Author: jbenton

Be on alert for a little crabwalk.com love in tomorrow’s New York Times.

Judge throws out case regarding “cloned” Baby Eve. The best part: the judge is named John Frusciante. (No, thankfully, it’s not that John Frusciante.)

Genius: The Lord of the Rings, starring Humphrey Bogart, Orson Welles, and the rest of the mid-century pantheon of stars. (That’s an 18-meg download, by the way. An 18-meg Maltese-Falcon-meets-Casablanca-meets-Godzilla-meets-Tolkien download.) It’s so good to see Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre (as Gollum, natch) still getting work.

Here’s my story from today’s front page, on a wealthy school district near Austin. Please read past the headline, which isn’t what the story’s about.

The January mix of the CD Mix of the Month Club can now be revealed.

Happy birthday Mazie! My grandmother turns 71 today.

The strange Canadian fascination with the CD Mix of the Month Club continues, with this story in the Toronto Star. Good job getting the words “nice ass” into the first paragraph.

A well-written steroids piece in ESPN the Magazine: A look back at the 1980 made-for-TV “Strongest Man in Football” competition. Four of the eight competitors died an early death, likely due to ‘roids.

Oops! Time Magazine retracts its earlier story accusing Bush of neo-Confederate tendencies.
“The article “Look Away, Dixieland” [Jan. 27] stated that President George W. Bush ‘quietly reinstated’ a tradition of having the White House deliver a floral wreath to the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery

If I haven’t before, please allow me to recommend my friend James’ Poor Clio blog for your bloggish needs.
“I’m thinking of proposing a new reality show: Joe Puts-The-Lid-Down. Or how about Joe Really Actually Very Nice and Considerate. Or Joe Who Likes Chick Flicks. All with the same punch line, of course: We Lied.”