Month: October 2000

Recipes from Men’s Health: (I don’t want to lose ’em) Turbo Oatmeal 1/2 cup instant rolled oats1 cup nonfat milk1/4 cup diced dried apricots2 tsp protein powder Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Microwave for one or two minutes, until liquid is absorbed, stirring once during cooking. 390 calories, 65g carbs, 20g protein, 5g fat, […]

Now this is bullshit: AT&T Corp. is considering a plan to charge Internet retailers a commission each time a customer buys something through the telecom’s broadband network.

Gotta watch out for this: someone’ll steal your porn.

Reason for outrage: Cisco and Microsoft paid jack shit in taxes last year.

Can’t wait to see Spike Lee’s new movie: Bamboozled “Historical footage — none of it comfortable — abounds in “Bamboozled.” It features shots of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland getting into blackface; of Shirley Temple in a minstrel show; of animated sequences of absurdly stereotyped black characters. They’re visuals and information that a lot of […]

I need to get a manicure. And a pedicure.

The AFTRA and SAG strikes continue: Here in Chicago they picketed AT&T with a giant goddamn rat.

But when will it come out chocolate?: “Scientists have been working on the problem, but now around 1,500 cows on seven farms in remote Owhangao in the central North Island have been found to naturally produce frothy milk all year round.”

Spike Lee’s new Bamboozled, Savion Glover plays Mantan, a down-on-his-luck street performer who gets his big break hoofing?in In blackface ?in a 21st-century minstrel show.

Oh for fuck’s sake: Aussie schoolgirl Olympic star Hollywood bound The teenage star of the Sydney Olympics (news – web sites) opening and closing ceremonies, Nikki Webster, has signed a contract for a major role in a Hollywood children’s film.