Category Archives: Strangeness

Monkey Knife Fight!

Posted on October 30, 2002 by Solonor

See? It’s not just us that finds Monkey Knife Fight oddly amusing! Apparently, it gave a SF Weekly reporter enough sleepless nights to write a lengthy article on the subject….in search of the graffiti artists who are leaving that mysterious … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Yours Ironically, etc. etc.

Posted on October 28, 2002 by Solonor

Remember when an Iraqi vice president offered to have Saddam and Bush fight a duel to settle things? Well, in the New Yorker, Jesse Lichtenstein offers up a possible scenario wherein the two prospective combatants discuss the impending episode of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Monkey Proliferation

Posted on October 24, 2002 by Solonor

What in the name of Grape Ape is going on? Have we finally realized our Darwinian heritage, admitting that we are merely follically-challenged apes? Are we too busy singing to put anybody down? Are we, like Sea-Monkeys, “…real Time-Travelers asleep … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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wKenShow: Is this free speech or evil incarnate?

Posted on October 23, 2002 by Solonor

I have received several dozen e-mails asking me to remove wKenShow from my Daily Reads blogroll. Um…okay, it was only one….and it was from wKen…but that is totally beside the point! wKenShow is the most vile piece of garbage this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A Barrel Full of Monkeys

Posted on October 15, 2002 by Solonor

There’s been a proliferation of monkeys in both blogspace and meatspace, recently. For example, Whiny the Elder thinks it is the funniest word in the English language…inserting it into conversation at the most inappropriate moments. Continue reading →

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SHHHH!

Posted on September 23, 2002 by Solonor

The world is coming to an end. CNN.com – Composer pays for piece of silence – Sep. 23, 2002 [ Loudly proclaimed by Sgt. Grump ] Continue reading →

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Now For Your Enjoyment: Blasphemy!

Posted on September 21, 2002 by Solonor

While I was finishing up the Banned Books List, I came across this unbelievably sacrilegious (and wickedly funny) site:Landover Baptist: Where The Worthwhile Worship. Unsaved Unwelcome. Send all hate mail to: BiteMe@YouWorshipYourWayAndIWillWorshipMine.org Continue reading →

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What if they have a pointed stick?

Posted on September 15, 2002 by Solonor

Silflay Hraka warns us of Iraq’s preparations for the coming invasion. [ Blogatelle sounds the alarm. ] Continue reading →

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Britney Spears

Posted on September 14, 2002 by Solonor

Kamel inspired me to turn from the dark side of politics and general left-right snarkiness to the serious business of luring poor suckers searching for pictures of Britney Spears, Britney Spears lyrics, Britney Spears video clips, Britney Spears fansite, or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Lighten Up! It’s a Joke!

Posted on September 13, 2002 by Solonor

Um…laugh everyone? Ha ha? No? Guess not. I can kinda understand the pressures young men of Arab descent might be under in this post-9/11 fear factory. I might even be able to picture them sitting in a restaurant next to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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