Daily Archives: November 27, 2002

Negative advertising works

Posted on November 27, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Everyone who paid attention agrees that the Texas Governor’s race was very negative this year. A new poll suggests that Tony Sanchez got the brunt of the fallout from that: On a scale of one to five with five being … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Live Nude Ghouls

Posted on November 27, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Via Greg Wythe comes this hilarious story from the NY Post, that bastion of Murdochian righteousness in the Big Apple: The staff of the Liquid Assets lounge in South Plainfield says a gaggle of go-go loving ghouls invaded their burlesque … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Turducken goes mainstream

Posted on November 27, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Today’s Chron has this NYT wire story about the history of turducken, the chicken-in-a-duck-in-a-turkey confabulation that Paul Prudhomme claims to have invented. It’s a pretty good overview, with some history of stuffing one type of food into another, and they … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Department of “Duh!”

Posted on November 27, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Botox injections have been linked to Immobile Eyebrow Syndrome: In the new study, published last week in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, researchers from the Indiana University Medical Center examined 29 patients who had received Botox injections in their … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blogosphere Navel Gazing: Electric Boogaloo

Posted on November 27, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve tried, I really have, to give a rat’s ass about the latest controversy surrounding Little Green Footballs, but I just can’t quite bring myself to do it. It’s so much ado over nothing at all. So naturally, I’m going … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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T-Day in Texas

Posted on November 27, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Scott Chaffin shares some Thanksgiving memories of his grandmother. Check it out. Continue reading →

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David Rushing update

Posted on November 27, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Well, the good news is that the Chron finally addressed the David Rushing issue. The bad news is that they did so in a completely candy-assed way. What they did was print three letters to the editor which one assumes … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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