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April 26, 2005

"The word... is Noggro!"

An article in Slate addresses a new version of the Swedish ice cream bar "Nogger," one that's covered in licorice and called "Nogger Black."

I suppose the entire point of this post is that people are morons, and also as an excuse to include the last line of the article:

"Maybe it's time to start a counteroffensive. The brother of a Slate colleague recommends that Ben & Jerry's test-market a new flavor called W.E.B. DuBoisenberry."

That floored me.

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April 22, 2005

Happy Earth Day from Clay Bennett

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April 20, 2005

When Fandoms Collide...

Squall at TZ passes on a link to a news story about the most bizarre Civil War re-enactment ever...

Trekkies Vs. Yanks WHO WILL WINS?

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Cartoons of the Day

And for some reason I thought this one was really funny...

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Happy We Have A Pope Day, Everybody!

Benedict is a great title, but when you take into account that he could have been Hilarius II... Cardinal Ratzinger really dropped the ball.

Seriously, yay for the Pope.

[Thanks to Jay Allman, editor at Toon Zone, for pointing this out.]

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April 14, 2005

Cartoon of the Day

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Coming Soon

A hint as to my next web project.

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April 13, 2005

My Dad is Cool.

Playbill News: Fred Applegate Named New Max for London Producers

"It has now been announced, however, that Oscar will be followed in the role by Fred Applegate, an actor little-known to British audiences."

Not for long!

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April 09, 2005

Yep.

The trouble with the Democrats' public image. OK, they've got way more problems, but this is one of them.

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Warbots in Korea

Armed robots could be patrolling the South-North Korean border by 2011. Isaac Asimov is spinning in his grave.

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EWWWWW.

Ew.

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April 03, 2005

Where Will Ben Be Part 1: Korea... ?

It's almost decided that I will Gyeongju next year on a Princeton in Asia fellowship. I visited that city for a few days last year, and it's incredibly beautiful.

But this is still up in the air, as I may get offered another PiA posting and the JET results are rumored to come out on Monday, which means I may also have that to fall back on if I decide Gyeongju isn't right for me.

It's an exciting week.

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April 01, 2005

Rawk.

It is a South Park character generator! Thank you man!


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