September 17, 2004
September 16, 2004
Don't miss the "Clip-n-Seal® Fresh News" blog
It's the first blog I've seen with an (r) in the title. Egads.
If you attempt to cancel Netflix, they'll offer you a $19 instead of a $22 rate
Not bad savings for three mouse clicks.
I *want* a Sushi Pirate T-shirt
Just when you think you've decided not to ever buy anything else ever again because you just have to move it, something like this comes along.
September 15, 2004
September 14, 2004
The latest drug scourge, meth, makes you ... work harder?
Apparently, paranoia and impulsive sex mix well with Corporate America.
The Sunniest City in Canada ain't Vancouver
But V. does claim title to fewest days below freeing, so who's laughing now, really?
September 13, 2004
Police in Paris have discovered a fully equipped cinema-cum-restaurant in a large and previously uncharted cavern underneath the capital's chic 16th arrondissement.
Chic? What a meanless adjective when applied to Paris. That's like calling a certain neighbourhood of New York "dense" or a certain street in L.A. "smoggy"
September 12, 2004
Do Newspapers Make Good Business News Look Bad?
The New York Times reports in detail about a study by two researchers that purports that newspaper headlines are much harsher on the economy during Republican presidencies than Democratic ones. Of course, that might be because from 1991-2004 the economy has suffered more under Republican presidencies...but I'd need a research grant to be sure. :)
Oh, and at the end of the article, the NYT finally mentions that one of the researchers has "come under criticism [when he acknowledged] that he assumed a pseudonym -- Mary Rosh -- to write his own praise and defend his positions in online debate on [gun ownership as crime deterrant] from 2000 through January 2003." The other was an adviser to Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, during his bid for the presidency in 2000.
And these guys are investigating bias. I guess it's a subject near and dear to them.
