January | 2003 | Abject

Fear not — moral clarity is on the way. . . . in private, several of Mr. Bush’s advisers say the North Korean crisis has complicated their diplomatic task at the United Nations. So has Mr. Bush’s determination that a pre-emptive strike on North Korea is not viable even if Mr. Kim is only months […]

Some other innocent tissue pets to be used without any complain every day… (Wet San) Confident of washing out any dirty stain. Always wanna win a first position. (Pocket San) Poor tissues that is never used at all. But they will some day. They are a comic group. (Hana Chan) She is a slim tissue […]

My most ecstatic musical experience of 2002 was a performance by Kinski closing out Vancouver’s New Forms Festival. Soaring, spacious songs, often driven by relatively straight-ahead rock arrangements, Kinski filled the acoustic expanse of St. Andrew Wesley’s Cathedral with a roar that warmed every cell in my body, pure sonic bliss. (And what inspiration on […]

If you can’t beat them, you can at least secure an excellent return on investment. Dack Ragus, who among other things runs a frightening perpetual warlog on his site, brings power (and the chance to make a tidy sum) to the people with his latest feature: The Perpetual War Portfolio is an evenly weighted basket […]

An inventive application of the weblog: a presentation of the diaries of Samuel Pepys. Beginning with January 1st of this year, a new entry will be published each day. Another worthwhile daily project is Otis Fodder’s vow to post an MP3 for every day of 2003, promising to plumb the depths of “the incredibly strange”, […]