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Sep 9, 2003
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If you see only one Elvis vs. Mummy movie this year, make it this one

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Bubba Ho-Tep will be playing at the Varsity Theater in Seattle for a limited run. (Check the release schedule to see if it will be airing in your area.) Be there. Or the mummy will have already won.

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Sep 2, 2003
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The World Adult Kickball Association

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

"People just want to come out and have fun," Smith said. "A lot of the sports leagues out there, unless you're die-hard, unless you're so serious, people end up getting left out," he said. Not so with kickball. "People haven't done it since grade school, so it's not like people have bee...

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Sep 1, 2003
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Even the trees are falling for the media's lies

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

The White House is doing some renovating of its own (NYT, free registration required), in order to refurbish a section of the lawn that is used by television reporters so they can stand there with a nice picture of the White House behind them. But that's not why I found this story interesting. Go about halfway down the article: "The light and ...

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Sep 1, 2003
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Suburbs make you fat, researchers conclude

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Researchers have determined that living in the suburbs makes you fat. That and all the super-sized value meals. Speaking of super-sizing your value meal: people are tearing down their McMansions in order to build... a bigger McMansion (WSJ, paid registration required, sorry).

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Aug 22, 2003
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Knitting a pumpkin

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

I've decided to change the color scheme to match my latest knitting project:  A pumpkin hat. (Previous food-themed hats were raspberry and eggplant.) I just got a call from the yarn store that the yarn for my sweater has come in, and I can't wait.

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