April
2004
April 1
• News: April Fool's not here,
site donations update, video card bullet point update, amazing stories
of strip search ordering fake cops, over the phone.
• Essay: Iraq news items: US merc
corpses torn apart by angry mob, what happened to "war for
oil?", and why do people say Bush is doing a good job against
terrorism?
April
2
• News: RIP for Bo the rat,
Hellboy anticipation, innocent man spends 11.5 years in prison and wins
a lawsuit over it.
• Essay: Reader mail and comments:
Harry Potter books, bonus size editions of my novels, amusing porn spam,
amusing non-porn spam.
April 3
• News: Welcome to Black
Champagne page planning, home made Chinese food tutorial.
• Essay: Hellboy review and
discussion.
April
5
• News: Sprained knee and amusingly
annoying aftereffects, penguin whacking game, the Fallouja situation
grows ever more intractable.
• Essay: Reviews: Elfstones of
Shannara, Collateral Damage.
April
6
• News: The wretched failure of
SportsCenter to satisfy my temporary highlight needs, Yeti Sports
provides more penguin whacking fun, Kurt Cobain murder/suicide
conspiracy theory fun.
• Essay: Reader mail: knee
injuries, Tolkien and fantasy literature and my writing.
April
8
• News: Kill Bill and Punisher
anticipation, interesting info about the US corporate mercs in Iraq, yet
another amusingly awful PETA billboard campaign.
• Essay: Super burrito tutorial and
and recipe, with photos.
April
9
• News: Iraqi news as depressing as
ever which is why I don't blog about it much.
• Essay: Harry Potter 2 and 3
discussed and reviewed.
April
10
• News: Common sense reader
feedback about Iraq, new Wal-Mart sold DVD player that automatically
bleeps out the good stuff, yet more horrible Mad Cow in the US news.
• Essay: Review: Angels and
Demons, by Dan Brown.
April
12
• News: Ignorant of Easter yet
again, graphic novels discussion and disappointing review and comments
on the medium in general.
• Essay: Angels and Demons reader
mail, comparisons to DaVinci Code, and formulaic fiction in general
April
13
• News: Knee regression and
depression and excuses.
• Essay: News: marathon septic
issues, anti-gay Christian group falls for an Onion story, Rebecca
Romijn is back on the market.
April
15
• News: The best waffles ever, Kill
Bill 1 DVD and KB2 reviews, great NYT editorial about the SF college
student who was expelled for writing a short story, the horror and
corruption of hospital bills.
• Essay: Harry Potter 4 and 5
reviewed and discussed.
April
17
• News: Blog malaise, PETCO Park
falls victim to PETA.
• Essay: Kill Bill 2 review.
April
19
• News: Writing, Jamba Juice, and
an Islamic study guide's bizarre history revision.
• Essay: Hero movie and
other upcoming titles, links and discussion of the best movie trailer
sites.
April
20
• News: Waking and sleeping time
fluctuations.
• Essay: Reader mail on Hero and
Crouching Tiger, Links Page requested addition.
April
22
• News: Hot Scandinavian high
school porn girls, Tim McVeigh's accomplices caught on tape, several
years too late.
• Essay: Anaconda 2 and its one
good screenshot, Garfield vs. Get Fuzzy.
April
23
• News: Blogging shorter and
better, lots of writing on Wednesday and my overlong fantasy novel,
Princess Diana's corpse is still news.
• Essay: Reader mail: tighter spam
filters = "ATTN Flux" time, Sweden does not equal Norway,
comic books and graphic novels explained, only foreigners speak proper
English.
April
26
• News: D.R.O.D. early fun,
Americans really are that dumb.
• Essay: Weekend activities;
blogging, movie openings, fans remaining after a year of no blogging?
April
28
• News: DroD gives me a brief
flashback to the old days of carefree gaming, bitching about the heat,
sprawling Jinx comments, humorous Noah's Ark search news.
• Essay: Summer movie trailer run
down.
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