Monthly Archives: June 2006

The Popular Trademarked Beverage

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Dave Gottlieb

Sure, you can go to Popular Trademarked Beverage’s new concert series for the music, but one of the coolest reasons to go there is for the Coke: if you’re lucky enough to get to the front of the crowd, the … Continue reading →

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Barb gets pounded on Walmart

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Dave Gottlieb

So Slate, one of my two or so favorite magazines, has a dialog between Barbara Ehrenreich and Jason Furman: Is Wal-Mart Good for the American Working Class? (link to latest entry) In the latest entry, Furman explains why the anti-Walmart … Continue reading →

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Wild, Wild Corral (WIP)

Posted on June 26, 2006 by Dave Gottlieb

This is another incomplete story; however, I sort of know where it’s going. The Stranger was quite obviously not from Around These Parts; the dirt flecks on his trousers and boots — not Times Square dirt — though dry, seemed … Continue reading →

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The Nose Jew (WIP)

Posted on June 20, 2006 by Dave Gottlieb

I wrote this short story or sketch a few weeks ago and have since been more or less constantly afflicted with the sense that it is incomplete. However, my efforts to complete it — whether by extending the fictional mythology … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with The Amherst Student

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Dave Gottlieb

I’ve graduated from Amherst now, but I don’t yet feel that my job there is done. One thing that’s bothered me about Amherst is the low quality of the writing and reporting in its student newspaper, called “The Amherst Student.” … Continue reading →

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Non-ugly design coming, or not

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Dave Gottlieb

I’m a great appreciator of non-ugly design, but I don’t really have either the technical knowledge or the artistic talent to make it happen, I think. I can imagine in the abstract what a cool, nice-looking design for this page … Continue reading →

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New Racial Slur: Rice Cracker

Posted on June 6, 2006 by Dave Gottlieb

You like it, right? I’m not really sure what it means, yet. It could describe someone whose heritage combines East Asian and country US, or maybe just an Asian who’s trashy in some corresponding stereotypical way.

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From Russia with Sarang

Posted on June 6, 2006 by Dave Gottlieb

Sarang, my (most?) brilliant Amherst classmate is going to Russia (Siberia!) for the next year on a Watson Fellowship to bum around and do whatever he wants (I’d be jealous, but it’s my own fault I didn’t win one; feh). … Continue reading →

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Legal surrealism

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Dave Gottlieb

I’m watching Colbert Report, and I just saw an ad for AbsolutePoker.com, one of the poker sites (where my brother says he is doing rather well right now). The ad itself wasn’t interesting, but the legal boilerplate at the bottom … Continue reading →

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CD stuck (just my luck)

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Dave Gottlieb

There’s a CD-R stuck in the superdrive of my laptop. How aggravating. I’ll take it to Apple tonight; hopefully they can do something. UPDATE: It fixed itself — I told it to shut down, and then went to the kitchen, … Continue reading →

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