China Ends Shock Treatment For Internet Addicts China’s Health Ministry told a hospital in the eastern Shandong province to stop using shock treatment for young people "addicted" to the internet. [...] Simon McCormack \ Jul 16, 2009 Read More
Napkin Art #14 Profile Of Heiko This week’s napkin art comes courtesy of Nolan Rudi, who is primarily a photographer but also, as it turns out, a wicked napkin [...] Nick Brown \ Jul 16, 2009 Read More
Cryptid Alert! Slimy Lifeform Discovered In Sewer! Thanks to Robert Masterson for showing me this footage of slimy, pulsating things living in a North Carolina sewer pipe. The images were [...] Nick Brown \ Jul 09, 2009 Read More
Oscar Mayer, R.i.p. From the annals of The Stranger’s Slog, I bring you news that Oscar Mayer III has passed away. He was 95. Christie Chisholm \ Jul 09, 2009 Read More
The Reporter Who Escaped The Taliban Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter David Rohde somehow survived more than six months of captivity under the Taliban. He escaped, along with [...] Christie Chisholm \ Jul 09, 2009 Read More “David Rohde of The Times was welcomed by colleagues on Wednesday after his escape from Afghanistan. He was joined by his wife, Kristen Mulvihill, right, and his translator Tahir Ludin.” (James Estrin/The New York Times)
Today Is Not The Fourth Of July But Tomorrow Is It’s almost the Fourth of July. You don’t actually want to read anything, do you? You’re just passing time until tomorrow, when you [...] Christie Chisholm \ Jul 09, 2009 Read More
Why Is Sarah Palin Still Popular? I know the Presidential election happened eight months ago, but CBS ran a highly entertaining story about Gov. Sarah Palin clashing with senior [...] Simon McCormack \ Jul 09, 2009 Read More
Rowdy’s Dream Blog #105 Nick Brown Edition - Box Canyon The Alibi offices are in a box canyon with boulders and scrub brush. Chris Johnson has left me a stack of forms to [...] Nick Brown \ Jul 09, 2009 Read More
A Raccoon Story I just got back from Bob’s farm in Minnesota. I have lots of boring stories to share, and this will be the first.When [...] Nick Brown \ Jul 09, 2009 Read More Oh, to be washing some food in a cold brook.
The Daily Word 07.06.09 There’s a serial killer in South Carolina.Michael Jackson’s brain has been removed, and he will be buried without it. Meanwhile, his restless soul [...] Nick Brown \ Jul 09, 2009 Read More
