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Wednesday, October 23 2002

Why Professors Like South Park

Chronicle of Higher Education piece on why South Park appeals to members of a certain English department:

"Parker and Stone poke fun at prejudices by going so far over the top that we're really laughing at the stupidity of it all. We're bombarded with characters like Kyle's meddling, New York-Jewish mother and the Vietnam-veteran Ned, who talks through his tracheotomy hole. The hackneyed images are blown so far out of proportion that they're ridiculous. My colleagues and I understand that South Park is really making fun of us -- both the people who recognize the ignorance-based stereotypes that humanity has cultivated, and the people who buy into those stereotypes."

Celibate Lesbians

Stumbled on a funny little story about two women, tired of men but not really being attracted to women, becoming celibate lesbians. Part of a witty little site I hadn't heard of before.

Tuesday, October 22 2002

President Enhances His Facts

Another article about the lies Bush tells to get support for his policies. (Or does he just continually get his "facts" wrong?)

U.S. Income Gap

Paul Krugman on the massively growing gap in income between the super-rich and the rest of us.

Tuesday, October 15 2002

FDA May Revise Stance on Labeling Drugs, "Supplements," etc.

Courts (including the Supreme Court) have recently been ruling against the FDA in a series of cases regarding claims drug and food companies can make about their products; so in the name of the First Amendment, the food and drug industries may be the subject of some deregulation.

Sunday, October 13 2002

Somalis in Maine

Cultural and political conflict as a result of over 1,500 Somali refugees settling in Lewiston, Maine (pop: 35,000).

Tuesday, October 8 2002

Wayback Machine not updating?

Looking at the WayBack Machine, it looks like it hasn't been updated since January 2002. Budget cuts?

Monday, October 7 2002

Exodus from San Francisco

Another article (haven't read one in a while) about people leaving San Francisco due to poor job and housing prospects.

Friday, October 4 2002

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman has a weblog. And Neil Gaiman just successfully sued Todd McFarlane, which may or may not result in more MiracleMan comics being made.

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This is the personal web site for Edward (Ed) Piou. Consisting mainly of a blog (operational since 1999) and various photos.

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