddam Debate Rap-Off, The Top 15 Metric System Conversion Hints for Americans, Canadian Apology III
* Movies: Tears of the Sun
* Letters: Fiddler on the Roof, Kaplan on Chapter 11, Reynolds on the Iraqi Drone and Perle lawsuit, Non-Carroll Cat Column, Dern on Journalism Setbacks, Grobstein on the Death of the NYC Subway Token.

Mar. 10, 2003


* Who Do I Look Like?
* Report From Class
* Mom's Idea For Commuters
* Letter of Resignation
* Give Peace A Chance
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: Canadian Apology Redux
* Movies: Far From Heaven
* Letters: Rosenbaum on Music Piracy, Rae on Nerds, Encouragement Of My Teaching, The New HP

Mar. 3, 2003


* On Student Teaching
* Where'd Those 63 People Go?
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Smutty Antiwar Site
* Humor: A Canadian Apology
* Movies: Daredevil, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
* Letters: Links from Dalton, Dern and Reynolds

Feb. 24, 2003


* Give Peace A Chance
* Understanding Bush
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Spiderman Will Make You Gay, Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Spacewander
* Humor: Administratium/Managementium by William DeBuvitz: The Author Revealed!
* Movies: Lost In La Mancha, He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
* Letters: Reynolds, Grobstein, Yulke and Hanzel, Plus Rumsfeld Clarifies

Feb. 17, 2003


* Give Peace A Chance
* Political Thoughts
* A JRC Cat Column
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs (Takes a week off)
* Web Site of the Week: GartGames reintroduces Oscar Pool 2003
* Humor: Conversions
* Movies: The Pianist, Shanghai Knights
* Letters: Nucular, Grobstein, Reynolds, Dern, Langa, Nilsson, Coquet

Feb. 10, 2003


* Steve Visits
* Peace News
* The Budget
* Letting Go
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: The Last Page Of The Internet
* Humor: The Top 15 Sex Game Shows
* Letters: Reynolds: Sprite Theory, Nucular; Carroll on Poverty; Palmer Find Noyce Article (two years later!); Coquet Likes Post Put-Down

Feb. 3, 2003


* Groundhog Day
* First Week In Middle School
* Nice To Be Remembered
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Self-Esteem Central, Bush Salad
* Humor: Shaggy Rooster Story
* Movies: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Narc
* Letters: Grobstein Finds Parody, Dalton Finds Anti-War Info

Jan. 27, 2003


* Finals/ I Said The Darndest Things
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Lord of the Peeps, Ultracoool GE Site
* Humor: Marriage Humor, Shaggy Dog Story,
* Movies: The Hours, Harry Potter II, Movie Notes
* Letters: Only Howard Dean, Nepotism, Copyright, Religions of Peace

Jan. 20, 2003


* How Many Times Does It Hurt?
* Student Teaching Part I Ends
* Political Notes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Googlism And Big Heads
* Humor: The Top 17 Slogans for Hooters Air, The Top 13 Signs the Internet Is No Longer a Teenager, Frank Lingua
* Movies: About Schmidt
* Letters: Neal on Documentaries, Plug For My J-Movie Site, Links from Sullivan, Grobstein and Reynolds

Jan. 13, 2003


* A Great Holiday (cont.)
* Impending Empty Nest
* This Just In: A Kirchner Correction
* The Mistake I Didn't Make
* Political Thoughts
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: 1660 Diary Becomes 2003 Blog, How Radio Works (Worked), Fresh Firesign
* Humor: Buzzwords
* Movies: Chicago, Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (a second opinion)
* Letters: Link-o-Rama

Jan. 6, 2003


*A Great Holiday
* Movies: Adaptation, 8 Mile, Drumline, Hot Chick , Catch Me If You Can, Solaris, Two Weeks Notice

Dec. 23, 2002


* Christmas Message
* Pretty Busy For An Unemployed Guy
* Teaching Tales
* Carroll Cat Column
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Coquet Finds A Clever Newsletter
* Humor: The Top 20 Excerpts from Badly Written Holiday Stories, The Top 12 Signs Santa is Sick of Christmas (Part II)
* Movies: Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
* Letters: Grammar, Hobbit Humor, Lots of Lott, Osama, RIAA, Refusing To Back The Patriot Act

Dec. 16, 2002


* Therapy By Email
* Teaching Notes
* Don't Sweat The Small Stuff
* I Wonder Who's Kissinger Now?
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, About Bill Gates, Farewell, Computer Chronicles
* Web Site of the Week: Moving Political Commentary
* Humor: The Top 14 Favorite Movies of Supermodels
* Movies: Nemsis, Tully
* Letters: Carter on Iraq, Trent's True Colors, Hu's On First, Why Black Kids Lag, Fighting Graffiti

Dec. 9, 2002


* Survival
* The Harvard-MIT Connection
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Byte Goes Paid
* Web Site of the Week: Writing Salon, TV Footnotes
* Letters: Dalton on AIDS, Sullivan on Mascots, Dern on Sports Night, Grobstein's Picks, Coquet's Memories

Dec. 2, 2002


* Thanksgiving in Oregon
* Frank Talk
* Journalism Quote
* The Week In Politics
* Computer Industry News: The Death Of Comdex
* Web Site of the Week: Hot Stuff: Clone of the Attack, Hu's On First
* Movies: Die Another Day, Bowling for Columbine
* Letters: The Cron Also Rises, Dan's picks: Kennedy's Health, Female Heft, State Budget Cuts; Dern Finds Kool Romeo

Nov. 25, 2002

My annual thanksgiving message.

Nov. 18, 2002


* Romeo and Juliet
* The Mid-Term Disaster for America Redux
* Innovative Teaching
* More Politics
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Dancing Bush
* Humor: The Top 15 Differences in the New "Harry Potter" Movie
* Movies: I Spy, Bowling for Columbine

Nov. 11, 2002


* First Week of Student Teaching
* The Mid-Term Disaster for America
* We All Live On
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Write Your Own Bush Speech
* Letters: A Dern Correction, Bush Thievery, Beaver Dam, Langa on iWon, Three from Grobstein

Nov. 4, 2002


* Stephanie's Visit
* Student Teaching Starts
* Washington Whispers
* The West Wing
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: NotSoSuperFriends, Dern On Wrath, Nilsson On Fark
* Humor: The Top 12 Least-Loved Peanuts TV Specials (Part II), The Top 15 Things You'll Never Hear a Zombie Say
* Letters: Hanzel On Saints, Grobstein On Bras, Pitt And Pomegranates, Dern On A Legobot, Dialects and Halloween, Dalton Finds Good News On The War Front

Oct. 28, 2002


* Chicago and Boston
* Three From Paul Krugman
* Paul Krugman And The MIT Connection
* Big News From The Tech
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Malchman, Marlow and Dern
* Humor: Mildly Sick Joke
* Movies: Naqoyqatsi
* Letters: Regime Change, Amusing Spam, Enron on the Potomac, Doonesbury on Blogs, Ig Nobel Prizes

Oct. 21, 2002


* We're A Little Early Folks
* Thoughts About Pledge Breaks
* Unemployment: Year One
* British Museum Egypt Exhibit
* Is It Real Or Is It Apex?
* Dick Armey on American Jews
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Daniel Dern on Networking, Matt finds Furniture Porn
* Humor: The Top 15 Worst Things to Say to a One-Night Stand the Next Morning
* Letters: Steve Coquet on Alexandria, Dan Grobstein on Many Things, Dalton and A Friend on Bush Whacking

Oct. 14, 2002


* Pledge Break
* 18-Week Lesson Plan Hell
* Four Years In The Making!
* Night and Day, Winter's Tale
* War's A Brewin'
* The Novels To Read If You're Only Reading Three
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Ian Shoales, Daniel Dern Finds Arguments
* Movies: White Oleander
* Letters: Dalton on Iraq, Tech Staffer Wins Nobel (and it isn't Sandler), Big Ass Boat, Yale's Sex Column, Steve and Peggy Coquet View With Alarm

Oct. 7, 2002


* It's Like Lake Woebegone Around Here
* Surfing Tale
* Night and Day
* Superman Followup
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Gettysburg PowerPoint, Purity Test
* Humor: The Top 13 Rejected Ben and Jerry's Flavors Named for Musicians, The Top 15 Books Banned from Public Schools (Part II)
* Letters: Reynolds on the Mideast

September 30, 2002


* A Quiet Week
* Is Superman Jewish?
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Columbia University Marching Band
* Humor: A.A.A.D.D., Why Did The Chicken?
* Movies: Documentaries: Thoth, Collector of Bedford Street
* Letters: A Reynolds Non-Tech Find, A Dern Correction, A Coquet Referral or two, Ross Snyder on the World's Greatest Archive, Grobstein on Gas (natural)

September 23, 2002


* The Best Birthday Ever
* Jewish Superheroes
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Classic Movies
* Humor: Bush Joke, Office Buzzwords
* Movies: Enlightenment Guaranteed, Moments, Happy
* Letters: Dern's Snow White Find, The Gift of Journalism, Levin: Dot Bombs, Grobstein: Punishing Higher Standards, Pournelle: Plagiarism And Spies, Reynolds: Feisty Judge

September 16, 2002


* 5:45
* On Turning 50
* Another Mid-Life Teacher
* My Life As A Teacher
* Journalism Movie Update
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, What About Blogs
* Web Site of the Week: Dern: How To Cook with Lava, Lab-Grown Organs
* Humor: The Top 13 Rules of Cyber-Romance, Gunpowder
* Movies: My Big Fat Greek Wedding
* Letters: Subtle Firesign Reference?, Dark Waters, Stella Awards

September 9, 2002


* How Many Jobs Must A Man Walk Down
* Baseball Is Better Than Football
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Rae Finds David Pell's Nextdraft, Dalton Touts KJAZ
* Humor: The Top 15 Signs "Star Trek" Characters Are Backing a Politician
* Movies: The Business Of Fancydancing
* Letters: Nillson's Portable Fix: Chill Out; A Google Mirror Update and Daniel Dern's Picks

September 2, 2002


*16 Hours And What Do You Get
*Alcohol Later In Life
*KVAN on Memory Lane
*Are Critics Journalists?
*Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
*Web Site of the Week: Dalton: Planet Prostate, LaSusa: Super-hero Parodies
*Humor: Amish Virus, Bullshit Bingo
*Movies: S1M0NE Redux, Good Girl, One Hour Photo, Possession
*Letters: Brancatelli on U.S. Air, KGW Transmitter, More on Barrett

August 26, 2002


* How Teachers Are Different (cont.)
* Buddhist Film Festival
* About Technobriefs
* More Undesirable Obit Stuff
* Do Good: Support Tom Barrett
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
*Web Site of the Week: Dern: Bible Stories In Lego, Cats With Attitude
* Movies: S1M0NE
* Letters: Online Newspapers, Netsurfer Books, Fixed War Games

August 19, 2002


* Paul and Stephanie Visit
* Why Teachers Are Different
* Rae Re-Ranked
* Carroll Cat Column
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Cool HTML Trick
* Web Site of the Week: Daniel Dern: Great 404 Message
* Humor: The Top 15 Plots Rejected by Movie Studios, The Top 13 Signs Your Motivational Speaker Is Depressed (Part I).
* Movies: Spy Kids II, A Question For You
* Letters: Link-o-Rama: Dan Grobstein, Daniel Dern

August 12, 2002


* Yosemite Past and Present.
* Professional Writer No More.
* Pedagogy Is Hard Work.
* The Doll House.
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs.
* Humor: The Top 15 Corporate Executive Pickup Lines.
* Movies: Full Frontal, Signs.
* Letters: Link-O-Rama: Dalton, Grobstein, Albinus, Sullivan, Reynolds.

August 5, 2002


* Early Column
* Airport Security Redux
* Mari Schindler Of Teaching Redux
* Richard Dalton on Sept. 11: An Alternate View
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Bob Nilsson's Picks: Google Mirror Site, Six-Pack Rings
* Humor: The Top 15 Signs Your Company Has Accounting Problems
* Letters: Dan Rosenbaum Alert

July 29, 2002


* Airport Security
* My Readership, Going Commando
* Mari Schindler and Kevin Sullivan on Teaching
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Bob Nilsson's Picks: Long Bets, The Onion, Space Invaders
* Humor: Paul Krassner: Still At It
* Movies: Lovely and Amazing, Austin Powers In Goldmember
* Letters: Mari Schindler on Teaching Teachers, Dan Grobstein's Link-o-Mania

July 22, 2002


* A Sad Commentary
* Pig Ignorance Disguised As Commentary
* Words I Don't Want In My Obituary
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Bad Writing Contest
* Humor: Dumb Joke, Diets & Dying, Financial Advice
* Letters: Dern: Dog-Biting Man, Grobstein: Great Bush Bashing

July 15, 2002


* Head In The Past
* Well Dip Me In Cedar Chips--No, Really
* Awakening The Inner Guru
* A Full Fencing Report
* Jon Carroll: Cat Columnist
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Opening A New Window.
* Web Site of the Week: Run, Don't Walk To This Site! The Not So Super Friends
* Humor: The Juggler and the Drunk
* Movies: The Road To Perdition
* Letters: Ross Snyder On FBI/UC and Link-o-Rama

July 8, 2002


* Just Between Us
* Heat--A Followup
* Janis Ian
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Movies : Men In Black II
* Letters: Steve Schindler Speaks (and his PC listens), Rich Levin's Philly Warning, Marlow Finds Frankenspeech, Daniel Dern Spots Cartoon, Dan Grobstein's Hot Dog Roundup, Craig Reynolds on Bush "Borrowing."

July 1, 2002


* Fencing: We're A Little Late This Week
* A Sobering First-Person Report On Teaching
* Pledge of Allegiance
* Musing
* Heat
* More Midlife Crisis
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Humor: The Top 15 Signs You're Actually Listening to Schmelvis Presley
* Movies: Stitch, Minority Report
* Letters: The Dan's: Gantt, Grobstein and Rosenbaum. And Katherine Gray.

June 24, 2002


* More On How Not To Be Remembered (Sullivan, Brancatelli and Dalton)
* Bay State Lovers Rejoice!
* Getting What You Want
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: 3D Satellite Map
* Humor: Administratium, The Top 16 Signs Your Neighbor Has a Dirty Bomb, The Top 16 Signs It's Time to Get Out of Show Business
* Letters: Steve Coquet On Harley Sorenson on Homeland Security; The Best Of The NYT From Dan Grobstein, Bob Nilsson On George W. And John Doe 2

June 17, 2002


* How Not To Be Remembered
* The Threat
* My Brother Graduates
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
* Humor: The Top 15 Ways Queen Elizabeth Celebrated Her Jubilee

June 10, 2002


* The Meaning Of Life
* The Role Of Music In My Life
* Asia SF
* Homeland Security Roundup
* After The Diagnosis
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Hoaxes
* Humor : The Top 16 Favorite Movies of Animals, The Top 14 Courses at Evil Overlord University
* Movies: Space Station 3D
* Letters: Dan Grobstein Finds Dumb Test, Dan Dern Finds Dumb Marketing, The Space Pen Urban Legend

June 3, 2002


* Remembering, Separating
* The Real Birth of On-Line Newsletters
* Arcane Mysteries of Purring
* Air Travel Is Too Hard
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs
* Web Site of the Week: Genial Genealogy, Popular Names, Express Lanes
* Humor: The Wisdom Of Will Rogers
* Movies: Nine Queens, Enigma, Sum Of All Fears
* Letters: Paul Makes The Top 5, Phil Albinus Weblog, Open Letter To John Ashcroft, Ross Snyder on Education

May 27, 2002


* Memorial Day
* System Dynamics
* Rae on Fencing
* Dictionary of Subtle Differences
* Bush Doesn't Know Whom To Call
* In Brief
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Copy Protection
* Web Site of the Week: Ads You're Not Likely To See, Factual Error Found On Internet
* Movies: Star Wars Redux: Digital
* Letters : Joe Brancatelli on Humor, Kevin Sullivan and Peggy Coquet on Education

May 20, 2002

We're A Little Late Folks. Cult of Personality. Briefly. Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs. Web Site of the Week: Dalton Finds Jazz, Again; Rae Finds A New Comic. Humor: The Top 15 Names for the Upcoming Rolling Stones Tour, The Top 16 Changes in Movies From the Clean Video Store, The Top 15 Signs You May Be Too Gullible. Movies: Star Wars, Digital Projection.

May 13, 2002

Teaching Advice. I'm Just An Old Macro Writer. Great Paper By Mary Rowe. Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Death Of Internet Radio? Web Site of the Week: Red Meat. Humor: The Top 14 Signs Your Co-Worker Has "Star Wars" Fever, The Top 13 Surprises in the New Kama Sutra (Part I). Movies: Unfaithful. Letters: Cringeley, The Klez Virus, 60s Comedy, Oversensitive, Funny Furniture, The Other Russell Baker, The Farm Bill, Dan Rosenbaum's Latest.

May 6, 2002

Philosophy of Education. Beaumont 75th Reunion. Influential Books. Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs. Web Site of the Week: Jerry Pournelle In Rome. Humor: Sixty Fun Facts. Movies: Hollywood Ending, Spider-Man Letters : Richard Dalton News Clips, Kevin Sullivan spots the phony colonel, Dan Rosenbaum spots one of the other Paul Schindlers

April 29, 2002


* How Much We Don't Change.
* Letter from London.
* Breaking The Silence on Weight.
* A Big Fat Plug: Big Nose Bird HTML Site.
* Paul Finds Some News: Selling the Speaker's Furniture in Boston, European Complicity in a Second Holocaust.
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds' Technobriefs, Bits O' Dern.
* Web Site of the Week: A Great Comic Strip, Dan Rosenbaum's Web Log.
* Humor: Think and Strive.
* Movies: The Cat's Meow.
* Letters: Kevin Sullivan Views The News, Rich Levin on the Big Bang.

April 22, 2002


* Library Usage.
* Replacing Nathan Lane Redux.
* Confusion Central.
* Credential Update.
* Tiny Technical Change.
* Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds Technobriefs, Film on Planes.
* Web Site of the Week: Dot-com Deaths, Airline Risks.
* Humor: The Truth About University, The Top 16 Bad Things About Dating a Monkey.
* Movies: Monster's Ball, Teddy Bears' Picnic.
* Letters: Neal and Dave Sims on Cabin Boy, Dan Rosenbaum on Obituaries and Teaching, Kimberly Drake Finds Mideast Thoughtfulness.

April 15, 2002

Fencing in Fresno. Strong Feelings About Quotes. Soup Kitchen. World Trade Center Update. Teaching Credential Update. Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds Technobriefs, AOL To Users: Do As I Say, Not As I Do. Web Site of the Week: Just For Fun. Humor: Flies, The Top 15 "SlamBall" Rules. Movies: Set Straight On Cabin Boy Letters: Joe Brancatelli Wins Observer Of The Week, Craig Reynolds on ANWR, Dan Grobstein's Grab Bag.

April 8, 2002

A Glorious Vacation. A Profound Notion About Ideas. Confusion Central. Peace March. More on Quotes. Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds Techobriefs, Scot Finnie on XP and Muscle Machines, Why Upside's Down, Microsoft Villainy Revealed. Web Site of the Week: Harry Shearer and the Credibility Gap. Movies: Iris, Death To Smoochie, Halle Berry--Is My Face Red Letters: IBM and Nazi Germany, Eric Raymond on Linux, Bob Nilsson has a few thoughts

April 1, 2002

We're A Little Early Folks. Don't Miss "Frank Capra". Confusion Central. Quote Punching Reaction. Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds Techobriefs, Internet Root Server. Humor: Two Cows, Body Parts. Movies: Training Day, Oscar Coverage. Letters: Pournelle on Space, IBM and the Holocaust.

March 25, 2002

Teaching In The Middle. Credential Brouhaha. Readers Like You. Confusion Central. Asking For Quote Punching. Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds TechnoBriefs, Ross Snyder on XP vs. 98, Dalton: Bridgestone's New Display Technology. Web Site of the Week: Nilsson: Darwin Awards, Urban Legends and AIR. Humor: The Top 17 Celebrity Boxing Matches We'd Love to See. Movies: Ice Age, Oscar Coverage TK. Letters: Dalton on Fencing, Dubya.

March 18, 2002

Another Weekend, More Fencing. More Mush From The Wimps. Voluntary Payment Redux. Confusion Central. Yuri's Night. Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds TechnoBriefs, Microsatellites, Hewlett-Packard Merger. Web Site of the Week: Robo Journalist. Humor : The Top 15 Pick-Up Lines Used by God (Part II), What A Difference 30 Years Makes. Movies: Monsoon Wedding. Letters: Blogs and Google, Ashcroft, More on the Klein Bottle, St. Patrick's Day Toast.

March 11, 2002

Ari Fleischer: What Kind Of Idiot? Voluntary Payment. Larry King on Photographers Redux. Healing From The Inside Out: The True Story of Ranee Folk. Computer Industry News: Craig's Briefs: Copy Protection, Windows CE In A Car, Software Rage. Web Site of the Week: Earth Browser, Klein Bottle. Humor: The Top 20 Current Events Limericks. Letters: Cold Fusion, Election Predictions.

March 4, 2002

Good News On The College Teaching Front. Cool Technical Note. Photos Are Journalism Too. Confusion Central: Art Directors. About "The Paper," The Best Journalism Film Ever. Ray Pardo on Killing Time, A Novel. Computer Industry News: Craig's Briefs: Apple Power, Virtual Stunt Artists. NY Times Hacked. CD Copy Protection. A Bohring Story. Web Site of the Week: Stats to Spare, More JavaScripts. Humor: The Top 17 Slogans for 48-Proof Beer.CIA Agent Test. Letters: Dan Rosenbaum on The Last Of The Goons, Grobsteins on Diskonkey.

Feb. 25, 2002

Losing Control in Class. We're No. 57! Confusion Central. Jon Carroll Cat Column. Adair Lara on Writing A Personal Column Sad News About America. Computer Industry News: Good Guys Winning, Do Men Think Of Sex Every Eight Seconds? Craig Reynolds Grab Bag. Web Site of the Week: Urban Legends, Clock Follows Mouse. Humor: Americans Would Be Outraged If They Understood Enron Collapse. Letters: Larry King: Grace, Courage, Whatever. Two from Dern, Obits from Dan Grobstein.

Feb. 18, 2002

A Paid Section? Why I Don't Work For The Washington Post. Why We Are Here: To Fart Around. My Feelings About Journalism Movies. Talking About Journalists On Film in LA. Class = Grace Under Pressure . Mark Your Calendars: Paul In Concert. Computer Industry News: Assisted Computing Facility, Changing The Face Of Digital Photography, Microsoft Antitrust Comments. Web Site of the Week: Valentine's Day Humor: The REAL Enron Story, Axis of Just as Evil, The Top 20 Valentines from Enron Executives. Movies: Sad News Of Digital Projection Letters: Dan Grobstein's Grab Bag; Craig Reynolds Spots John Dean In Print, Twice.

Feb. 11, 2002

On Becoming A Teacher . Lord and Dukes. Third Day Teaching. The Worst Journalism Mistake. Powerful Enron Indictment. Travel: What's The Deal? Computer Industry News; Faster Than Light, More Napster News, Bill Joy on C#, Evolution Breakthrough. Web Site of the Week: GoogleWhack. Humor: The Top 15 Least Talked-About Events in David Letterman's Twenty Years of Hosting Late-Night Television, More On The World's Funniest Joke, The Top 12 Excerpts from Bad Fantasy Novels. Movies: In The Bedroom. Letters: About That NYU Test, Web Sites From Dern, Reynolds, Pournelle, Culbertson, From Private Eye.

Feb. 4, 2002

Groundhog Day (The Movie) and Buddhism. DIY Family Pictures. My Second Day Substituting. Dick Cheney: Jerk or Idiot? The 480. Computer Industry News: Internet Refrigerator, HP-Compaq: Inside Scoop, Dalton's Microsoft warning, Craig's Briefs. Web Site of the Week: Ashcroft and Boobs, Ashcroft and Registration, Jello. Humor: The World's Funniest Joke, The Top 15 Signs You're in Desperate Need of Adult Supervision, Marketing Defined Movies: Gosford Park Letters: Chattanooga Choo-Choo Still Missing, Two from Dan Grobstein

Jan. 28, 2002

A South Bend Story. A Touching Story of Fencing. My First Day Substituting. Selling Your Film Rights. Another Letter From London. On Turning 50. Connecting The Dots. Computer Industry News: The Reynolds Report, Beware of Activation, Outlook Email Extraction, Microsoft, Really. Web Site of the Week Emohel.com, Airline Safety, Another Sociology Experiment Humor: Ripping The Cover Off Top 5, The Top 15 Rejected Singer/Song Pairings for Gap Ads, Lord Of The Rings Song Parody. Movies: The Royal Tenebaums, Mulholland Drive Redux, Lantana. Letters: An All-Week Reading List.

Jan. 21, 2002

Filed Early For My Convenience. Marlow's 21st. Rae Fences A Bay Cup. Crappy Airline Service. Search Engine Challenge. Ashcroft Claptrap. Mark Your Calendars. Computer Industry News: Microsoft Software Dangeous? 100:1 Lossless Compression. Web Site of the Week: Small World Project. Movies: Mulholland Drive Letters: 100 Monkeys, Beautiful Mind, Star Guitar

Jan. 14, 2002

Rae's Fencing. New Year's Wish. Vicki's Disconcerting Experience. Duel In The Desert. Getting Started In Journalism Redux: Peggy Coquet. Belated Gag Me Nominees. Computer Industry News: Comment Now! Microsoft Antitrust, Craig's Digital Events of 2002, RIP Internet Week. Web Site of the Week: Collective Nouns, Geek Org Chart, Imac Rev, Lego Site, ThinkGeek. Humor: Dave Barry on Windows, Two Engineer Jokes. Movies: A Beautiful Mind. Letters: Reynolds Links On Terrorism, Enron; Dern On Lion/Lamb.

Jan. 7, 2002

Another Dirty Little Secret. Getting Started In Journalism. The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture. An Audio Spotlight? Neath The Streets of New York. Cheating In The Internet Age. Computer Industry News: Furby Supercomputing. Humor: You Might Be An Engineer. Movies: Cartoon Bloopers. Letters: Dalton and Mostyn on Bookstores, Dalton on Comedians.

Jan. 1, 2002

Where You're Coming From And Where I Am, Too. Christmas in LA And New Orleans. Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens On Fenimore Cooper. My Travel Technology Column. Henry Fowler: Odd Duck. Sept. 11 Timeline. Computer Industry News: Computer Gripes, Fast Wireless Firewire Speculation. Web Site of the Week: Rare Saxes, Home Holograms, NYT-baiting. Humor: Shaggy Dog Story: A Long Ways To Go For A Pun, Top 5 Paperback. Movies: The Shrek DVD. Letters: Dan Rosenbaum

Dec. 24/31, 2001

Christmas Message. Pretty Busy For An Unemployed Guy. Eat The Rich. Weight Loss. Special Double Year-End Issue. Where Are You All Coming From. Duh Of The Year Award. Computer Industry News: Figuring Out Your News, Don't Steal Music, Please. Web Site of the Week: Hack News From MIT/Firesign! Humor: Shaggy Dog Story: The Photographer, Journalism Light Bulb Jokes, Legal Language Spoof.

Dec. 17, 2001

Full Text of Orrin Hatch's Letter To Charles A. James Re: Microsoft Antitrust Settlement, Nov. 29, 2001. The Internet, Quotes and Accuracy. Life Vs. Work. Computer Industry News: Google's Usenet Archives, How Bad Are Things At HP? You Have A Lousy Hotel. Web Site of the Week: Home Monorail Humor: The Top 16 Strom Thurmond Pickup Lines, Merle Kessler. Movies: More On TI's Digital Projector, Vanilla Sky Letters: Andy Stewart on Martin Lukes and Me

Dec. 10, 2001

Belated Thanksgiving Report. "Terrorists Have Won" Speech Is Getting Old. Back Issues Of The Tech. That Darn Ashcroft. A Few Words About Pat Sajak. Computer Industry News: The Height of Absurdity, Blogdex, Microsoft's Self-Serving Settlement. Web Site of the Week: Soft Earth Humor: The Top 15 New Names for Other Large Corporations, The Top 15 Ways to Celebrate Walt Disney's 100th Birthday, Osama Shaggy Dog Story Movies: Behind Enemy Lines, Absence of Malice, Digital Projection Letters: Mari Schindler on Portland Vs. Seattle, Janal On Teaching, Grobstein on Fake Vs. Foto, Larry On The Math Joke, Schindlers' List, The Punk Band Schindler.

Dec. 3, 2001

Kevin Sullivan On Becoming A Teacher. Portland Vs. Seattle. Perspective On The News. Douglas Adams Once More. Computer Industry News: HP Again, Peggy Coquet On Losing Your @home Service, Antitrust News. Web Site of the Week: The Reflex Tester. Humor: The Top 16 Airport Security Pick-Up Lines, The Top 16 Excuses Given for Corporate Layoffs. Movies: Harry Potter, The Man Who Wasn't There, Waking Life, Amelie. Letters: Snyder on Prop. 13, Dalton on Fake or Foto, Rosenbaum's Economist Find, Klein on the Math Joke, Peterman on the disclaimer.

November 26, 2001

Giving Thanks

November 19, 2001

Eyewitness to History Prop. 13 Background Musing Philosophical on the Image of Journalists Defining Terrorist Victory7 Computer Industry News: Microsoft's Total Victory Web Site of the Week: Fake or Foto Humor: The Nun and the Cabby, Another Nun Story Letters: Joe Brancatelli on Replacing Nathan Lane, Peggy Coquet on the Top 5, Kesey and the Leonids

November 12, 2001

Oregon's Future. RIP Dawson Bernard Leonard. Rare Meteor Shower. Computer Industry News: The Phantom Edit. Microsoft Deal Commentary. Web Site of the Week: Odd Todd. Humor: The Top 12 Signs Your Co-Worker Takes Science Fiction WAY Too Seriously; Clinton and Bush In The Barber Shop; The Top 15 Rejected Slogans for Microsoft Windows XP. Letters: Safire Interviews The Late RN, Ross Snyder on Leadership, Replacing Nathan Lane.

November 5, 2001

Our Trip To New York. Terry Pratchett on Journalism. Jon Carroll Cat Column. Commentary of Note. Computer Industry News: DOJ Rolls Over For Microsoft Monopoly, Dern's Swan Song, Craig Reynolds on: Browser Wars Redux, New Router Software, DVD Code. Humor: The Top 17 Country Western Rap Songs, The Top 16 Rejected Fast Food Menu Ideas. Movies: Monsters Inc. Letters: The Real Deal On Bioterrorism.

October 29, 2001

Long Beach Is A Long Way. Prop 13? War News from Craig. Blatant Plug Department: Targus for Airline and Overseas Power. Computer Industry News: Son Of DCMA from Craig. Web Site of the Week: War Humor from Bob Djurdjevic Humor: The Wonder of 11, GOP Joke.

October 22, 2001

Down With Proposition 13. The Mood Here. A Blatant Kirchner Plug. The World's First Private Rocket Airplane. A New Marshall Plan. Web Site of the Week: Photo Gallery. Humor: The Top 15 New Encroachments on Our Civil Liberties. Letters: Nothing To Write With.

October 15, 2001 War Special

A few late links about the war. Larry King on 9/11/2001. Mark Twain's War Prayer. Mental Health Effects Survey. Disagreement Stifled. Is Normal The Best We Can Do? How To Prevent Hijacking. Bin Laden's Secret Goal.

October 15, 2001

Continuous News Service Since 1998. My Birthday Surprise. Speaking of Layoffs. Larry King on 9/11/2001. War Special. Leeds School of Business. Too Good To Be True. Computer Industry News: Search Engines and Breaking News, The Teflon Monopoly. Web Site of the Week: Steve Kirsch On Hijacking, Exploding Dog, Jedi, The Filbert Newsletter, The Earth At Night, Dancing Bush. Humor: The Top 16 Bizarre Nostradamus Predictions, The Top 17 Suggestions from Different Groups on How to Deal with Terrorists, The Top 15 Innovative Ways to Delay Orgasm. Movies: Serendipity, The Paper.

October 8, 2001

Layoff In Depth. Rae's Beautiful Bonfire. Breaking Format.

October 1, 2001

Early Reader Bonus. Times That Try. The New Yorker and Dan Rosenbaum on Rudy. No More Carryon! Thoughtful Flying Commentary. Computer Industry News: PGP Creator: Not Feeling Guilty. Web Site of the Week: The Onion. Humor: A Non-Violent Solution. The Top 16 Signs It's Time to Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet. The Inaccurate Predictions Of Nostradamus. Letters: Funny Stories.

September 24, 2001

The Speech Bush Should Have Given. My Mailing List. More Tragedy and Disaster . Angels and Afghanis. Dalton's Personal Report. Computer Industry News: Switching To Linux; What Ever Happened To Drake Lundell. Web Site of the Week: Legoland Movies. Movies: Haiku Tunnel. Letters: The Best Wedding Ever.

September 17, 2001

Happy Birthday To Me Tragedy and Disaster Zeneration X: The Carpenter Story Some Serious Post-Terror Questions Computer Industry News: Computer Graphics Demo, Quick Hits Web Site of the Week: Daypop, Save Our Takeaways, Computer Takeover Humor: Rose, Things I Wish I'd Known Movies:The Closet Letters: Rolling Down The Columbia, More on National Missile Defense, Post-Terror reactions

September 10, 2001

Clark's Wedding. Lessons Learned. Foresite Correction.

September 3, 2001

My Dinners with Marlow. Now That's Good Writing: Larry Miller. Web Site of the Week: Taglines Galore. Humor: The Top 16 Things To Do With 1,000 Bras;; The Top 16 Signs Your Significant Other is Actually a Dog; George Bush Joke. Movies: Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back; Rat Race; The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion; Princess Diaries; O.

August 27, 2001

Catalina, What An Island. Ariel Frager: How Art Affects Emotions Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds on DCMA, Microsoft. Web Site of the Week: Marlow Suggests Abe Vigoda. Humor:The Top 15 James Bond Movie Titles if Pierce Brosnan Doesn't Retire Soon. Movies: More on Apocalypse Now Redux, Jackpot/24 Frame Video, including Craig's Links.

August 20, 2001

Marlow's Home Now That's Good Writing. Honesty in Television. Computer Industry News: Industry Standard Dies. Web Site of the Week: Several Interesting Sites. Humor: Klick and Klack jokes. Movies: Rush Hour 2: My Mother's View, Apocalypse Now Redux. Letters: The Human Face of Copyright.

August 13, 2001

Groundhog Day and Buddhism. Rae on the Merry Oldsmobile Caper. Bush On Vacation. Newspaper Hubris. Shame on the NY Times. Shades of Niggardly. Too Much Good Stuff. Computer Industry News: Craig Reynolds Vs. The AAP. Web Site of the Week: I Resign. Humor: The Top 11 Clever Ways to Avoid Being Laid Off. Movies: Legally Blonde, Rush Hour 2. Letters: Copyright or Reading Right?

August 6, 2001

Dog Days. The California Ripoff. Bush and his Brains. The Ethics of Copying. Computer Industry News: Blogdex, Windows XP. Movies: Planet of the Apes, Final Fantasy. Letters: Waiting for Rae and Larry King.

July 30, 2001

Profound or Banal? You Be The Judge 20 Years And What Do You Get? A Cat Update. My PHC Skit. Computer Industry News: Apple As Monopolist. Humor: The Top 15 Famous Quotes as Spoken in Bushonics, Brooklyn Edition of Windows, Emale. Movies: Kiss of the Dragon. Letters: Kent Peterman on Goodbyes, Human Nature, A Low Opinion of Journalists.

July 23, 2001

Why Weekly? Colleagues and Friends. Week at Work. Listen To Jim White. Computer Industry News: Where Webvan Went Wrong, DCMA. Humor: Pig Joke. Movies: Cats and Dogs. Letters: Two From Dan Grobstein.

July 16, 2001

A Poem from Richard Dalton. Bush. LA Tries To Tax Satellites. The Best Bad Writing. Computer Industry News: How Bad Is It At HP? Web Site of the Week: Beribboned. Humor: The Top 15 Least Useful Scientific Experiments, The Top 20 Euphemisms for Penis Enlargement Surgery, Car Talk Staff, The Top 14 Immutable Laws of the Sitcom Universe

July 9, 2001

What's The Point? Summer Nationals. Father West. A Merry Oldsmobile. What's Love Got To Do With It. Computer Industry News: Problems at Palm. Web Site of the Week: Barney is Evil. Movies: A.I., Signs and Wonders, Under the Sand, Lost and Delirious. Letters: Joe on Weight, Freelancers.

July 2, 2001


* The Glorious Fourth.
* Aida.
* Freelancers' Rights.
* Computer Industry News: The SMART Newsletter.
* Web Site of the Week: The Office Newsletter.
* Humor: The Top 14 Country & Western Horror Movies (P. I and II).
* Movies: Tomb Raider Trashed.
* Letters: Stephen Coquet on Generations.

June 25, 2001

Too Busy For Life? Adair Lara on Kids. On Getting Old. Who moved The Cheese. Computer Industry News: Editing Video Movies, Cue Cat: $250m Later, Micrsosoft Uses Linux. Web Site of the Week: Corporate Anthems. Humor: Flatulence-proof Underwear, The Top 14 Health Complaints of Disney Workers. The Top 16 Other Things McDonald's Hasn't Told You. Movies: The Anniversary Party, Tomb Raider, With A Friend Like Harry, Trailers Letters: The Greatest Generation, Dan Grobstein on Fake Blurbs.

June 18, 2001

The Appropriate Response To A Memorial Service. Bob Jones: Not What You Think. It Took Me 60 Years to Live Spring. D-Day. Computer Industry News: Jon Carroll on The Internet. 50 Years Ago This Week. Web Site of the Week: Scott Finnie's Newsletter Humor: Your Fly Is Open, Correction Of The Week. Movies: Evolution, Atlantis, Moulin Rouge, Swordfish. Letters: Richard Dalton on Death, Humor From D. Dern.

June 11, 2001

Beverly Schlimme: 1953-2001. Plant/Marriage Metaphors. Shameless Self-Promotion. Less Power To Us Computer Industry News: Emailing Jokes. Web Site of the Week: Top Dollar For Loyal Employees. Humor: The Top 16 Oprah Book Club Runners Up. Movies: The Circle. Letters: News From Craig Reynolds, Dan Rosenbaum, Mari Schindler

June 4, 2001

Jim Lehrer on Journalism. Camping Behind. Stats Time. Non-Destructive Chain Letter. Computer Industry News: A Microsoft Roundup. Web Site of the Week: Get Clippy. Humor: The Top 12 Fashion Tips From TopFive Contributors; The Top 15 Items on Timothy McVeigh's To-Do List. Movies: The Dish, Pearl Harbor. Letters: Notes From Here and There (David Ferdinand, Craig Reynolds, Gore Vidal's latest book).

May 28, 2001

Yeah Jim Jeffords! Laundry On The Line. Camping Ahead. China's Ecological Problems. Computer Industry News: More Recycling of Old PCs. Web Site of the Week: Smack Bush. Humor: Now That's Bad Writing! Letters: A Word From Marlow.

May 21, 2001

GSA Report: Not Buried Here. The Problem With Taking A Week Off. West Wing. Now That's Good Writing. Don't Overlook Ted Olsen. The Newspaper Industry Today. Computer Industry News: Faster Than The Speed Of Light? Translation of Microsoft Rhetoric. Web Site of the Week: Corporate Anthems. Also, Russian Color Photos, SDMI. Humor: Kenny G. Movies: Shrek, A Knight's Tale.

May 7, 2001

Shamless Self Promotion: My Journalism Pages. Cute Hack. Computer Industry News: Questions for Microsoft. Web Site of the Week: Fascinating Flash. Humor: Cats and Dogs. Letters: Interesting Stuff: Articles from Dan Grobstein, Good Writing from Kevin Sullivan.

April 30, 2001

High Anxiety. Jon Carroll: What's Wrong Around Here, And A Cat Column. Computer Industry News: Ludicrous copyright law. Web Site of the Week: Zeneration X. Humor: The Top 15 Layoff Greeting Cards; Funny Computer Graphics; Crazy English. Movies: The Tailor of Panama; Now That's Good Writing. Letters: This President.

April 23, 2001

The World Can't Wait For Another Climate Treaty. Jedi Not. Now That's Good Writing. Computer Industry News: Microsoft: The Perfect Caper? Movies: Bridget Jones's Diary. Letters: Barry Surman on Pulitzer, My anonymous correspondent on Florida.

April 16, 2001

Breaking The Sacred Convenant. God, I Love Vacations. The Big Apple. URLs, We Got URLs. Computer Industry News: Security Holes. Web Site of the Week: Space Station Picture. Humor: The Top 15 Rejected Album Titles. Sweet and Mellow. Movies: Now That's Good Writing. Spy Kids Letters: Not As Such

April 2, 2001

Chillin' with Rae. Hardly Workin' after Workin' Hard. Britain Isn't Closed. Stanford Forfeits Rugby Game. Computer Industry News: Microsoft to Users: Pay Up. Web Site of the Week: Jesus Dressup. Humor: The Top 16 Real Statistics That We Made Up. The Top 15 Rejected Cocktail Names. Movies: Oh Brother Where Art Thou? Momento. Letters: Praise For My Journalism Site (from Ireland).

March 26, 2001

One Tough Week. How'd We Turn Out Like That? A Great Tom Lehrer Profile. Profile in Courage. I Hope I Don't Forget (Dave Sims). Computer Industry News: Rexall's rotten eCommerce example (Dave Strom), Craig (Reynolds) Rules! Web Site of the Week: All Your Base Are Belong To Us. Humor: The Top 12 Provisions in Michael Jackson's "Children's Bill of Rights". Movies: Men of Honor. Letters: Eurostar Redux (Joe Brancatelli and Larry King); More on Ps and Qs (Kevin Sullivan).

March 19, 2001

My Brother's Here. Eurostar Travel. About Those Pardons Redux What, More Disclaimer? Computer Industry News: From Free To Fee, Weblogs. Web Site of the Week: Room 102, Mir. Humor: The Editor's Prayer, Wisdom. Movies: Why Not?; Vulcan Junction; You Can Count On Me. Letters: You Didn't Know--Because They Were Wrong.

March 12, 2001

Why So Short? About Those Pardons. Computer Industry News: Save The Net? ; Descrambling DVDs; Hoist On Their Own Petards. Humor: Potatoes. Things You Didn't Know. Letters: Dan's Picks

March 5, 2001

Live Webcast Redux. Rae's First Competitive Bout. Gruntled. Dalton on Medicine and the Internet. Computer Industry News: Quick Hits. Web Site of the Week : God and the Columbia River. Humor: Cinderella and the Cat. Movies: Fan Mail, Not Some Flounder. Letters: Gore at Columbia, Fear of Vanna, Lorem Ipsum, Shakespaw, UPI vs USMC.

Feb. 26, 2001

Live Webcast. Old Friends Are The Best. A Good Newspaperman. Trudeau Vs. Bush. William Safire's Rules For Writers. Computer Industry News: Quick Hits. Web Site of the Week: Repcheck. Humor: Reporters and Editors, Male Orgasm Vs. Female. Letters: Coming Soon, I hope

Feb. 19, 2001

Those Wacky Republicans. Exit Polls. Grateful. Web Site of the Week: Newyorker.com. Humor: Top Ten Signs Your Dot.Com is close to "THE END"... (Tom LaSusa, Ethan Welkes and Chandra Steele); The Top 15 Political Valentine's Day Cards. Movies: 42-Up. Letters: Powerful Feedback (Reid Ashe, Dan Rosenbaum).

Feb. 12, 2001

A Really Touching Novel. And Now A Few Words About Sponsors. New York, Boston And My Left Calf. Computer Industry News: Making Money With Content Sites. Web Site of the Week: Bar Code Art. Humor: Lawyer Story, You Might Be From The Pacific Northwest If You. Movies: Bill Murray Article. Letters: My J-Book Site, The Upshot of My Hacked Page, More On Power, A Compliment, Dan Rosenbaum, Mychelle Tremblay, Keith Colquhoun, Craig Reynolds, Peggy Coquet, Miriam H. Nadel, and my anonymous correspondent.

Feb. 5, 2001

Real Money. Hacked Again. Why I Am Interested In Everything. Those Annoying Accenture Ads. Time Travel Book. Computer Industry News: A New Operating System. Web Site of the Week: Flat Beat. Humor: Slightly Smutty Shaggy Dog Golf Story. Weddings and Funerals. A Minnesotan's Guide To Computer Lingo. Movies: None, Again, But Two Plays. Letters: Fruity Content, Powerful Question.

Jan. 29, 2001

Cute Email Project. Thoughtful Mass Transit Commentary. Bad Language. Carroll Cat Column. Computer Industry News: Hacker Travails, Slomo Details, Microsoft Fails. Web Site of the Week. Web Informant/BizTravel.Com. Humor: Men, The Top 15 Signs You're NOT on Temptation Island, The Top 15 Terrorist Pet Peeves. Letters: Ginger, again; Cherry Blossom Time.

Jan. 22, 2001

More on Blogs. Computer Industry News: More on Ginger. Humor: Ponderings, What, no George Bush Jokes? Movies: Miss Congeniality, State and Main, Thirteen Days. Letters: More on 2001, Old Age.

Jan. 15, 2001

Marlow's 20th. Marlow Leaves. More about 200. Starship Regulars. Linda Chavez' Story: Insult to our Intelligence? A Touching Tribute. Computer Industry News: What The Heck is Ginger? Web Site of the Week: Mapblast, and reprogramming your fish. Humor: Drinking humor, Short Dumb Political Joke. Movies:Traffic. Letters: More on Time Travel.

Jan. 8, 2001

2001 Ain't 2001. Time On My Hands. More on Bob Noyce. Public Art in Seattle. Humor: Election Wish. Movies: What Women Want, Cast Away, Family Man, Crouching Tiger, Chocolat. Letters: Praise for my movie list.

December 18, 2000

Christmas Message. Wolfe on Wiesner Redux. Paul Harvey on his 82nd Birthday. Jerry Pournelle On Guns. Computer Industry News: MIT/Cal Tech Promise Better Ballot. Web Site of the Week: Dave's Web of Lies. Humor: Judicial Pun, Graphical Ballot Joke, The Call. Movies: Unbreakable, The Emperor's New Groove Letters, More Apple Blossoms, Marlow from Manhattan

December 11, 2000

Thanks, But I've Had It [with politics]--Almost. Chicken McNoggin. Wolfe On Wiesner. Vagina Monologues. Web Site of the Week:Furniture Porn (and the Al and George dance). Letters: Apple Blossom Time.

December 4, 2000

Politics Are Irritating Me Again. Post-Election Election Roundup 3. Nixon DID Dispute The 1960 Tally. Old Newspapers Archive. Computer Industry News: Pets.com: Noble In Death. Also: Post Your Business Plan, Click Here To Buy Nothing. Web Site of the Week: YadaYada Wireless Bathroom Finder. Humor: Graphical Computer Humor, No Pork Butts About It. Movies: Panic, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

November 27, 2000

Oops, I Did It Again: Why there's a column this week. Post-election election roundup: Jerry Pournelle, a prominent Florida journalist, Richard Dalton, Jonathan Blackwood and Craig Reynolds. Lincoln-Diaz Crow Eating Reward: $100 if you can find the quote! Blog. Jon Carrol's Latest Cat Column. Computer Industry News: Tiny External USB Disks, Wired: Microsoft Antitrust, Lanier on Software. Web Site of the Week: Several Fake Florida Ballots (and a few other sites). Humor: Paul's Fake Dan Ratherisms, The Test. Movies: The Legend of Bagger Vance, Charlie's Angels. Letters: America's Future

November 20, 2000

Thanksgiving

November 13, 2000

Florida Fraud. Short Column this week. Computer Industry News: Appliance Communication. Web Site of the Week: Bush Set to Fight An Electoral College Loss. Movies: "B" Movies, Get It? Letters: Principals vs. Principles, Letter from New York.

November 6, 2000

Welcome Newcomers. "The Politicians". Bush Bashing. AIDS In Africa: Worse Than You Think. Reason, Season and Lifetime. Computer Industry News: Top 10 Things Bill Said After Learning Microsoft Was Hacked. Web Site of the Week: Computers In Movies. Humor: 15 Pieces Of Advice For Our Daughters, Garden of Eden Joke. Movies: Bedazzled, Billy Elliot, Best In Show Letters: What This Is, A Newscast Ends.

October 30, 2000

PSACOT Second Anniversary. I Love The Northwest. Is Technology Dangerous? Web Site of the Week: Winning The War On Masturbation. Humor: St. Peter and the HMO Manager, Controls your PC Should Have. Movies: Legend of Drunken Master. Letters: Gates Vs. Ballmer, Piccolos, Apples, Airplanes, Help A Worthy Toy.

October 23, 2000

My Dinner with Marlow. When It's Apple Picking Time In Orange New Jersey. What PR People Will Do. On Writing and Editing Family Feud. Computer Industry News: Some thoughts on Bill Gates, Gore/Internet followup. Web Site of the Week: Air Sickness Bag Virtual Museum. Humor: Units, Jack Nicholson Imitation. Movies: The Contender--A Response. Letters: Journalism Movie Praise.

October 16, 2000

A Lovely Wedding. Drinking Across The Sea. Great Use Of Language. Rae's Driving. What's Wrong With The Democrats? Microsoft Case Commentary. Web Site of the Week: Queer Duck. Humor: FAQs about HMOs , Try This Number. Movies: The Contender. Letters: Indian Educators, Columbia Rules, Columbia Drools (Sexual Assault Policy).

October 9, 2000

The Nature of Television. Computer Industry News: ACT's Funny Study, Al Gore and the Internet. Humor: The Top 15 Bill Gates Penny-Pinching Tips. Letters: Oops! A correction.

October 2, 2000

Marlow on Warren Buffet. A Tough Week Ahead. Baseball Playoffs. Streetcar Conspiracy. Computer Industry News: idealab! Can't! Take! A! Joke!, Microsoft and Its Lawyers, More Smart Talk About MP3 from Larry Yaeger and Craig Reynolds. Web Site of the Week: Marlow finds Covert Operatives. Humor: The Top 16 Ways Anna Nicole Smith Will Spend Her $449 Million, Blind Faith. Movies: Almost Famous. Letters: Embracing Leading Edge Bandwidth; Miriam Nadel on The Fantasticks.

September 25, 2000

A New Hobby. New York in September. Computer Industry News: Pseudo Dies, MP3 Point/Counterpoint. Web Site of the Week: Meet The Millers (also ITOlympics, BS Generator) Humor: Jigsaw Puzzle Movies: The Fantasticks, Croupier. Letters: Anonymous on the Debates, Getting Noticed.

September 18, 2000

A Really Quiet Week. Subliminable. Computer Industry News: The Death Of Interval. Web Site of the Week: Virtual Fish Tank. Humor: Comparing Apples and Oranges, Not One Pun In Ten Did, The Nation's Newspapers. Movies: Nurse Betty. Letters: Mom re Spirituality, Joe Brancatelli Re: Politics, Rosenbaum on "Trade Press."

September 11, 2000

George W. and the Debates. Family Snaps: 1974 and 2000. An Empty Spot: More Musings On Spirituality. Computer Industry News: Journalism On The Web? Web Site of the Week: The George W. Dance--Again (and some others). Humor: If There Were Computers In 1776. Letters: Rosenbaum and A. Nonymous re: Lateness. Ruley and Pournelle re: Stealth

September 4, 2000

Letting Go Is Hard To Do. Rae Learns To Drive. A Need For Faith? Computer Industry News: Open Source Commentaries, Open Source Respects Copyright. Web Site of the Week: The George W. Dance. Humor: The Top 15 Cool Things About Having a Beer Belly, The Top 15 Signs Your High School Reunion Didn't Go Well. Movies: The Crew. Letters: Dan Rosenbaum on General Sherman and a Neils Bohr anecdote.

August 28, 2000

You Can Go Home Again. Stan Freberg. My Friends Write. ZDNet Renamed. Web Site of the Week: The Guide Horse Foundation Humor: The Top 16 Disney Movies in Hell, Editing Hitler. Movies: Saving Grace, The Replacements. Letters: This is what I get for skipping a week.

August 14, 2000

Miss Marlow Goes To Los Angeles. Paul Gets A New PC. Lieberman's first zinger. Web Site of the Week: Jumping The Shark. Humor: New York Joke, The Lost Coast. Movies: But I'm A Cheerleader!, Cecil B. Demented, Coyote Ugly. Letters: Richard Dalton and two anonymous with political analysis, bottled water and misc.

August 7, 2000

Doing Things Together (Smee, Sims, Mom, My Family). The Trouble With Copyright. The Counter On My Web Page. Web Site of the Week: Tom Lehrer: The Political Musician That Wasn't Humor: The Top 16 Things... Overheard at the Pitt-Aniston Wedding, Overheard at the Republican National Convention Movies: Space Cowboy Letters: The First Rain of Summer: Dalton, Nadel, my anonymous political observer.

July 31, 2000

Cat News. Ryan's Here. Old Enough Redux. Computer Industry News: Contentville. Web Site of the Week: Billionaires For Bush (or Gore). Humor: Federal Government Joke Redux. Movies: Up At The Villa. Letters: Yet More On That Aphorism. Dalton, King, Peterman, Nadel, Anonymous

July 24, 2000

Of Twits and Things . How Old Is Old Enough? Drop-Kick The Dog. Saving Newspapers. Computer Industry News: Cyber Matchmaking, Anti-Virus Email? Web Site of the Week: Gettysburg Address Humor: The Top 15 Ways the Queen Mother Will Celebrate Her 100th Birthday, Federal Government Joke. Movies: X-Men Letters: Aphorism Redux

July 17, 2000

Old Cape Cod. Paul Comes To Visit. Computer Industry News: Doonesbury Mocks Microsoft, Some Cool Stuff. Web Site of the Week: Modern Humorist. Humor: The Top 14 Dennis Miller Monday Night Football Quotes (Part I). Movies: None This Week. Letters: Whew! That Aphorism!

July 10, 2000

This and That. Marlow's Wonderful Day. Computer Industry News: Stealing Digital Goods. Web Site of the Week: Reference Desk. Humor: Aphorism Central, Too Dumb? Movies: Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Kid, Me, Myself and Irene, Scary Movie

July 3, 2000

My Plans For The Fourth. Al Gore For President. The Signers Of The Declaration. Ray and Yoli Pardo on the AFI List.

June 26, 2000

At Home Spa: The Final Word. Rae's Coming Home. Humor: The Top 15 Other Benefits Of Smoking Pot, Telling Someone Their Fly Is Unzipped. Movies: Chicken Run, Shaft, Boys and Girls, Catfish with Black Bean Sauce, Meretricious Garbage. Letters: Still none. What, nobody loves me?

June 19, 2000

At Home Spa. Father's Day. Computer Industry News: Free Keyboards. Web Site of the Week: Tracking Failures. Humor: Blew A Seal Redux, Reporter Joke, What I've Learned About Life. Movies: That AFI List, Titan AE, Love's Labor Lost, American Pimp. Letters: None again.

June 12, 2000

This and That Around Here. Computer Industry News: Error Messages, Microsoft News. Web Site of the Week: Better Dogfood. Humor: Blew A Seal, Hamlet's Cat Movies: M: i-2: A Nasty Review, Winter Sleepers, My Dog Skip

June 5, 2000

The Big Idea: At-Home Spa Week. Journalism Movies. The Value of Writing. Computer Industry News: Microsoft's Dubious Logic, Blame Canada. Web Site of the Week: Death Penalty. Humor: Sex Cliché Shaggy Dog Story. Movies M:I-2, The Big Kahuna. Letters Ross on Broadway.

May 29, 2000

Al Gore To Win. Bay To Breakers. Congratulations, Kimberly. Paul wins the Limerick Challenge on the NPR News Quiz. Simpsons, Anyone? Computer Industry News: More on Viruses. Humor: Awful Bill Clinton Joke. Movies: Seven Movies! Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation, Hamlet, Time Code, Dinosaur, Small-Time Crooks, Girl Next Door, Shanghai Noon. Letters : Food for Thought Redux; Moonlighting.

May 15, 2000

Movie or Reading. Letter From New York. Private Eye, The British Magazine. Al Gore, Joke Thief. Microsoft Innovation. Dumb Virus Coverage. Web Site of the Week: Too Damn Many Swooshes. Humor: Vocabulary for the 00s, State Mottoes. Letters: Food for Thought.

May 8, 2000

Jury Duty. Governor Bush and The Disabled. Instructions for Life. More on Elian. Microsoft Settlement: Not Enough. Web Site of the Week: Ananova. Humor:The Top 15 Reasons to Send Elian Back to Cuba, The Top 14 Reasons to Keep Elian in the USA. Movies: Return To Me, I Dreamed of Africa, East-West. Letters: San Francisco: What's Up With That?

May 1, 2000

My weekend activities remind me to Remember What's Important. I weigh in on the whole Elian thing. It's OK to say Thank You at Work. More on Lynne Marlow. Web Site of the Week: Associated Press Demontrates Cluelessness. Humor: Computer Languages. Movies: Frequency: RUN TO SEE IT. U-571: Walk to see it.

April 24, 2000

The Weekend of Two Moms: Me, Mari Schindler and Lynne Marlow in LA. Jon Carroll on the battle of the sexes: Crust Vs. Filling. San Francisco: Not What It Used To Be. The Perils of PR Pressure. Vapid, Hollow Dot Coms. Dumb Analysis of Microsoft Case. Web Site of the Week: Alternative Dictionaries. Humor: Old Lady Joke Movie: Keeping the Faith. Movie-industry book: Which Lie Did I Tell? Letters: Rae's Upset

April 17, 2000

What I Did on Spring Break. My Lecture to the National Press Club. My Lecture to the AMPAS. Bush-isms. Anecdotal Biography, Part 1, by Mari Schindler. Dry Cleaning Over The Internet. Cogent Gates Analysis. Humor: The Difference Between The US and Britain (John Cleese). Steve Martin on the Millennium. Movies: High Fidelity Letters: Something About Mari

April 10, 2000

A Larry King letter from Europe (because Paul just got back from a week's vacation). No, not THAT Larry King.

April 3, 2000

All Mom, All The Time. Movies: Wonder Boys, The Road to El Dorado.

March 27, 2000

The new Pac Bell Park. Humor: Two multi-part animal jokes. Movies: The Oscars and What Planet Are You From. Short and Sweet.

March 20, 2000

My Week With Marlow. What I Can Learn From My Cats. Windows 2000 Source Code. Web Site of the Week: Federal Election Information. Humor: The Top 15 Rejected TV Shows for Kids. Movies: The Whole Nine Yards. How Many Movies? Letters: Joe Brancatelli on The Truth.

March 13, 2000

Unadulterated Pleasures, like Marlow coming home. Change is Good? I'm not so sure. 5, 10 and 15: This idea we got from a British TV documentary. Most Moguls Still Don't Get It: Dana Blankenhorn computer industry commentary. Web Site of the Week: Udder Insanity Humor: The Top 14 Good Things About Having a Navel. Te Top 16 Signs Your Cat is Getting Old. Movies: Boys Don't Cry, Mission to Mars Letters: Marlow has Breakfast at Tiffany's

March 6, 2000

Whew, The Flu. This one lasts a week. End of the World? Astronomical and geophysical ignorance combine. Dr. Laura and Gays. She doesn't like them. I don't like that. Win2000 Inforgraphic. The Onion internet humor site hits home. Let's get small: Craig Reynolds spots an interesting contest. Yes, I now the drug reference. Web Site of the Week: Forum 2000: Digital Philosophers. Humor: Pesky Dummy Copy and the Worst Way To Die. Movies: Holy Smoke and the End of the Affair. TV: Help Save Sports Night. Letters: Ray and Yoli, and an anonymous contributor.

February 21, 2000

My Nephew, Paul, comes to visit. Jerry Pournelle on The Treasons Of The Clerks. Marlow Makes The Dean's List. Appreciating Things. Computer Industry News: Windows 2000. Web Site of the Week: Why We Have The Internet. Humor: A Fish Story. Movies: The End Of The Affair, West Wing (a TV show). Letters: Joe Brancatelli on movies, Larry King on Peter Peckarsky

February 14, 2000

Nobody's Safe From A Writer. From the SF Chronicle. Experience Is Age Dependent. From The New Yorker. My Favorite Movie, Redux: Groundhog Day. My Niece, Stephanie Schindler. Mandatory Microsoft Registration? Web Site of the Week: The Hunger Site. Humor: Separated By A Common Language. Letters: Two Missives From Peter Peckarsky.

February 7, 2000

The Muralist Is Coming. What's The Point Of Work Redux (Richard Dalton and Mari Schindler). What's The Point Of Education Redux (Harrison Klein). Computer Industry News: Microsoft and DoubleClick (Craig Reynolds). Humor: The Top 11 Things Revealed by Instant Replay Review at The Super Bowl. Movies: Smoke Signals (review by Mari Schindler). Letters Daniel Dern, Larry King and my mother.

January 31, 2000

What's The Point Of Work? What's The Point Of Education? Humor: Bad Suspense Novel Metaphors or Similes. Dark Moments in Music (Part II). Movies: Magnolia, Topsy Turvey.

January 24, 2000

Life Returns To "Normal." Tom Stoppard's Play: The Invention Of Love. Computer Industry News: Writing and Computing, Transmeta. Web Site of the Week: Spyonit. Humor: Scientific Process , The Top 16 Bad Merger Ideas. Movies:Girl, Interrupted, Cider House Rules. No letters this week.

January 17, 2000

Marlow Goes Back to Columbia after nearly a month at home. Public Speaking 1999... an endurance contest. The pleasure of Reading, taking a sick day, announcing a basketball game. Three Interesting articles: the cuban kid, Stealing Ben Stein's Money, and John Carmen trashes "21". Paul pontificates on The State of Journalism. Computer News: AOL/Time Warner and Microsoft--forget the spin. Computer Proverbs. Web site of the week: Shakespearean Insults, Humor: Human Engineering. Movie: Three Kings. Letters: Kevin Sullivan Gets Philosophical, Mom's Cool Weekend, When the Millennium Begins (and how to spell it).

January 10, 2000

A Busy Family Weekend The LA Times Says Its Really Sorry One Last Y2K Story Shipping: The Soft Underbelly Of E-Commerce Web Site of the Week : Hungersite Humor: Muttonheads: Steve Martin Humor and American Management. Movies: Sweet and Lowdown, Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo

January 3, 2000

A great newspaper quote. The Schindlers Do Legoland California. A Pretty Quiet Christmas and New Years. Computer News: Saving Microsoft's Bacon. Merlin-net: My buddy Dave Tenenbaum offers Pictures for the Rest Of Us. Humor: The Top 12 Things Overheard in the Year 2999. This Too Shall Pass Away. Holiday Movie Orgy: Man On The Moon, Bicentennial Man, Galaxy Quest, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Fantasia 2000. Kent Peterman's letter about 21.

December 27, 1999

Twenty-One The TV Game Show. My Sense of Humor (written): Benchley, Perelman, Marx and Keillor. My 2000th reader. Web Site of the Week: Catproofing Your Keyboard. Paul Makes Two Top 5 Lists: The Top 15 Disclaimers Found on Toy Boxes (Part II)and The Top 12 Things on Charlie Brown's To-Do List. Man On The Moon--not quite a review yet. A Joe Brancatelli Plug: Airline Stupidity.

December 20, 1999

My Christmas Message is going to sound familiar to those with long memories. My Sense of Humor (Audio): Firesign, Python, Freberg, Keillor. And myself. A special Christmas bonus: I've encoded and posted my college radio show, the New Eugene Oregon Show! Direct from 1972 to you (requires RealAudio). Web Site Of The Week: The George Liquor Show from Spumco. Paul Makes The Top 5 list twice: The Top 20 Slogans for Legalized Marijuana (two entries) and The Top 14 Atheist Holiday Songs. Stuart Little: Not as bad as you expect. Marlow's Report on New York at Christmas.

December 13, 1999

On The Nature of Throwing A Party: Paul and Vicki entertain 40 people singing Carols. We have a winner: Rae's first public speaking victory. In Computer News: ZD Mags Sold. Web Site of the Week: M$-Monopoly. Humor: The Top 13 Upcoming NASA Projects, and Two Short Jokes. Brancatelli, Rosenbaum and Marlow on Manhattan.

December 6, 1999

Spend $200,000 (on paper); it can be a fun and exciting exercise. The 12-Foot Tree: Vicki and I get ready for Marlow's return. $7.5 Million for A Web Site. Web Site of the Week: Arts and Letters Daily. Humor: The Top 14 Signs Satan is Loose in Manhattan, The Top 13 Signs You're Addicted to MTV. I really liked Toy Story. Richard Dalton has some sharp words about Dogma.

November 29, 1999

A Whole Bunch Of Schindlers get together for Thanksgiving and I write about it. You probably didn't notice Odd Digit Day. Now you have to wait 37 generations for the next one. Computer Industry News from Friends. What do Columbia University Marching Band people do after College? See Cruel. Humor: Which Came First? Also, Microgerbil. Reviews of Dogma and the 19th Bond flick, The World Is Not Enough. Talk about going from the sublime to the ridiculous! A letter from Marlow about her Carmen Paper.

November 22, 1999

Giving Thanks: My health could be better, but hey, I still have a LOT to be thankful for, and list some of it here. I went to Comdex. I hated it. Here are some reasons why. Regular readers know I can't resist a shaggy dog story. Here's the best one I received this week. I liked Being John Malkovich and Anywhere But Here, two vastly different movies.

November 8, 1999

Marlow Goes To The Opera. When In-Laws Collide: my mother and my mother-in-law. Microsoft Will Never Settle. Mahir: A Cautionary Tale of Our Time. Humor: Synonyms for Dumb and Writing Rules. Letters: Non-compete clauses and Daniel Dern's riposte.

November 1, 1999

Attachment is Suffering. Microsoft, the NSA and You -- if it seems to scary to be true, it probably is. Non-Compete agreements: Not Worth The Paper they're written on. Love bubblewrap? Try the Perpetual Bubblewrap web site. Humor: Counseling Hotline, Deep Thoughts. Movies: Bringing Out The Dead and Fight Club (sort of). Letters: Dan Rosenbaum on Hyde Park, When do you bring in Hitler?

October 25, 1999

What's Going On When Nothing's Going On -- a week at Chez Schindler. Techweb's planned Microsoft Antitrust webcast. Encyclopedia Britannica on line--free! Search Engine Funnies. Dumb People. Lucie Arbac in brief. Very brief. New York Restaurants, More on the Art controversy. Letters from Surman, Brancatelli, Pournelle and Snyder.

October 18, 1999

PSACOT is one year old this week. What a year it's been. A description of Sunday in Poughkeepsie wraps up my review of Columbia Parents Weekend with Marlow. Sleep. Marlow stay up until 3 or 4 a.m. Sometimes she sleeps until noon; sometimes she just sleeps a few hours. What is it about sleep in college? n The Really Weird Department: Marlow and I get recognized from the PBS documentary. In computer news: CMP Finds A Webco CEO. I've been too busy to contribute to the Top5 List, so instead we get a presidents joke and George Carlin's paradoxes. Letters from Barry Surman, Joe Brancatelli and Jerry Pournelle on this, that and scat.

October 11, 1999

Rae's Birthday Redux. Last week I asked for greetings. This week, you find out how it went. Seeing Marlow: Paul spends Parents Weekend at Columbia. SensAtion(al) Art Exhibit The one that's been in all the papers. Personal Trainer: Paul has one.Winmag.com gets the real scoop on screen resolution. Marlow Sites: place to go to find out what the active young woman is doing at Columbia University in the City of New York. Paul Makes The Top 5, twice in a week, both times at No. 2. Why, it is like kissing your sister. American Beauty (odd), For The Love Of The Game (entertaining), Blue Streak (loud). On TV: Sports Night, West Wing: two entertaining shows, one entertaining producer. In the letters section: Reaction to Marlow on Frontline

October 4, 1999

It's Rae's Birthday. Drop her a note! Secrets of the SAT on PBS Frontline, Tuesday at 10. Marlow in the Contra Costa Times. Rae at Public Speaking. Jon Carroll Cat Column. Damn Fake Mail--preview of an upcoming editorial at Byte and Winmag. Club Top 5 is the web site of the week. The Top 12 Demands of the Cartoon Characters Union. The Top 13 Signs The Millennium Hype Has Gone Too Far. Joe Brancatelli on cold in New York.

September 20, 1999

Missing A Week: The Nature Of A Personal Column. Also, the limits of candor when another family member is involved. Gun Control Reaction from the pro- and con- forces. Terry Pratchett, a clever Brit. Recommended. Web Site of the Week: Jesus Dance. Humor: Top 5 Differences if Animals Played Professional Sports and Signs Your Team Won't Make It To The Superbowl. Letters: Dog Shoots Man.

September 6, 1999

Some thoughts on gun control. Microsoft And The Lousy Help Files. Will The Real Bill Gates Please Stand Up. HP and the Glass Ceiling. Siggraph CEO departs; observer rants. Humor: Top 5 Marketing Slogans For Hell (part II). Movies: The Dinner Game (warning: French with subtitles!). Letters: Praise For My Journalism Page, a correction from Kent Peterman, a letter from Europe by Larry King, a Siggraph note from Craig Reynolds.

August 30, 1999

Marlow Goes Off To College. Adair Lara's Take on Separation. Looking For That Bill Gates Profile. The Frog Blender web site. The Top 14 Little Known Items in the Marlboro Miles Catalog: Paul Makes The Top 5 list. How About That Broadway? Coming Attractions: Letter From London.

August 16, 1999

I'm Taking A Week Off. Second Thoughts On A Last Laugh: Was I Too Harsh On Newt? Another Great Cat Column: the SF Chronicle's Jon Carroll does it again. The Pinot Story: Could have run it last week. Didn't want to run it at all. Doesn't make me look good. Cellphone Rage. It had to happen. It did: in Germany. The Truth About Bill Gates. You MUST read this brilliant New Yorker article. The Perfect Joke: The Perfect Man and the Perfect Woman. Reality Check: Rules for Living. Just in time for the departure of the freshmen for college. Shaggy Dog Story: Great big setup. Little tiny punchline. No movies this week. No time. Larry King writes from England (well, OK, he's home on leave...)

August 9, 1999

After The Buyout: my advice to a friend who just cashed out. The Last Laugh: my take on the latest news from Linda Tripp and Newt Gingrich. Bad News this week from SGI and for Microsoft. The Onion, one funny humor site. Supposedly Real Air Force Humor. Rejected Superheros: Paul Makes The Top 5 List. Brief Reviews of Runaway Bride, The Thomas Crowne Affair and Mystery Men No Letters to speak of

August 2, 1999

Paul's Big New Job: Editor of Winmag.com. But he continues at Byte.com too. Is Mouses the plural of Mice? I don't think so. Neither does Craig Reynolds. In brief: a funny story in Wired and a thoughtful essay by David Strom. What a country! You can even make fun of the president. In Humor: A short golf joke, an unpublished Top 5 Humor list, and two published Top 5 lists which each include a contribution by Paul. The Blair Witch Project: Scary. Run, Lola, Run: Clever and Funny. Inspector Gadget: Tore the heart out of the concept. Beware: entering chewed scenery zone! Paul gets a letter that could happen... Only On The Internet

July 26, 1999

Special mostly "You Wrote It" issue Jerry Pournelle muses on the iminent appearance of Imperial America. Craig Reynolds passes on a Times of London story about the Destruction Of The Earth. Eric Raymond tips us all to a very funny "Anti-Linux IPO HowTo" from Linux Today. Richard Dalton shares his favorite Movie Web Sites. The pick of this week's Internet humor: Good News/Bad News, Women's Tee-Shirts and Odd Metaphors. Why no, Paul didn't make the Top 5 list this week; why do you ask? Another in our continuing series of "I can't believe he saw it, and I REALLY can't believe he is admitting he saw it": Muppets From Outer Space. A few words in praise of occasional snail mail.

July 19, 1999

Rae Returns from France and we're glad to have her home. There's a new Weird Al CD, Running with Scissors. I overcover it this week. A few sad words about JFK Jr. My overcoverage of the Weird Al CD continues with his computer industry parody, It's The Pentiums. Weird Al: The Saga Begins, just one of two major Weird Al websites. Paul makes the Top5 list AGAIN with Top 12 Hidden Hospital Bill Charges (it's me; there is no Paul Schlinder in Orinda). A very funny shaggy dog story by the name of News from Yugoslavia. For the second week in a row, a movie that's not as bad as you think: American Pie. Mari Schindler on Marriage, Ross Snyder and Jerry Pournelle on flag burning. Plus Kudos from Kent Peterman, who adds some thoughts on being alone.

July 12, 1999

What's Happening Around Here? The Ties That Bind: Leaving Home, as Marlow prepares to. Flag Burning: Why I think it is OK. Living With Others: A Postscript. About Marriage: some thoughts from Jon Carroll. What exactly are the Dog Days of Summer? Belated Fourth: Cyberspace Declaration of Independence. Craig Reynolds' Painterly Depiction page. The Top 15 Signs You're Getting Special Treatment In The Military: Paul makes the list. Big Daddy: Not as bad as you may think.

July 5, 1999

What the heck has Schindler been up to recently? Writing a column no one is paying you for aimed at a small audience. A couple of days alone leads to some thoughts about living with other people. A rather well-written essay on the Fourth of July--written by someone else.   The IMAC Clone Thing. Also, CMP closes Windows. A Flea Circus is this week's web site of the week. Signs Your Mayor Has Mob Connections: Paul Makes The Top 5 List. Plus: Things You'd Never Hear A Southerner Say. Wild Wild West was OK. South Park was great. Depending on how you feel about fart jokes. As far as letters go, it's Silent Running

June 21, 1999

Ken Starr Again. Will no one rid me of this meddlesome special perscutor? Work Friendships. A week with Martin Heller reminds me that work friendships come and go, even when sometimes you'd rather they didn't. We take Father's Day seriously around here. Murder? Suicide? Craig Reynolds likes Microsoft to another flash-in-the-pan empire. Harrison Klein spotted this funny Harry Shearer skit which I made my web site of the week. Paul Makes The Top 5 List: Little Known Fairy Tales Austin Powers: Sleazy but funny. Tarzan: Not sleazy and entertaining. And both 90 minutes! No letters to speak of this week. Or to write about.

June 14, 1999

Two Graduations, A Parental Visit and a Gold Award. Paul At Work (pictures from Chaos Manor). Rethinking Microsoft Redux: My comments and those of an anonymous friend. The Brunching Shuttlecocks: Why the Renaissance was better than the Internet. The Serenity Prayer: A pretty good laugh from twisting an old theme. Love Letter: Disjointed but mildly entertaining, despite the December-May romance. Letters: Truth in Pets: Meg Sherwood, Kent Peterman.

June 7, 1999

Cambridge at Reunion Time: Paul goes back to his 25th. Memo to Microsoft. Sarcasm rises to new heights in the hands of an anti-Microsoft lobbying group. I thought I'd seen everything. Welcome to Virtual Cow Tipping. Paul Makes Top 5 Again: Prom Themes. Phantom Menace: Racist? No. Letters: Joe Brancatelli, Craig

May 31, 1999

I ponder Memorial Day's Meaning. A day with Jerry Pournelle has me rethinking The Microsoft Case. My site of the week is the  Internet Movie Database. Paul Makes Top 5: If Bill Clinton Were In Star Wars Movies. A big movie week: Cookie's Fortune,  Notting Hill,  Election and Star Wars Redux. Joe Brancatelli writes to ask: What's With Star Wars?

May 24, 1999

A Scary Airline Story, courtesy of Joe Brancatelli. Fingerprinting Web Commentators? Could happen if the feds get their way. A new book, sure to raise some buzz, is coming in July: The Plot To Get Bill Gates. Barnes and Noble, the Avis of book sites. I steal a bunch of darn fine puns from Prairie Home Companion. The moment you've all been waiting for: I weigh in on Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. In Letters, Harrison Klein asks: Tom and Ray or Bill Clinton?

May 17, 1999

Keeping Your Priorities Straight: Trying to avoid doing the same damn thing over and over. 25th Reunion Here I Come: On a whim, Paul decides to fly by himself to Cambridge for his 25th college reunion in a few weeks. Internet Valuation Mania: When the experts tell you it isn't a bubble, it's a bubble. Google: Craig Reynolds and I agree: Google is a search engine worth a look. Humor: The Farmer And His Wife. Movies: The Mummy (I saw it in a weak moment--ok, a weak two hours) and Midsummer Night's Dream. Letters: A Movie Note from Ray Pardo

May 10, 1999

Richard Dalton spots an intelligent editorial about Columbine--on the Internet, no less! Dana Atchley, among others, is pioneering a new use of computers: Digital Story Telling. I'll tell you where to look for more information. It's about time I got around to plugging David Strom's Net Informant newsletter and web site, even if I haven't ever appeared in it. Humor: Blonde Goes Ice Fishing, Computer Bird Humor, One Story, Two Authors. Movie: I liked Entrapment. Letters: My Correspondents take a holiday.

May 3, 1999

Our Trip To New York: a fuller report on Marlow and Paul in The City. Women in Journalism Movies: A woman from BU asked for my opinion of women in journalism films. I share it with you! Cats: pictures of my boys. My reaction to the sale of my employer, CMP Media, to United Media. Microsoft Gets Sued--Again. You probbably didn't hear about it. I recommend my own site, Schindler.org, as the web site of the week. See a darn-good parody of "Wear Sunscreen." Reviews of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Pushing Tin. A brief missive from Ross Snyder.

April 26, 1999

Therapists tell us we make time for the important stuff. Do you? Paul and Marlow head for the Big Apple and Columbia U, to make Marlow a Lion. Digital Cable TV comes to the Schindler household (finally). Champagne and Jagermeister continue to settle in. Eckhardt Pfeiffer's out at Compaq. What does it mean? Want to keep track of a US company? No finer way then Company Sleuth. Humor this week: the Moral Of The Story and a suburban dad joke. Goodbye Lover: Goodbye $7.50 (9.50 in Manhattan). A thoughtful letter on Kosovo from Richard Dalton.

April 19, 1999

Change Sucks. A good friend leaves work, Marlow prepares to leave home. Kosovo: I take a stand. You pay me the big bucks to make the tough calls, right? Gas Prices: a little perspective. Python and Firesign: Paul's Passions. Craig Reynolds' reports on anti-Windows bias and Stupid Brand Name Tricks. Cluetrain Manifesto: Brilliant or insanse, still a voice that should be heard. Headline Bloopers (journalism humor) No new movies, just old ones: Dangerous Liasons and The Man Who Knew Too Little The letter drought ends: Bill Gates: The Anti-Christ? My mother doesn't think so. Also, Joe Brancatelli on The Simpsons

April 12, 1999

If you haven't been taking your vacation, take it. There is an upside to being famous (or notorious); you hear from old friends. I thought the gasout, set for April 30, was a good simple idea. Whoops! Vanilla Ice at Wharton? Yup! Unless I've been April Fooled. The story of  20,000 Email Messages, which is NOT an urban myth, because I heard it first-hand from my ISP (name available on request). One way around the Y2k problem:  1972 To The Rescue. A really good  Rhyming Dictionary. Not much humor this week, but what there is is good. And short! A Linda Tripp joke and a mis-directed email joke. Loved The Out-of-Towners, Hated Cruel Intentions. In letters, Ross Snyder congratulates Marlow, Jan Holland discusses my mom's contribution, and Katherine Gray on Tudor movies and Keanu Reeves

April 5, 1999

Well, we know where Marlow's going to college now, as the admission season ends. Should we all refuse to buy gasoline on April 30? Not a bad idea. Bill Gates is faking his fear of Linux, for now. Someday soon, he'll have reason to be afraid, very very afraid. Take a look at another meta-search engine. A big blowout Humor Clearance Sale! Everything must go! Also, Paul makes the Top 5 list, a bunch of new ways to say "not the sharpest tool in the shed (Saying "You're Dumb" ), and a South Park parody of the Star Wars trailer. I loved The Matrix, despite the fact that Keanu Reeves was in it and still can't act. The  Historical Accuracy of Tudor Movies: Not Very No letters, not even about my mother.

March 29, 1999

A little more on the Elia Kazan flap, from my mother. I am proud of my daughter who is standing up for the rights of her gay and lesbian classmates, and just lobbyed on their behalf in Sacramento. A family friend saids IBM was thinking about Y2K 20 years ago. The Web's Slowest Search Engine. A copy desk joke (you probably didn't think there WAS such a thing), a monkey joke, and an amazingly funny page at.... wait for it... Amazon.com. Is Bil Keane the anti-Christ? We review True Crimes and Forces of Nature. Ross Snyder takes a whack at Bulworth. You can find out just how bad I did at picking the Oscars this year. Ross Snyder gets an encore appearance, so he can congratulate me on my perspicacity.

March 22, 1999

I meditate on the nature of sibling relations in the context of my weekend trip to Las Vegas with my brother. Only Jon Carroll of the San Francisco Chronicle has written The Best Cat Column Ever. Don't bet on Microsoft settling the antitrust suit. Web Site of the Week:  Metacrawler. I have a fake e-mail exchange from Trojan times that is mostly funny because the concept is so good. I am not sure how I feel about the movie Affliction. The letters section this week consists of Joe Brancatelli's Words To Live By

March 15, 1999

Meanwhile, in Orinda, there's cat-petting, college applications, and end to high school basketball, and a PBS Frontline documentary in the making. I can't resist pointing out another example of GOP hypocricy. Really, just this last one, and then I'll quit, I promise. But, I mean, Sennsenbrenner and Hyde in the same story? Too good to resist. Craig Reynolds thinks Microsoft suffers from irony deficiency. Web Site of the Week: Harry Shearer's site This Week's mildly amusing humor: Journalism 101. All former Indiana residents, as well as ex Indianapolis Star reporters will want to read this far down in the column. Guest movie review, with my endorsement from Joe Brancatelli: Grosse Pointe Blank. Also, the other sister. Coming soon: Affliction. And a few words on Oscar. Letters: Barry Surman on the Genius of the Week

March 8, 1999

Let's Make Life Interesting: Paul Takes Over Byte.com. Ross Snyder on the HP Splitup.
* Web Site of the Week: Byte.com. Hmmm, I wonder why? :-) Paul Makes The Top 5 list at No. 9, but with no bullet. One Quick Joke (They say, "Oh, God."). 200 Cigarettes: Cute Art Film. Analyze This: Laugh Out Loud Funny. Blazing Saddles: A Classic Holds Up. Letters: Joe Brancatelli on Chertnow's Titan, Craig Reynolds and Richard Dalton on Movies that are too long.

February 22, 1999

The Personal is Personal. It's time you knew more about my new cats, Champagne and Jagermeister. As it turns out, several of you don't agree with me about Phil Gramm's motives, ancestry or intelligence. In computer industry news, both Joe Brancatelli and David Strom share cogent analysis of the Microsoft case. Alta Vista is my favorite search engine; it should be yours. Are you a Boomer? Take this test and find out. I am a lover of well-crafted bad reviews. I mention one I loved from years ago and a new one from last week. Message in a Bottle was a decent film that could have been better. Movies are too long; can't we band together and do something about it? In Letters, John Kavazanjian likes Titan, the new biography of John D. Rockefeller; I did too.

February 15, 1999

Our Long National Nightmare Is Over, except for the part where I tell you, one last time, what I think of Clinton, impeachment, Starr, and the whole sorry, stupid mess. CMP Media is up for sale. I understand why, I stand to profit, but I am still saddened. If you want to know what is going on in a company, there are few places better than  Yahoo Business, my Web Site of the Week. Humor is all over the lot this week, with Funny Fake Mergers, an interesting way of listing The Wizard of Oz, and some of the worst shaggy dog puns you've ever (or never) heard. Letters this week! Neal Macklin and Philip Gill opine. Also, I dust off my move-reviewing chops and take a look at Blast from the Past, Rushmore, and my Oscar Predictions. Maybe there's a new section being born! Something to replace Impeachment!

February 8, 1999

A thin veneer of bipartisanship has been placed atop the Impeachment process. Don't be fooled. It's still a witch-hunt. Even Nelson Rockefeller's nephew Larry is fed up. Microsoft demonstrates in court when evidence is not evidence, making Week 14 the most entertaining week yet in the antitrust trial. Zip2 is the best site on the web for driving directions, which is why it is the Web Site of the Week. Humor this week includes my Victoria's Secret list surprise (Number 7 is mine), one of those spell-check poems you've seen so many of, and an eye-opening reminder of what today's college freshmen don't know and have never seen.

February 2, 1999

Back after a week off for the flu. The GOP Leadership of the Senate is nothing more than a terrorist gang holding America hostage. Stand back as I rip open the flimsy veil of bipartisanship. Fired for using the word niggardly because someone stupid might think it was a racial slur? In our nation's capital. Beware, those with large vocabularies! Penurious will be next! Microsoft Refund Day! What a cool idea! Also, one man who actually got his money back in Australia It isn't every day you see a joke correction. This is one of those days. Plus, a sofware warning about the hazards of upgrading from GirlFriend 1.0 to Wife 1.0. And, in case you haven't already seen enough Y2K humor, we offer two fake memos. Or are they?

January 18, 1999

You remember The Big Lie, right? Hitler's propaganda technique? It's back, in the well of the U.S. Senate. Plus Neal Macklin on Insanity in Iraq. Another place the Big Lie is alive an well is on the step's of the federal courthouse in Washington, where it is practiced daily by Microsoft. Plus, a Microsoft case you never heard of and Microsoft would like to keep it that way. TechWeb Today is the Web Site of the Week. Kent Peterman offers another Chattanooga Choo-Choo Joke, I reprint Horror Movie Rules and again, no letters qua letters.

January 11, 1999

Why Impeachment is like an M80 in a Cow Pie. My daughter Marlow says we need Instant Runoff Voting in this country, and I agree. Is Microsoft's constant hypocrisy making you a little queasy? It sure makes me want to toss my cookies. Speaking of cookies (what a transition), I let David Strom explain why Cookies are Better Than PINs. Brill's Content is my favorite magazine. Give the web site a try. Maybe it will become yours too. I tell a Shaggy Dog Story or Two, proving that the Internet is not the
*only
* place to pick up humor. Plus a life-like New Corporate Cost-Cutting Policy. What! No letters?

January 4, 1999

A plaintive whine, but no solution for the problem of getting back to work after a pleasant vacation. Neal Macklin asks: why are we still worrying about IRQs and wonders if Microsoft political contributions helped the S.C. A.G. decide to drop out of the antitrust case. Craig Reynolds seconds the Net Skink's musings on Gates' wealth, and wonders if Microsoft developers are as sleazy as its lawyers. Bob and Ray were the two funniest men ever to share a radio show in the country. They live on in videotape; find out where! This week's humor is a subject most of you need no help with: How To Annoy People. Finally, we get a weak endorsement of Java digressions, as well as letters from Matt Jalbert, Harrison Klein and John Kavazanjian (with praise and disagreement for my impeachment writing) as well as David Ferdinand.

December 21, 1998

Paul's treacley sentimental Christmas Column, version 1.0, a very important piece of journalism from Wendy Goldman Rohm on the subject of Microsoft attempts to subvert the First Amendment rights of journalists, a Y2K joke, a Santa Claus list and a fundamentalist joke. Also Letters from Daniel P. Dern (friends make the best search engines), Jerry Colonna (he liked the impeachment editorial), Neal Macklin (java popups: maybe not a great idea), Jim Forbes (on the penultimate NCC).

December 14, 1998

Read my take on the boobocracy in Congress in a little editorial I call: The Haters Won: Impeachment. There's a lot to read, but you only HAVE to read my impeachment editorial. That's not all. I also tackle the phony Carryon Baggage crisis (with some help from Joe Brancatelli), take yet another look back at the last NCC, comment on the sad lack of ethics shown by lawyers who publicly lie about the law when they know better, speculate about the Microsoft plan to bore the media out of the courtroom at its antitrust trial, share a Nicely Put Putdown of Bill, pick my own weekly webcast as the Site of the Week, share a few bits of humor and close off with mail from Kent Peterman, Joe Brancatelli, and Daniel P. Dern.

December 7, 1998

A day that will not live in infamy. The nearly all-humor issue features 10 bits of unusually hilarious Internet humor, only a small fraction of which I wrote myself. Of course, I couldn't keep my dudgeon low over the Microsoft trial, and I couldn't resist reprinting Craig Reynolds' sharp comments either. And then there's more on the death of NCC from Jim Forbes and Neal Macklin, plus I had to rail against fake virus alerts in general by using one specific example. At least I didn't pick a web site of the week. And how could I not print Macklin's letter, or the anonymous letter I got about plagiarism? I mean, how could I not?

November 30, 1998

A return to the usual monkey-mind leaps from subject to subject, as I include not enough humor, but a mercifully brief general news section. The GOP is self-destructing over impeachment, so I am gracefully limiting my gloating, while pointing you at some from the lovely and talented Molly Ivins. You probably missed Bill Gate's plan to charge a recurring fee for Windows; I tell you about it here. You almost certainly don't know my web site of the week, ProComp, a place to go for anti-Microsoft trial spin. Then there's Comdex's impending demise: you read it here first. Bringing up the rear, letters from Dan Dern and Neal Macklin. All this for one low price.

November 23, 1998

Take a break from the usual frenetic pace of this column with Paul's rambling, sentimental and personal Thanksgiving essay.

November 16, 1998

Paul made the Top5 list again this week; see the full list, including his No. 2 contribution... one of 15 things Microsoft will change as a result of the Antitrust trial. Also: some right-on trial analysis by ProComp in Computer Industry News. Attention lawyers: am I right about fair usage? Check out the humor section and let me know. Web site of the week? You betcha: TechWeb. Some parting thoughts on John Glenn's flight. And a scary tale from medialand about dimwitted management. Plus, that list of Haiku error messages that was making its way around the net. Letters? We've got letters, from Neal Macklin and the-ever popular anonymous.

November 9, 1998

HTML programmers: Don't miss my challenge in this week's
column.

Come and seem me gloat over GOP losses and Newt's resignation. Plus, a letters section the size of Muncie, Indiana. Joe Brancatelli (I swear, he'll take over my column if I let him), Michael D. McNamee, Craig Reynolds, Neal Vitale, Matt Jalbert and Daniel P. Dern all weigh in.

Computer Industry News: I take Bill Gates and his clownish attorneys to the woodshed, just like the judge, only in harsher terms. In other computer news, the NY State Attorney General seized a news server. Had you even heard about this story?

General News, besides Newt, includes a cute story about my older daughter as well as my Skywalker Ranch dreams and disappointments.

Humor: Top 20 Ways to Know You're Living in the 90s, and Paul makes the Top5 list again with a mildly suggestive Halloween Costume problem.

This week's web site of the week is Biztravel. Thanks Joe.

 

November 2, 1998

Computer Industry News: Microsoft Antitrust Case: How many times do I have to say this? Mac vs. PC: The Struggle Continues

Web Site of the Week: Gamepower

General News: John Glenn's ride, Bill Clinton's ride, Firesign Theater (again)

Humor: One-liner aphorisms, Schindler's Top5 Hat Trick, mildly smutty .EXE file. [Note: this hat trick has nothing to do with Sex with my Hat.

Letters: John Taylor, Harrison Klein, Malcolm Maclachlan, Joe Brancatelli

October 26, 1998

Computer Industry News: Microsoft Opening Statement: Codswallop. Microsoft to throw case? You are being watched. Probably Apocryphal: Trader's Elbow.

Web Site of the Week: Top 5 List

General News: Harry Shearer: Funny and Cogent. Firesign Theater Returns.

Letters: Harrison Klein, Jeremy Barna, Neal Macklin, Joe Brancatelli

October 19, 1998

This week; Serbia, Impeachment, and musings on the state of Internet Content companies