August 30, 2006 | Issue 42•35
WASHINGTON, DC—In a nationally televised address Monday, President Bush urged all citizens, regardless of race, creed, color, or political affiliation, "to quiet down for just one minute" so he could have "a chance to think."
"In all, 73 people have fainted while I've read "Guts" (a short story from Haunted). Over the Internet, I now hear stoies of other people making their peers pass out by reading it aloud. So that number keeps growing.
For a nine-page story, some nights it takes thirty minutes to read. In the first half, you're pausing for so much laughter from your audience. In the second half, you're pausing as your audience is revived."
- Chuck Palahniuk, from the afterword in his novel, Haunted.
To form Bruticus, the giant gummi bear of death and destruction
'I heard the cuckoo with no food in my stomach,
I heard the stock-dove on top of the tree,
I heard the sweet singer in the copse beyond,
And I heard the screech of the owl in the night.
I saw the wheatear on the dyke of holes,
I saw the snipe while sitting bent,
And I foresaw the year would not go well with me.
From the Wüsthof website..
Perfectly balanced, an extension of your hand.Wow, after cutting with dull knives for years this thing is down right scary. Good for murderous rampages too.. If of course you choose to use a knife.
Paper thin, son!
From Mike's birthday two weeks ago. . .
The girls impressed everyone with a group jump from the big cliff. . . some of them regretted their less then perfect landings.
The guys also took the plunge
