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Saturday, December 23, 2000
Today I went from having never heard of the film Memento, to eagerly, desperately wanting to see it. According to the IMDB, the USA doesn't get it until March. The site is really, really cool. The way it reveals information reminds me of the original web site for 12 Monkeys, which was a site that was way ahead of its time.
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Thursday, December 21, 2000
Well, I'm gettin' on a plane and headin' east in an hour, so who knows when we'll all blog again. I leave you with these parting jokes. See ya soon. The Laaz.
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Why it's a not a good idea to check your luggage. (These guys were suspended after this video ran on the local news.)
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Tuesday, December 19, 2000
So, a fairly senior agent whom I would call a friendly acquaintance, meaning we chat in the office, but don't hang out on weekends or anything, has been asking me to see the Vietnam pictures. So, I went up there with my photo CD just now to show him. He was on the phone most of the time, clicking through the pictures as he did business, and then whenever he would hang up, he would use the 30 seconds between calls to ask pertinent questions. Which means that most of the time, he was looking at pictures absent any explanation from me.Now, recall that, while I would say we are friends, he does not know me very well. So, today I learned the following: It is extremely difficult to explain a "Lars' Severed Head" picture to someone who does not know Lars, especially when he is on the phone with Stockard Channing.
posted by LT2 9:21 PM ET | discuss | link
The Angry Pen is #1! In Google searches for the word "fatbodies", that is. Congratulations, Pen!He's also the #1 result for Al Gore's Personality! And for talking Al Gore dolls!
Hmmm, I'm not sure exactly what this recent reader of the Pen was looking for, but the Pen is number one in the field of female crotch busting!
Interested in "woman slaughtering"? Our Vietnam travelogue is apparently the #2 page for you!
As the Pen's editor, I'm embarrased to say it, but people with poor spelling are fans, too! Don't know how to spell concede? Search for Gore's conceed speech, and we're your only hit! Don't know how to spell Phil Gramm's name? No matter! Just search for Senator Phil Graham, and we'll help ya out! (Although, we're only the fifth hit on that search, with Gramm's own being the #1.)
That's enough "Fun with Search Engine Referrer Logs" for now. If you enjoyed these, you might want to visit a whole site dedicated to this stuff: Disturbing Search Requests.
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I'm not sure if there will be an Onion this week or not (I assume not), but I thought I would point out that The Onion's list of "Least Essential Albums of 2000" is still pretty damn funny, even thought it's for real.
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Wha? A "V" Reunion mini-series? Bowel-Boy, you, in particular, are gonna want to check this article out.
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First off, if you have HBO and you haven't been watching Curb Your Enthusiasm, you've been doing yourself a great disservice. Secondly, if you're planning to record this week's episode "The Group," be aware that it is 32 minutes long, so you'll have to take that into account. (Do a manual recording, TiVo users.) I had to wait a day to get to see those last two minutes, and they're definitely worth it.
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Monday, December 18, 2000
Blast from the Past: I was digging through some old emails, and I found this proto-Blog email that Lars sent out around Christmastime last year, and thought I would share it with everyone.Well, I got a wave machine for Christmas, you know, one of those things that broadcasts white noise so that the sounds of life won't keep you awake at night...and I'm here to tell you, they work like nobody's business.Here's a testimonial from an actaual customer, not a paid actor....mainly, me.
Last night, at about two in the morning, Puddin' (my cat, for the uninitiated), threw up about a pound of her dinner on my pillows. Not only did I sleep right through the entire wretched (sorry for the pun) event, but I continued to sleep in the...um...mistake for another two hours before finally waking up and realizing what was going on.
Thanks Wave machine!
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Good choice!
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Funny story: I went to help Stephanie pick up her Christmas Tree Saturday morning and we brought her brand new son Matthew along for the ride. Well, naturally, since I was helping maneuver Matthew in to his papoose and taking pictures and stuff, everybody thought I was the father. Which was even funnier because I had none of the information any half-decent dad should have, which elicited some very confused responses. Examples:1) A lady came up to me and said "Aw he's so cute, how old is he?", and I said "Lady, I have no idea."
2) The tree guy asked me what car he should tie out tree to. I looked out at the lot and didn't recognize our car amogst the handful parked there. So I told him I didn't know and shouted to Stephanie "Hey Steph, our car's the grey Altima right?"I enjoyed myself immensely.
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Sunday, December 17, 2000
I wouldn't expect an article about a visit to the Embassy of the Slovak Republic to be very funny, but go figure.
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In today's Movie Answer Man column, Fox's VP of Publicity and Promotions defends the spoiler-trailer for Cast Away. Ebert doesn't buy it though. (I can't judge since I haven't seen the movie yet.)
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