Even If It Doesn't Look Like a Duck
It might be a duck anyway—or at least it was <I>meant</I> to be.
Wes Phillips
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Ars Gratia Artis
Huckleberry auditions for the role of MGM logo cat.
No Kibble In My Bowl?
"No crunchy goodness," grouses Bagheera. "Truly, you are dead to me."
11 Days Left
Just a reminder that there are only 11 days left until <A HREF="http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html">Talk Like a Pirate Day</A>.
Let's Turn It on its Head!
Maps with South on the top. Antipodal revenge?
Don't Necessarily Blame Your Folks
Portly? Could be your genes. Beautiful? You may be a genetic lottery winner. Your personality, though, that's probably 80% your fault.
Oh Snap!
Frederick Crews' <I>Follies of the Wise</I> puts the boot to Freud, creationism, and "peacemaking scientists" who attempt to reconcile science with "improbable claims that are in principle empirically testable."
The Buyer's Guide (According to Art Dudley?)
"I don't dare open the file you left in my folder," says JA.
Christgau's Rock of Ages
What a shock, a hard-hitting <I>Slate</i> article—on Robert Christgau's firing, no less. Jody Rosen's appreciation of Christgau is spot on: When he's good, he's brilliant, but he does have some seemingly inconsistent blind spots.