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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

sweet valley pop

At the same party, another friend shared his latest passion: divebombing acquaintances' voicemail boxes with unsolicited dramatic readings from the classic Sweet Valley High teen series. In a mock accent that hovers somewhere in the neighborhood of Scotland. Either a sweet pop gift or an act of pop aggression, depending on how you look at it.

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

what if?

I was at a birthday party this weekend that coincided with Elvis’ birthday. Our friend daydreamed: If Elvis hadn’t died of his pound-of-bacon lifestyle, maybe he’d have staged another comeback, this time going back to his rockabilly roots, and then stayed around for good. Happy birthday.

Thursday, January 05, 2006

contempor(g)ary

This mindbending fact just in:

Gary Numan is 13 days older than Gary Oldman.