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"Dog Bites Man" isn’t news.

But “Dog Bites Shark”? That’s news–check it out. They don’t say what kind of dog, so I’m imagining a pug doing it.

Dumb books, dildoes and “Super Onan Machine”

This article on dumb books was amusing. And though I generally prefer Dan Savage to Tristan Taormino, her latest sex column in the Village Voice has some interesting facts about that most utilitarian of objects, the dildo. And while we’re on the topic, a Japanese company has developed something it calls a “Super Onan Machine.” [...]

SIX MONTHS!

News from the UK this morning: This Sunday, Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody will notch its 26th week on the London Times bestseller list! Six solid months! Have you bought your copy yet? Better hurry, before they run out of trees! Also: putting the finishing touches on Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel, which [...]

Watched the Oscars last night…

Kate had the line of the evening. After Roman Polanski won, she quipped, “Ah, Hollywood. If you diddle a 13-year-old, you get a standing ovation, but if you criticize the President, you get booed.” She also found this great piece by David Sedaris. Check it out.

In bootleg heaven…

The closest I ever come to heaven is listening to the Beatles. Some of you already know this about me, but I spent most of my formative years in pursuit of lost Beatle songs; many, but far from all, of these ended up on the BBC and Anthology series. (All the people in the house [...]

I love the Japanese…

Who wouldn’t love a culture that produced fake see-thru skirts? Over here, we occupy ourselves differently–with fly-powered airplanes, for example.

Record Reviews

It’s a rare site that you can stumble on, be obsessed with for a day or two, then come back years later and still be fascinated by. Wilson and Alroy’s Record Reviews is such a site. I remember wiling away several days of a horrible week temping back in ’98 with it, and will always [...]

Simon’s Barry Trotter game

My pal Simon has created a simple Barry Trotter game, which you can play here. He’s a talented young feller, that Simon. [Aw, it's no longer there as of 2011. Sorry.--MG] And speaking of all things fanly, here’s a site devoted to Strong Bad. (If you want the real thing, click here.)

Wonderful profile of Tom Lehrer…

…is here. At 74, he hasn’t released an album since 1965, which is around the time that politics went insane in the US, in my not-so-humble opinion. Not that it went insane from a Lack of Lehrer–I don’t know, maybe it did; maybe he was the linchpin holding our ever-fractious and aggressive country together; don’t [...]

If you went to Yale, or just love someone who does/did, you’ll be interested in this scathing editorial in The New York Times about its labor troubles. Embarrassing, depressing, off-pissing.