March
2004
March
2
• News: Lost blog discovered,
quick Tahoe trip summary; SUV driving, inter tube fun, and more,
including a long doze in the morning with brilliant novel sequel ideas.
• Essay: My surprise at being hot
for The Punisher based on an excellent trailer, Kill Bill 2 has a great
poster, The Academy Awards and photo caption snarkiness, Mel's Jesusnuff
movie makes a fortune, and I discuss it and Jesus at some length.
March
4
• News: News headlines
demonstrate the importance of proper comma use, German eaten by own
pets, yet another mad cow horror story in the US.
• Essay: Dark Tower on the PC, self
publishing information for me to sneer at. March
5
• News: Claim Jumper again with
their new theme song, Survivor and Richard's horrible sexual harassment
of the horrible woman, silly reasons for not voting in Oz, African Giant
Pouched Rats sniffing out tuberculosis.
• Essay: First sign of a new email
virus scam, Conan trashy movies and Conan the Destroyer, Garfield strip
parody and discussion of the low-rent xmaddox site. March
6
• News: Cat theft follow up to
the Claim Jumper story, and Dusty's general confusion about food sounds.
• Essay: Idiotic writing from a
spoofing college kid and Orson Scott Card. March
8
• News: Photo sorting in too
much detail, Martha Stewart going up the river for idiotic greed.
• Essay: Dooce's "worst boss
story ever" leads me down memory lane. March
9
• News: Random amusing kitty
photos, Claim Jumper illustrated.
• Essay: Reader mail: how long to
the blogs take to write, penis enlargement spam leads to an essay on
what larger penises would really change, if anything. March
11
• News: Strangely hot No Cal
weather streak, Bushco screws up with their "keep jobs in
America" leader selection.
• Essay: Spartan discussed and
anticipated, Agent Cody Banks 2 dismissed. March
12
• News: I really do have SAD of
a summer-time sort, the first event in the new San Diego baseball
stadium and I don't miss it a bit, email reply lag, Spartan clinging to
a positive review, crazy woman refuses Caesarian and kills her baby,
Canadian pig farmer serial killer making sausage?
• Essay: Dusty's nighttime naughty
games and appropriate punishments/training techniques. March
13
• News: Life as a himbo, First Time
page updated, encouraging Kill Bill 2 reviews, horror at I Robot, Shrek
2 trailer is mediocre.
• Essay: Dynomite! in great
detail. With photos. March
15
• News: Reviews week schedule
announced, Tahoe Photos and John Muir photos online, George Carlin
weighs in on morality in society, religious site editorial argues that
the Bible proves there's no extraterrestrial life.
• Essay: Spartan reviewed. March
16
• News: Reaction to the Spanish
bombings, Bush's Iraq policy overview, Shrek trailer follow up, quick Finding
Nemo review.
• Essay: Portrait of a Killer,
Patricia Cornwall's Jack the Ripper novel, reviewed. March
18
• News: The crushing and
sarcastic heat wave continues to bake the Bay Area, more quotes from
Spanish about the terror attacks, the stupidest new diet term ever,
"flexitarian," ridiculous media frenzy over John Kerry's
utterly obvious comments.
• Essay: Red Dragon, by
Thomas Harris, reviewed. Both book and movie. March
19
• News: Dynomite tipping point
reached?, World of Warcraft beta begins to general Fluxian indifference,
CostCo and the continuing saga of way oversized soda containers, silly
fake tattoo sleeve fashion statements.
• Essay: Hannibal film and novel
reviewed and discussed. March
20
• News: New Fry's grand opening and
3d card purchases, the nightmare that is Burlington Coat Factory's cash
register system, actually expecting quality service and being
disappointed when you don't get it vs. not expecting it in the first
place, WoW and the subsequent failure of the 3d card, God Hates
Shrimp.com, Dawn of the Dead anticipation, Casshern
trailer.
• Essay: Stupid cats, snakes, and
Flux photos. March
22
• News: Random observations on
the human body and it's curious sound effects, lesbian auctions off her
virginity, comments on prostitution in general.
• Essay: Short reviews of Sleepy
Hollow and Dawn of the Dead.
March 23
• News: General whining about my
crappy day, Malaya gives me a haircut with mixed results and photos,
non-functional 3D card issues, Eric Alterman on Dennis Miller's soon to
be cancelled TV show.
• Essay: Reader mail on British
virgins, Claim Jumper, restaurants, novels, my novel, and more. March
25
• News: More on the dead 3D card
with a new failed driver attempt and screenshots, an update on my v1.10
D2 playing exploits, and lovely weather changes.
• Essay: A monk gets kicked squah
in the nuts, American children fatter than ever, Georgia bans female
genital piercing, another near shuttle disaster, thin-skinned Indians. March
26
• News: Finally, some good 3d card
advice, news commentary on a student who was expelled for writing a
violent story in a college creative writing class.
• Essay: Novel structure discussed,
with examples. March
27
• News: Quick Ladykillers
review, amusing D2 vote irregularity email, First Time page addition,
spy cam on Hooter's waitresses.
• Essay: Harry Potter #3 movie
discussion, and child stars aging differently. March
29
• News: More on the New Site
Visitor issue, new books: Elfstones of Shannara, Harry Potter, and more.
Two random Jinxie photos.
• Essay: February mailbag
excerpted. March
30
• News: Penelope Cruz =
celebrity?, Bush criticizes Kerry for quoting scripture.
• Essay: More reader mails, Harry
Potter, site stuff, etc.
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