Thursday, January 16, 2003

JAMES CARROLL PONDERS whether this is the next-to-last day for America, what with the deliberate official drives for more wars, more pollution, more social injustice, and more of just about everything that's bad for everybody but George Dubious's zillionaire cronies.

posted by clark 12:49 AM

Wednesday, January 15, 2003

HERE'S A SITE promoting a real-life in-person museum attraction, Tennessee's Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising. Makes one thirsty just lookin' at it….

posted by clark 12:10 PM

FROM 'BLOCK CHOCO' to officially licensed Spice Girls lollipops and Canadian Ritz crackers shaped like the National Hockey League's logo, a world of colorful snack-packaging's yours at the Museum of Foreign Groceries. (Found by Pop Culture Junk Mail.)

posted by clark 11:31 AM

Tuesday, January 14, 2003

HERE'S YET ANOTHER, more lucid and better argued, critique of the US media, by the website most learned Bush-opponents have adopted as their favorite source for US government news—the UK paper The Guardian.

posted by clark 11:54 AM

Monday, January 13, 2003

SOMEONE OF MY OWN HEART, if not stomach: The Candy Critic. Many of your US, UK. Canadian, and Japanese favorites are reviewed, including two of mine, the legendary Clark bar and the obscure Idaho Spud; plus chips and ice cream bars. (Found by Goodshit.)

posted by clark 11:41 AM

I'VE ALWAYS LOVED IT, and I'm sure you'll also go for the smart but not too-slick poster art of Jeff Kleinsmith.

posted by clark 11:39 AM

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