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Yes, We Will Have No Bananas?
Wes Phillips  |  May 16, 2006  |  1 comments
As a member of the Park Slope Food Coop, I've been seeing signs warning of an international organic banana shortage for months now, but I assumed it was just a seasonal fluctuation, coupled with last year's brutal hurricane season. The New Scientist claims it may be a genetic apocalypse.
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Yesterday's Eccentric; Tomorrow's Visionary?
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 25, 2007  |  0 comments
Greg Stepanich ponders the 25th anniversary of Glenn Gould's death, commenting that "1982 was an unpropitious year to die for a man who found such a great creative outlet in technology."
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Yet Another Reality-Based Review of 300
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 28, 2007  |  0 comments
It's funny, but one of the topics Jeff Wong and I have been discussing, seemingly on a daily basis, has been the endless barrage of negative reviews of 300. I have my misgivings—principally the film's depiction of Hoplite warfare that completely ignores the existence of hoplon armor or Hoplite tactics.
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Yet Another Sexual Kink I Don't Understand
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 17, 2007  |  0 comments
The definition of "fetish" is "object or part of the body that arouses libidinal impulses—often to the exclusion of genital impulses." Fetishizing that annoying Microsoft Word paperclip, however, goes beyond extreme kink into deeply creepy territory.

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Yeth Mathter
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 27, 2006  |  1 comments
Huckleberry's decided to be Igor this year. Does that mean I have to go as Dr. Frankenstein?
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YGA Factory Tour
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 30, 2008  |  7 comments
My phone rang and it was Dick Diamond, sales manager for YG Acoustics. "We'd like you to visit our factory and see what we're all about," Diamond said.
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Yo Ho Ho!
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 25, 2006  |  0 comments
And a bottle, too. Wayne Curtis considers The History of the New World in 10 Cocktails.
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Yo—Manly Men!
Wes Phillips  |  Dec 22, 2005  |  1 comments
Something to keep your heads warm when you're using that big block snowblower.
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Yoda Gets Jiggy Wit' It
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 01, 2005  |  0 comments
Okay, here's how this works: Just click the "External Link" command down below the text on the right and you'll go to the link I want you to see.
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You Must Read This
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 05, 2006  |  0 comments
My definition of great writing is writing that makes you care about stuff you never even knew interested you. By that definition, this Warren St. John article explaining why he cares about college football qualifies. I think I'm going to buy Rammer, Jammer, Yellow Hammer for the flight home from Vegas.
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You Amaze Me
Wes Phillips  |  Dec 07, 2006  |  1 comments
"Sometimes I foget how stupid you are—and then I remember you're human!"
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You Are Getting Sleepy
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 02, 2005  |  0 comments
Actually, my problem is I don't sleep at all well, so I'm fascinated by the subject. If you are too, this supplement from Nature is a real treasure trove of information.
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You Big Baby!
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 24, 2006  |  1 comments
Michael Bywater thinks he knows what your problem is.
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You Can Leave Your Socks On
Wes Phillips  |  Aug 25, 2006  |  4 comments
Secrets of the orgasm: "As orgasm lasts much longer in women than in men, it is easier to study using PET—male ejaculation is over so quickly it is hard to get a reliable reading."
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You Can't See Me!
Wes Phillips  |  Oct 12, 2007  |  2 comments
Bagheera practices her Cat Fu out in the open. "It's black, I'm black—you can't see me! Bwahh, hah, hah, haaah!
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