Via Ari, here’s a fascinating history of the F-word as presented by the lawyer of a high schooler who yelled a few variants of said word at his principal. Winner of The Smoking Gun’s 2003 Legal Document of the Year award.

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The last classic Beetle is being made today in Puebla, Mexico.

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I’ve named the Beetle Zelda. Since it’s orange. And it’s, you know, a female variation of Zeldman. Who, you know, likes the color orange. Which is, like, what color the Beetle is. (Credit for the name goes to Lisa Whiteman, by the way. More on that later.)
Anyway, Zelda has had a wee bit of cosmetic […]

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BuRP now officially has a permanent link in the menu at left (or at right, depending on which style sheet you’re using). Anyone kind enough to donate to the cause will get their name etched into the underside of the bonnet (aka the trunk lid).

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I have a special place in my heart reserved for wiener dogs. I just love them. We had a friend in Seattle who had a wiener dog named Peanut. We went to visit some years ago and I spent more time playing and cuddling with Peanut than I did talking with my friend. Norm MacDonald, […]

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Bruce Springsteen spoke some mighty fine words at a recent New York concert:
People come to my shows with many different kinds of political beliefs; I like that, we welcome all. There have been a lot of questions raised recently about the forthrightness of our government. This playing with the truth has been a part of […]

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If you’ve ever read my About page then no doubt you remember my claim that I’ve had my picture taken with Gene Hackman. I am only just now getting around to publishing the proof (circa 1983, taken at the Zoetrope Film Festival in Santa Fe).

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In the movie Near Dark, Caleb asks Mae where she’s from. She says, “Sweetwater.” He says, “Isn’t that down near Synder? Texas?” She says, “Yeah.” This picture was taken on the road at sundown just outside of Sweetwater in January 2003.

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You know that old saying, “The south shall rise again”? Well, despite earlier reports, I think it’s already risen. And its grand wizard is leading our country. And there’s something funny about it, too, because a lot of the people I know who support him do so not so much because of his politics but […]

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Tropical storm Charley came inland Aug 21-22, 1998, just over a month after we arrived in Texas and brought relief to the summer-long drought. I remember feeling like I was in paradise after a lifetime spent in brittle, dry New Mexico. It didn’t stop raining for days.
Tropical Storm Frances came through Sep. 8-12, 1998. She […]

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