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On October 15, 2003

laurel points to a story that follows up with three guys who got makeovers from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy‘s Fab Five. Where are they now?

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When I saw THIS cartoon, I instantly thought of Three Weird Sisters, and their “Dumb, Dumb Dorothy” song:

(Committed by Michael Fry)

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Speaking of the Sisters, they got a writeup in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution!

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Following up on last week’s Latin translation of Sir Mix-a-lot’s “Baby Got Back”, stronae gives us a paean to geek girls! (Thanks to aiglet for the pointer!)

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aiglet also passes along a great job opportunity!

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The Missouri Review offers a critique of Shrub’s attempt at poetry.

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almeda muses on bad SF cover art.

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China sends a man into space

Monday Digest

By autographedcat

On October 13, 2003

In Blog

From unclechristo, we find the rules for being human.

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Keep getting abducted by aliens? These people can help!

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I’m sure the really dedicated Dave and Tracy fans have seen this 1999 interview with Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer before, but it was one I hadn’t run across before.

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One of my favourite of the newer comics is Jeff Mallett’s Frazz. Today’s Columbus Day strip is a pretty good example:

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And today, my beloved kitanzi starts a new job. Everyone think good happy thoughts for her on her first day!

Today’s Random Bits

By autographedcat

On October 10, 2003

In Blog

The worlds ugliest bridesmaid dresses.

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A PhD candidate at the University of Oregon is doing a survey on workplace experiences of lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals (Thanks to kightp for the link, elsenet.)

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ladyat posts a rather amusing list of rules for musicians playing together

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Headline spotted: “Man Fatally Dies After Leaping From Squad Car”
(reported on a mailing list)

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Let’s all wish a warm and happy 500th birthday to vodka, after it has helped so many of us be warm and happy through the years!

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Speaking of anniversaries, the webcomic Queen of Wands just celebrated it’s 200th strip. Congrats, aerie! Y’all go check it out!

More short-takes

By autographedcat

On October 9, 2003

In Blog

It’s National Orgasm Month

So give one to the persons you love today!

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Best funny line on the California election came from last night’s Daily Show, which I watched this evening thanks to my TiVo:

Jon Stewart: Steven, do you see any other trends emerging from this election?
Steve Colbert: Absolutely, Jon. In the past, our leaders tended to be veterans of World War II, or the Korean Conflict, or the Civil Rights movement. But with Jesse Ventura, and now Arnold Schwarzenegger, it’s clear that in the future our leaders will be veterans of the movie Predator.

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Even if the Cubs and Red Sox do both make it into the world series, it’s still possible they will *both* lose!

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And because anyone who doesn’t read it should, and because it’s so recently topical again (and again, and again), a recent favourite Ozy and Millie