Month: September 2001 (Page 4 of 7)

More links, as I begin to emerge from my cough-syrup-induced fog:

-good stuff from the last three days on pylduck.com
-essential reading on Salon from an Afghan-American

And a big thank-you to Xkot, whose AIM away message reads, “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” Amen.

Spacecheese said something we all have to remember: criticizing America isn’t anti-American, it’s essentially American.

Rented “The Exorcist” on DVD last night, hoping a little scare would take my mind off things. I actually had never seen it all the way through, so I thought it would be a good chance for me to get into the pop culture groove again. It wasn’t bad, exactly, but it wasn’t really scary, either. I am continually looking for a movie that will genuinely scare me, and I have yet to find it – even in the darkened theater. (Well, Troll 2 scared me, as Mike B. knows, but because of its scary badness.) If anyone can recommend a movie that really scared them, I’d like to hear about it.

Arthur has something to say. You should go there now.
And really listen.

After finally watching “Gilbert Grape” again (I rented it Wednesday but have been too sick to watch it), I’ve come to the conclusion that John C. Reilly should be given the honor of playing me in the inevitable movie based on my life. He is clearly a cool guy, and did you know we’re almost the same age? So it seems perfect. If you ask me.

Things are getting insane.

I said I was getting back to regular programming, but there’s some stuff you should read, if you haven’t already. These links have been all over the last few days, but I want to highlight them too.

Dave Winer on Palestinians
Michael Moore on insanity
Sean Hartigan on “a lie all the worse for being partly true”
Miguel on birthday cakes and tinsel
Noam Chomsky on trying to understand

We need to get beyond the jingoism and runs on flags at Wal-Mart. The eloquent words above, much better than anything I could come up with, might begin to help us understand. If you have any other favorite pieces of writing from this week, please leave the link in a comment so others can read them too. Thanks.

Another ‘words mean things’ consumer recommendation: Vicks 44M cough syrup. Good stuff, Maynard. I am under its influence as I write this.

And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming…
In the grocery store the other day, I wanted to complement my Boo Berry purchase with Count Chocula. Sadly, they had none. So I settled for Cocoa Pebbles, the Flintstones-themed chocolate rice krispies. I am going to write the FDA and request that this cereal be considered a controlled substance. It’s like getting a sugar IV. It’s chocolate crack. And to top it off, it makes the most intense chocolate milk you’ve ever experienced. Not for the faint of heart.

Chicago hotel room window, morning
On my walk early this morning, I found myself looking up at the sky a lot, and I was reminded again of Gilbert Grape. Looking up at the limitless sky seemed to bring me a little hope – and I think we could all use a little of that.