May 27, 2004

the cliff clavins of the world...

there are a lot of urban legends floating around out there about beer. here's some good old fashioned debunking.

May 25, 2004

where's wallonia?....

here's a tour of the legendary region of belgium.

May 24, 2004

do you hate your neighbor...

remember, kids, it could always be worse.

May 18, 2004

blow up the church...

if you're feeling dirty after that last one, at least you can feel good about where di and i are having our wedding.

if kerry is president....

this would be the commander-in-chief's daughter.....

May 17, 2004

the ultimate travel phrasebook....

here's what you really need to know how to say while travelling in a foreign country.

May 11, 2004

domination for the good of the dominated...

i actually have to confess to liking this george will column in the washington post. here's the meat:



"Americans must not flinch from absorbing the photographs of what some Americans did in that prison. And they should not flinch from this fact: That pornography is, almost inevitably, part of what empire looks like. It does not always look like that, and does not only look like that. But empire is always about domination. Domination for self-defense, perhaps. Domination for the good of the dominated, arguably. But domination.

And some people will be corrupted by dominating. That is why the leaders of empires must be watchful. Very watchful. "