Friday, February 14, 2003 :::
There's an "open letter to the editors of the Patriot" circulating around campus on bright pink paper. I think it's supposed to be funny, or tongue-in-cheek, or something. It's not, really, it just says the person who wrote the article about anonymous gay sex in campus bathrooms is probably gay himself. Anyways, the letter's attempt to be biting satire falls way short.
By the way, when I was using the restroom in GPB, I saw some graffitti that read, "For action, be here Friday at 7:30". I was thoroughly creeped out.
::: posted by Andrewski at 4:57 PM
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone. Did you know that the reason we celebrate V-Day on the 14th of February is because it is exactly halfway through the second month of the new year? This is the day on which, according to Geoffrey Chaucer, birds find their mates.
"For this was on Seynt Valentynes day,
Whan every foul cometh there to chese his make"
-Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, line 309
::: posted by Andrewski at 4:52 PM
Wednesday, February 12, 2003 :::
Unbelievable. According to this article, some members of Congress are proposing we ban Evian drinking water because France, which imports it to us, is against war in Iraq.
"France and Germany are losing credibility by the day and they are, I think, losing status in the world," the Post quoted House Majority Leader Tom DeLay as saying. "They are walking a fine line that is very dangerous."
This whole situation looks to get far worse before it gets better. When we start spurning our closest allies, are we digging our own graves? More importantly, doesn't this make America look a bit... immature? "You're not on my side? Well, we'll ban your exports! How do you like them apples?" We're acting like a bully on the playground, and it's becoming more apparent every day we march closer to the inevitable, unstoppable War.
The Albatross Perch fully supports Evian drinking water, in hopes that someone will dunk Bush's head in a big vat of it.
::: posted by Andrewski at 5:12 PM
Monday, February 10, 2003 :::
I'll be posting lightly this week, as I prepare two essays and an article for the Patriot. Good luck with classes.
::: posted by Andrewski at 11:27 PM
Sunday, February 09, 2003 :::
There's some quality blogging over at Kevin's Calstuff today, including a transcript and analysis of Steve Sexton's interview about The Patriot on CNN. CNN seems to have been under the impression that the "Valentines Day Economics" was more than a humor piece, and tried to grill Steve accordingly as to how P.C. the story is. Kevin also comments on Snehal in the news, an uninformed article that recently ran in the LA Times.
If you haven't seen this month's Satellite, now's the time to pick one up. I found my copy in the downstairs Media Center of Moffit Library, but remain ignorant of other Satellite droppoints. Anyways, the book review of a trashy Viking sex romp ("The Last Viking" by Sandra Hill, for six bucks at Walgreen's) is a real hoot. I particularily loved the dead-pan manner in which the reviewer, Katy Ansite, lists the locations and page numbers of every steamy sex scene. The joke is, she's reviewing the book like a Berkeley English professor would, except that the book itself will probably only be read by overweight, undersexed, middle aged women.
::: posted by Andrewski at 9:31 PM
