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Writing on the Rocks

March 4, 2004 by

Two issues left - counting the one you're holding. The staff is staggering toward the finish, and I mean that quite literally. But we're almost there. One more day and I'll be as gone as the Dewar's.
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Drunk as Slick

March 3, 2004 by

On this date in 1962, Mr. Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a NBA game. If you believe Wilt, that is only the second greatest statistical accomplishment in his life.
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Horse Shit – Better than Bullshit

March 2, 2004 by

Election Day - wow, do we have some doozies to choose from. Do you like Beer Guy? Or do you prefer the Mustache Man?
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Don’t Want You Back

March 1, 2004 by

People rejoice - the grocery workers will soon return. Hooray! There's a party in the streets! Let's hold a fucking parade. Get Mayor Quimby up there to declare a new holiday in their honor - "Replace...
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All Fridays Are Good

February 27, 2004 by

I've been hearing a lot about the new movie, "The Passion of the Christ." I was wondering, though: Why "the" Christ? I guess there could be confusion if they left "the" out.
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High and Dry

February 26, 2004 by

John Kerry's wife was supposed to speak on campus yesterday, but she didn't. In the afternoon her press people said the appearance was cancelled because of inclement weather.
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Third District Supernova

February 25, 2004 by

A couple random thoughts on the 3rd district supervisor election: Why all this hub-bub about a county split? In my mind, it's already happened.
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Bumping Uglies on the Campaign Trail

February 24, 2004 by

American politics can make you crazy. I opened the paper today to see that my favorite candidate from 2000 joined this year's race and my first reaction was "Fuck you! Stay the fuck out, you evil bast...
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Beer and Honkys in San Luis Obispo

February 23, 2004 by

I hear the cops in San Luis Obispo were herding people around like cattle this weekend. Guess you can only call a place a "cow-town" for so long before the people internalize it.
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Venture to Speculate in the Dark

February 20, 2004 by

Dean is gone without winning a single state. At least he proved he could name 16 of them in 19 seconds. But that on-stage freak-out was bad strategy - everyone knows you wait to act like a maniac unti...
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I Shot a Man in Florida

February 19, 2004 by

Lots of times I get ideas for this box just by flipping through the newspaper. Truth is stranger than fiction, I always say, and so much more powerful.
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Staples Cathedral

February 18, 2004 by

Sorry, don't have much time to write today. I'm going to the Lakers game and I'm about to miss my bus.
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Hell on Earth

February 17, 2004 by

People are saying San Francisco's mayor might be throwing away his political future with his bold stance in favor of gay marriage. Maybe so.
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Outbreak

February 13, 2004 by

The following is excerpted from the diary of a patient receiving treatment for a medical condition approaching "outbreak" status: Midtermburn.
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You Are My Sunshine

February 12, 2004 by

I received a letter from a reader upset about my recent Bush bashing. He called this box BS and said it is "about nothing at all." He didn't say how he read and got so worked up about nothing at all.
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