Well, Devoted Readers, it's finally time for a vacation. Destination: Garden City Beach, South Carolina. My parents have rented a shorefront beachhouse and I don't plan to do any thinking more taxing than figuring out how many shrimp and scallops I want on my "all-you-can-eat" platter. N2P will cease production from today until June 14th or so. I won't be able to check email while I'm gone, but I'll definitely do that first thing when I return, so keep those links and horror stories coming!
I had a friend take "goth portraits" of me over the weekend. Here and here are two of my favorites. The color one is unretouched (though it's slightly fuzzy from being resized). As you can tell by my skin tone, I'm going to be wearing A LOT of sunscreen at the beach. The only thing I want sizzling is my surf-and-turf platter.
(If you're sensing a full-on gluttony theme for my vacation, you're right.)
Until my return, you may find the following links amusing and provocative:
The Infinite Cat Project is an entertaining example of what happens when a computer geek is a cat lover. But don't miss this photo essay of what happens when the Infinite Cat Project goes horribly wrong.
I always suspected that as the Baby Boomers got old, they would do their damndest to make being old "cool." I was right. Up next: Keith Richards advertising liver transplants.
Ever wonder what Far Side cartoons would look like in real life? From Worth1000.com, one of the most addictive time-wasting sites ever.
I'm convinced this article should have an "April 1" datestamp on it. Surely, even French intellectuals are not pretentious enough to tell us all that we should stay in bed more often to avoid the "Anglo Saxon" work ethic.
Jeff Jarvis explains why you should get involved with Spirit of America.
Finally, A phenomenal interview with the last surviving member of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, as translated by blogger Chrenkoff. Final comment by survivor Marek Edelman: "...Those who say that you don't have to fight for freedom, don't understand what fascism is. I do."
Posted by kswygert at June 1, 2004 10:10 AM