Month: September 2003
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blind ambition
Just noticing the amount of times we’ve used the word “blind” in two days. Also: I made my $1000 StarWalker goal. Thanks so much to everybody who helped out, in gifts big and small. Karma points to all. Six hours to Gilmore Girls.
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ThisDan wonders, “Maybe the world is blind.”
Thinks on it a bit, reckons ultimately, “Don’t know.” Incidentally, the first suitor able to ape successfully Henry’s voice saying, “Oh Punky” will have me as his slave. Forever. And now. Pam quotes emails about books as a means of using her powers for good. I’m whatever the opposite of that is. I said I…
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Molly takes on East Bay Express
One letter got through to the East Bay Express concerning their article that suggested pamie.com’s Oakland Book Drive only helped out the affluent branches. Thanks to those of you who wrote in to express your thoughts, and thanks again to those of you who participated in the book drive.
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Face It
Apparently some of you were confused about yesterday’s Blind Item entry. stee and I went to see Eddie Izzard, and we saw some celebrities, and we turned it into a little guessing game for you, because that’s more fun than just telling you a list of six names. Does that clear things up? I received…
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pamie finds bizarro dan
Hi, Pamie! First of all, I love your writing. I’m sure you hear that a lot, but who doesn’t like to hear it as often as possible? I don’t know if you’re still answering pop culture questions, but I figured I’d give it a shot anyway. I’m currently going through an 80’s & early-90’s kid…
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Dan asks, “When did Cosby go blind”?
Awww, thanks for watching as to the status of my back, Pam. This must be why unpopular opinions are called “unpopular opinions.” The silent majority has emailed me accordingly. And the revolution will NOT be blogged. I know the vast majority of media pundits have already sounded off on the topic and I know the…
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new entry: sexie blind item report
New entry. stee helped. And a shout-out to reader Heather, who recently wrote an email to my friend that simply read: “WAIT! You’re Puppethead Frank?!” We are very much enjoying his new nickname.
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Banned and Burned
I like elevating my reasons for reading East of Eden this week from “I think that episode of Oprah is coming up” to “I’m celebrating Banned Books Week.” It’s also one of the few Steinbeck novels I haven’t read. Just never got around to it. For an 800 page book, I’m flying through it, and…