Daily Archives: September 14, 2003

Bush $200 Bill Revealed

SEPTEMBER 12–North Carolina cops are searching for a guy who successfully passed a $200 bill bearing George W. Bush’s portrait and a drawing of the White House complete with lawn signs reading"no Justice Scandals" "We like broccoli" and "USA deserves … Continue reading

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Bowie’s Brain Like Swiss Cheese

David Bowie has to read his lyrics on stage after years of drug abuse left his memory full of holes. The singer said he has been reading his songs from a book perched on a music stand. Bowie – now … Continue reading

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Throwing Serious Heat

from the New York Times Any fan of baseball or the Guiness Book of World Records will enjoy this longish article on 100-mph fastball pitchers. According to Robert Adair, a physicist and professor emeritus at Yale University and the author … Continue reading

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Fear the Beaver

Old Mascot – Cheer the Beaver MIT is upset because they don’t get enough respect – on the athletic field.  As part of their program to remedy this situation they have redesigned their mascot. New Mascot – Fear the Beaver … Continue reading

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Big Third Cousin

Remember frantically fumbling for coins inside, under and around your seat, as you held up traffic in the exact-change lane at the Turnpike tollbooths? In a pathetically transparent attempt to cooerce people into using the $27.50 automatic-deduction transponders in the … Continue reading

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