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Monthly Archives: January 2005

Um. Yeah, I Guess I Like to Rock

10-Jan-05

For the person out there–and you know who you are–who recently found newley.com by Googling “kaohsiung 25 year old boy who likes to rock,” I say this:
I do like to rock. But probably not in the way you’re thinking.

A (Caffeinated) Walk Down Memory Lane

09-Jan-05

This guy has been to a SHITLOAD of Starbucks all over the world. And he’s taken photos of them all. I’m not sure what this says about me as a consumer (or as a person), but several of the pics bring back a flood of memories.
There’s this store, which I occasionally popped into during college […]

China and Taiwan

09-Jan-05

The fine folks at Gadling.com, which is an interesting, new-to-me travel Weblog, have some nice things to say about this site and its creator. (Though it should be noted that I am not a woman; my name is gender-ambiguous, yes, but is my prose not muscular and testosterone-infused?)
Anyhoo, they say I should talk more about […]

More Dead White Mules

06-Jan-05

“Equine Gothic: The Dead Mule as Generic Signifier in Southern Literature of the Twentieth Century.”

Better Than a Mall Any Day

04-Jan-05

Welcome to Germany’s own indoor tropical island.

Edge.org Asks Some Big Brains This Question:

04-Jan-05

“WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS TRUE EVEN THOUGH YOU CANNOT PROVE IT?”

Item #291 on My List…

03-Jan-05

…of Things to Do Before I Die is go noodling. And now, thank the good Lord, I shall be able to do it legally in Missouri.

Whimpsters

02-Jan-05

“There is a new post-feminist plague afflicting single women and his name is Whimpster…”

This Post Goes Out to…

01-Jan-05

…Neal F., of my soccer team, who always whines about me never mentioning him here. So here you go, Neal, you Liverpudlian goon you.
(For the 99.998 per cent of Newley.com readers who don’t know Scouser Neal, you can find a photo of him–on the right, recently receiving the team’s dubious “Golden Leg” for the […]

My New Favorite Weblog…

01-Jan-05

…is Preshrunk, which chronicles its owner’s “fascination with t-shirts and hoodies.”