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27 August 2004Introducing a new recurring feature here at transcendentalfloss, From the Dust Bin will present reviews of recorded stuff currently collecting dust in boxes, both literal and figurative, in the forgotten corners of the literal/figurative closet or basement or attic. The concept developed upon discovery of a shoe box of analog cassette tapes that had been […]
26 August 2004A lot of interesting things happen when I walk my dog. A lot of interesting people come up to him. But last night takes the cake in recent memory. My Alaskan Malamute stopped to relieve himself, no. 1 style. A gringo* joined him. I kid you not. A gregarious Spanish-speaking Mexican fella walked up beside […]
Yesterday I posted a link to and excerpts from an article in The Guardian about the Bush campaign appropriating the return of Afghanistan and Iraq to the Olympics for political gain in a new advert, as the Brits like to call it.
Well, I’m happy to report that Mr. Donegan got one thing wrong.
He said:
In America […]
25 August 2004Dave Matthews Band’s Big Stink
By Josh Grossberg
E! Online, 08/25/2004 12:30 PM
This probably wasn’t what Dave had in mind when he wrote “Don’t Drink the Water.”
The state of Illinois has filed a lawsuit against the Dave Matthews Band for allegedly dumping up to 800 pounds of liquid human waste from its tour bus into the Chicago […]
With my 40th birthday on the horizon (August 28th), it is with no small degree of urgency that I visit the gym everyday on my lunch hour. My sense is that, in order to be the kind of active person I desire to be in my latter years, I must enter my 5th decade with […]
24 August 2004who would win, t-rex or george washington? which wins, rock, paper or hurricane? what about rock, paper, lava?
i don’t know the answers to these all-important questions. i don’t even know why they’re important. but there they are, out there, demanding answers.
the temptation is to provide a non sequitur response, consistent with the question. but the […]
23 August 2004smoke. smoking. smokers.
i don’t like any of them.
smoking-related diseases kill 425,000 americans every year. that’s a lot of damn americans. that’s like filling up safeco field and killing everybody in the stands…ten times a year.
but you know what? smokers know what they’re getting into. which must be why they’re all such aggressively antisocial deathmongers.
smokers will […]
22 August 2004at this point i lose all composure and break down in tears. given the fact that i never cry, naturally people rush up and clamor about me.
they don’t know how close they were to clamoring about me, instead, at my funeral.
before i go on, it’s important that you know that i’m not prone to fits […]
19 August 2004Have you ever noticed how gorgeous Canadian money is? The reasons for me to not emigrate to Canada are getting fewer and fewer. I still can’t stop laughing when Canadians say “Ay” a lot, or when they end every sentence they speak like they are asking a question. But, at least it’s an internal laugh, […]
