Quirkee.com
Issue Number 44: April 12, 2007
| Because I Said So |
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Too Many Questions, Not Enough Answers
At the bottom of every Quirkee.com page there is a tidbit of trivia or knowledge that refreshes with every page view. Most all of it is funny, useless information (unless part of a drinking game), but...
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| The Politiker |
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D.O.A.
When it comes to American movies, I love film noir. Usually the B movie in a double feature, the
style started in 1945 and lasted until around 1960. Frequently parodied later for comic effect,
it ...
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| Great Indoors |
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Notes from the Laziness Journal
How to look busy at
work without doing a thing
Did you hear about that Iowa woman, Emmalee Bauer, who was
denied unemployment benefits for keeping a "laziness journal"? In it she wrote,
in detai...
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| SXSW Music 2007 |
 | Thomas Dolby - March 15, 2007 Austin, TX
As I approached the Elysium, I noticed a touring van with a
huge picture
of Thomas Dolby covering the back
window. As a big fan of eighties music,
I was especially excited about getting to see hi...
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| Double Feature |
 | The Big Sleep / Brick
When thinking of movie-going memories of my youth, it's
curious that one of the images that stands out in my head is a juxtaposition of
demonic clowns and light cycles.
I was born and grew up i...
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| Accidental Comic |
 | Lawn Nazis
Spring is here and a middle-aged man's fancy turns to love. Ha,
just joshing with you. Anyone married to a middle-aged man knows that his fancy
doesn't have time to even contemplate things romantic ...
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| The Back Wall |
 | The Rosebuds and more
The
Rosebuds - Night Of The Furies (Merge Records)
Uh oh, are The Rosebuds trying to pull the Of Montreal
"Let's put some asses in the seats by making them shake their asses" trick. Is
that a ...
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| What's the Matter With Mommy? |
 | I'M DONE! I'M DONE!
Long
ago I reached the stage I once feared: I know I will not have any more babies.
When I was a young mother I thought getting to that point would be
heartbreakingly sad.
But the realization ...
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