Volume VI, Issue V
December 2004
Our favorite post-election links:
He swept her away to Flin Flon, Manitoba: I was... an American War Bride...
Too twisted for US TV: Subservient Chicken of the Month, compliments of Canadian Burger King.)
NaNoWriMo - From Yerevan to Tukwila to Tibet, thousands of Novelists pound out 50,000 words of utter crap in this celebration of literary end-product!
"DYSFUNCTION:The only consistent feature of all of your dissatisfying relationships is you." Despair.com motivational products for holiday giving!
Dog toy or marital aid? A whole quiz!
Strindberg and Helium, somehow they just speak for us all...
When you travel abroad, come back a lady. A light in the perma-dark: Reykjavik Nightlife Friend
Jones Soda has your holiday beverages covered. Mashed Potato and Gravy soda, Mom!
Note: unlinked articles will be coming soon because of bats.
FEATURES
JANUARY SPECIAL UPDATE: Mac World Expo trots out the cool new stuff.
Lonesome? Full bladder? McBee solves two problems at once and makes friends with mountain goats.
Life in Congo Part V: Road Trip. " The giant spun the bicycle wheel and perched it on the midget's butt, leaving it spinning like a gyroscope...."
Matchmaking in the New Millenium: We review new books, new matchmakers, new advice and new research on the oldest of impulses.
Rachel and Carly drift into a vacation on the Floating islands of Peru.
SPECIAL HOLIDAY DOWNLOAD!
The classic Stupid Recipes cookbook is a free download just in time for holiday cooking!
LETTERS OF OUTRAGE, ACTIVISM, INSPIRATION AND... MORE OUTRAGE
Friends of Bats have their day. And maybe more.
EDITORIAL
Searching for the Big Three: Get a Secure Job, Find a Nice Guy, and Buy a House.
PAST FEATURES
Bug High Drama from the Shrubbery of Northern Virginia with The Return of the Periodic Cicadas.
Mauritius - ...Getting lost on these surrealistic roads is guaranteed...
Life in Congo, Part IV - Military Danger. Riverman Buck's continuing adventures teaching and living in Africa.
Life in Congo, Part III- Typical Day - Riverman Buck settles in to a vibrant life of Africa, the place they invented the color green.
Feel like there's a weasel in your gut? Giardia symptoms, treatment and prevention.Atkins Squirrel - Foraging in the City - McBee just wants to get it right, and ends up on the County Weirdo List.
Ladybugs invade a rifle range - "...As the sun grew warmer and the smell of sulfur and gun powder filled the air, "they" began their invasion."
Letter from Japan - Poetry from Ethan Gilsdorf
Marry An Orphan, and seven more excellent guidelines for better living, in The Wendy Way.
Bake yourself an Orange Coconut Angel Food cake and maybe share it, maybe not.
The Casual Cook's Strawberry Cheese Pie
Artichoke Wars - to stuff or not to stuff?
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