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Sun 15 Dec, 2002 08:07 am
The link below will lead you to the New York Times Magazine page on great (or not so great) ideas and trends of 2002. There are rather a lot of them...funny, weird, exciting, troubling...and each is linked to it's own page.
Dig in and comment as inspired.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/?8ftrs
couldn't get in Blatham.
we really talking condoms here?
i prefer magnums myself, fit better
don't choke the stoker
mikey
You'll need to register, but that's a quick and simple process. Besides, the NY Times is the best paper around so you ought to do this anyway.
As regards magnums and stokers...I know...you once caught a lobster and it was THIS big.
16 lbs....no lie. i have pics somewhere.
i meant the lobster l'lk....get your mind out of the gutter.
How apropos the woman's comments re, endurance condoms should appear in The Express ... rather than in The Times or The Daily Male. :wink:
I have the magazine section with the articles in it...but haven't finished looking at it yet. Back later.
You spend too much time at the times, Boss . . .
heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee . . .
I couldn't resist, so i went to the article attached to the picture of the nekkid lady holding a towel in front of herself. She spent 12 days, up to 9 hours a day, in her "installation." This constitutes art? As Mencken said, no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public . . .
There were lots of good ones. One of my favorites is Forced Transparency which urges companies to publish what they pay for oil. The premise is that, by publishing what is paid for oil, countries like Angola, which has billions in oil reserves but which receives millions in aid, would have to acknowledge how much money it makes.
"If citizens know how much mmoney comes in, they can, at the very least, figure out how much is stolen. Forcing transparencey on corrupt governments would increase pressure on leaders to spend more on schools, hospitals and roads--and might motivate citizens to toss out known thieves."
It is estimated that as much as $4 billion has disappeared in the last five years, yet the world spends about $200 million to feed poor Angolans.
The World Bank supports the idea as does Tony Blair. "In all this, the Bush administration has been noticeable for not taking a leadership role. Forty percent of Angola's oil is exported to the United States."
Another is Viagra Saves Wildlife. (I know what you're thinking--read on.)
Because more and more men are using Viagra, there has been less call for trade in animal parts, many of which come from endangered species.
Good news as far as I'm concerned. Keep that Viagra coming!
"Keep that Viagra coming"?
I can't believe she really said that! LOL Diane!
Are you Mmedianne on Abuzz by the way?
LOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOL
the doughnuts got me!
Yeah, that's my favorite verse, too . . .
Setanta--moi? Naughty? Well. er, yes, actually, whenever I can get away with it!
Deb, I thought you knew it was truly I, with my ususal mix of gutter and demure-ishness
Setanta, getting back to your song (how could I not?), I too loved the doughnuts, but I was rather impressed with dear old Mr. Weisberg. Half a dozen bagels is nothing to sneeze at or ogle at or even to swoon at, but to celebrate!!
It is quite clear that the women of Johnson City will keep a ready supply of oil handy for as long as Viagra is transported by truck. :wink:
But I think we have digressed from Blatham's original intent.
Swerving from blatham's original intent in no sin at all, here or anywhere. What wonderful swerves might we miss if such a rule were in place?! It's a great song, an advance of culture, as is the subject of it. There is a very scientific reason that my avatar is blue, puffy, and youthful.
OK, I'll bite. Tell me, pray tell, the scientific reason for the blueness and puffiness and youthfulness of your avatar?
Then please give me the unscientific reason, which I'm sure will be much more fun.