I, Faker. This article mentions Stephen Glass, who was fired by The New Republic in 1998 for fabricating stories. [Found on Robot Wisdom]
The 2000 Bad Sex Award winner:
Now. Yes. Brupt, he rises, turns her over, flips her white body. Her small white body. She is so small and so compact, and yet she has all the necessary features ... Shall I compare thee to a Sony Walkman, thou are more compact and more ... She is his own Toshiba, his dinky little JVC, his sweet Aiwa. Aiwa, she say as he enters her, Aiwa, aiwa aiwa aiwa aiwa aiwa aiwa aiwa aiwa aiwa aiwaaaaaaaahhh.
Eric has been trying for several years to convince me to learn chess, to no avail. But now Sexy Susan has me reconsidering...
An interesting article in the Atlantic Monthly (12/96) about a quest on the part of some theologians to find in the hypothetical Q text a Jesus who is a "Galilee-based wise man who displayed no interest in the end of the world, resurrection, or redemption". The author does a good job of representing the range of views on the development of the synoptic gospels, and summarizes nicely:
Attribute the Q phenomenon, if you will, to American enthusiasm, or to American entrepreneurship, or to the American university system, which tolerates more speculative scholarship than the European academy. But there is another factor at work: an understandable lack of willingness to accept that there are limits to what historical research can provide by way of hard information about Jesus and his earliest followers.... Given the scholarly urge to break new ground -- especially in America, where there are so many universities -- it is not surprising that an entire industry has grown from the Q scholars' hypothesis.
Philip Greenspun's collection of New York City photos, and some tips on how to shoot street photography.