Monthly Archives: September 2008

We Now Know Who The Playoff Teams Will Be, And No One Will Dispute That.

White Sox beat the Twins, 1-0, on a solo homer from Jim Thome. That wraps it up. Long-time readers will know that I’m not a guy who likes to make predictions. With that in mind, I figure I may as … Continue reading

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This Post Does Not Exist.

You know how in some buildings there is no 13th floor? This is kind of like that.

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The Visitors

It was a good week for some of us at the Agenda, and it isn’t too much to report that our lives were greatly enriched by the return of two of our most stalwart allies in the cause–but most particularly … Continue reading

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More Bizarre.

After we mentioned the tongue-eating fish parasite the other day, Ben brought the Agenda’s attention to a particular kind of wasp that, when it needs to lay eggs, seeks out a cockroach, first paralyzing it with a sting to its … Continue reading

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Bizarre.

I just learned about this parasite called cymothoa exigua that apparently crawls inside a fish through its gills and then attaches itself to the base of the fish’s tongue and starts feeding on the blood from the artery that leads … Continue reading

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The New Eli

Just to assuage any fears that the Agenda is only concerned with routing tyranny and exposing Republicans for the scumbags that they happen to be, here’s a bedtime story. In case you’d wonder about it, it’s a rewrite of a story that Nathan Jillson wrote for his zine, Eli. It was such a neat story, I thought that I would give it a try. Here it is. Continue reading

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Oh, Holy Fucking Shit: Redux: Zack! vs. Charlie

The guru compilers at FiveThirtyEight.com showed some polling today that speak pretty well for the two-headed beast McPalin. I suppose that could only mean that most Americans didn’t get a chance to see Palin’s so-called interview with Charles Gibson last … Continue reading

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The Giants Win The Pennant! The Giants Win The Pennant! Pending Review!

Take a break from politics for a sec, kids. You look tired. I’m ridiculously conservative when it comes to baseball. I don’t like rule changes or structure changes, ever ever ever. I’m still dragging my feet on the division realignment … Continue reading

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Arms Not Alms

It’s been a long eight years living under the Bush administration; it doesn’t help to reduce the boredom and general disaffectedness of those of us here at the Agenda to remind ourselves that this regime has quite nearly encompassed our … Continue reading

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