Random: May 2003 Archives

How does he stick his foot so far up there (in his mouth, that is?)

From Reuters today:

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson insists he never sexually assaulted the woman he was jailed for raping in 1991, but talking about her makes him so angry he wants to rape her now.

In a Fox News interview to be broadcast on Thursday, Tyson, 36, calls former beauty queen Desiree Washington "a lying, monstrous young lady" and says, "I just hate her guts."

"She put me in that state where now I really do want to rape her," Tyson said, according to excerpts provided by Fox News of Greta Van Susteren's interview for "The Pulse" program to be broadcast at 9 p.m. (0100 GMT on Friday).

Charmed, I'm sure.

Article in the May 27th San Francisco Chronicle ("Band gives Baghdad a pounding") about a death-metal group in Baghdad called A. Crassicaud. Their lyrics are all in English. When Saddam was in power, they had to write a song praising him, so this is what they came up with:

Follow the leader
Saddam Hussein
He'll make them fall
Drive them insane

This little masterpiece is called "Youth in Iraq".

("'Damn, I'm really mad we can't sing that song anymore,' says Talal [the lead singer]. 'It was our best song. The chorus was too much, it was great.'")

I wish them luck.

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The place: my living room.
The time: about 8:25 pm on May 20.
The phone rings.

"May I speak to Ms. Falk?"
"Is this a sales call?"
"Yes it is."
"Can you please put me on your do-not-call list?"
"Certainly, ma'am. I just need to inform you that it can take three to six weeks for your record to be changed, and during that time you may receive more calls, and ..."
"I understand. Buffy's on."
(A pause, then a chuckle.) "Have a good evening."
"You too."

Oh, and the show? Just OK, albeit with a few good one-liners. "Are you going to go all Dawson on me every time I have a new boyfriend?" and "I'm cookie dough. I'm not done baking." Salon.com has a good article on it here, but don't read it until you've seen the show.

So it wasn't a joke? Has someone been inhaling the air freshener again in Redmond?

--> Microsoft Comes Clean on iLooSeattle Times, May 14, 2003