Month: August 2002

Cover Me.

The Covers Project, via Pearls That Are In His Eyes. Great for use in association with Kazaa. To take just two examples, I didn’t know Scott Weiland covered Depeche Mode’s “But Not Tonight” (tho’ the original is still better) or that Elvis Costello riffed on Dylan’s country classic, “I Threw It All Away.” Good stuff.

Are we done yet?

In related news from the NYT, Bush gets bored at yesterday’s Photo-Op economic summit. “He dutifully scribbled some notes as participants talked, looking as happy as a high school kid in trig class, and bounded out of his chair when Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill told him he could be excused.” Meanwhile, the Dow dropped 200.

A Tale of Two Ranches.

The NYT contrasts the LBJ and Dubya ranches. “While Lyndon B. Johnson used his 2,700 acres as a political tool and power base to both stroke and dominate guests at his barbecues along the Pedernales River, Mr. Bush, the gregarious former fraternity president, has used his 1,600 acres as an isolated retreat to entertain family and a few old Texas friends.” Hmmm…perhaps it’s because the channels of power usually flow around rather than through our Dauphin, eh?

Sinister Intentions.

Doh…looks like I missed International Left-Hander’s Day…spent the day typing with both hands. Should’ve at least played basketball or (lefty-strung) guitar or something. Ah, well…maybe next year. As a kid, I was a much more militant lefty, but you gotta put up with so much more back then…the kindergarten scissors don’t cut, the Crayola markers smear, yadda yadda yadda. I even had a subscription to Lefthanders Magazine for about a year there around sixth grade. It was bound the wrong way (highly confusing overkill), offered such scintillating articles as “Bruce Willis…left-hander of the year!”, and basically never ventured very far afield from this pic. (Both links via Scratching Post.)