The Fabulous Sequel

Saturday, September 30, 2000
Salon.com Politics | Hillary in a landslide?
"Basically, Lazio is doing very well among white, upstate Catholic men over 65 who feel strongly about campaign finance reform."


Friday, September 22, 2000
Oft-injured forward feels OK
"If only Gardiner could dunk his whole self in the loo."



Saturday, September 16, 2000
"In their community, east of Hartford, the women who knew Marjorie Reeves thought of her as a bimbo who would not stay married to sweet Steven Reeves very long. His second wife would be the right wife. Marjorie was just a starter." -- Richard Ford, "Issues" (in the current New Yorker)


Monday, September 11, 2000
The Unkindest 'Cut!'
"And donations to the SAG Foundation from Britney Spears and 'N Sync -- $1 for each ticket sold to one concert in Los Angeles and New York, respectively -- won't exactly balance the actors' losses."

I never thought we'd have pro-union teenyboppers...



Sunday, September 10, 2000
Hewlett-Packard May Seek Deal for Consultants
"A spokesman for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, which is representing PricewaterhouseCoopers, declined to comment."

Suddenly, Hamiltonian Solutions doesn't seem like such a long company name...



Friday, September 08, 2000
Downtime by Law
"Because if anybody needs a lesson in the way the real world works, it's the geeks."


Tuesday, September 05, 2000
The Moody Street (Waltham) Burger King has a Backstreet Boys video playing continuously on a small, cheap, tinny-speakered Daewoo television placed above the milkshake machine. You have been warned...


Monday, September 04, 2000
Why do I always listen to the first minute or so of "Two Tickets to Paradise" expecting some different, better song?


Sunday, September 03, 2000
Acid Tongue in Cheek
"The Gore campaign might think about using that Cheney financial statement in an ad. Mr. Cheney didn't fare too shabbily in the Democratic economy. His annual income multiplied 17 times during the Clinton-Gore administration. He got a whopping $20 million in 10 years and gave a measly 1 percent to charity."


Saturday, September 02, 2000
All in the Family
"If the Bush dynasty were a freak occurrence, it might be amusing rather than disturbing."