Sunday, June 22, 2008

Leave it to Norman [Mailer]!

Norman Mailer, in an unprecedented move by a dead author, has just released his semi-autobiographical, creative non-fiction entitled: "I Just Can't Let It Rest." It hit's the book shelves on Thursday.

Next week: Your reviewer upchucks over Updikes "Due Consideration: Essays and Criticism."


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Friday, June 20, 2008

"O" Names taken, Iranians riot! by bg burke

Tehran-Mayhem erupted today in this capital city; cars were overturned and set afire; stores ransacked as Iranians rioted over the unpronouncability of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's name.

"It's not fair," as one looter related to our reporter (raincoat by Yves Saint Laurent), "It's just not fair. USA has Obama; the Talibad, Osama. All the good "0" names are taken. When will it be our turn? See this 40" HDTV, Sony flat-screen I've on my Segway. No electricity, no water, no rice. Think you so rich?" We start now with 'Pzama' or 'Qsama.' You Americans, I hawk up gross mucus on you."


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