Britney Underground. “The Britney Spears Live from Las Vegas ads assaulted the Big Apple for weeks, amidst the post 9.11 trauma and heartbreak. To mimic the question penned on one ad poster, can we afford this anymore? The message this scantily clad teen offers in a time of war is uncertain, but several NYC subway riders didn’t hesitate to express their thoughts.”
“Hello to rap fans, I am ILL Mitch. I come from Russia to America now I am free to do 3 favorite things. These are rap and ride on my skateboard and hit my boxing bag. But most favorite thing is rap.”
Have a hankering for, say, a few POUNDS of Silly Putty? You’re not alone. People are “banding together in ‘putty pools’ to buy industrial quantities directly from the manufacturer, Dow Corning Corp.”
First it was giant cockroaches, and now it’s blue-ring octopi. In Thailand, they love exotic pets.
Looking back on September 11th, 2001:
Drug news:
In “It’s Time to Turn Off Those Bells and Whistles,” Matt Richtel says that, in honor of the upcoming anniversary of September 11th, we should temporarily ditch our technological gadgets to remind us that people, not processors, are the most important things in our lives. (New York Times; free registration required.)
I can’t believe I just now started reading Dave Eggers’s “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.” It’s extremely good.
“Peeling the Onion” is an interesting look at the creative process involved in publishing some of the best humorous writing around.