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Archive for December, 2006

TGW family reunion

by Trixie Honeycups

I can’t believe that in just two short weeks, greatwhatsitters will begin to arrive in Philly in preparation for our first annual summit!
Farrell and I have officially moved downstairs to the first floor of our house, the one pictured in my previous demolition posts. I know this must seem inconceivable, and indeed, it does still [...]

Post haste

by Wendy West

( Conflict and Death and Love )

Posts I decided not to post in the past four weeks:
1. The Update
The Guy didn’t call. And I guess it was pretty stupid to talk so openly about my love life since the only response I got was from The Stalker. Like four times. In like two days. Oy.
I guess I knew somewhere in my [...]

The Great Whatsit Holiday Special

by Lisa Tremain

( Family and Love )

Friends, it’s time to gather around and enjoy an interactive Whatsit Holiday Spectacular. Take this opportunity to spread a bit of cheer to friends and current (or former) lovers by reaching into your heart (need you be reminded that this is the time of giving?) and telling us: who reminds you most of “Mall Santa”?
See [...]

Another break in the schedule: More short reviews

by TGW Staff

( Movies and Sounds and Technology and Words )

Because we gotta keep it real, keep it fresh, 100 words or fewer, yo, not counting shorties w/ one or two letters:

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, by Mary Roach (Norton, 2006)
Children who have uncanny memories of “past lives.” Ectoplasm photographed spewing out of a psychic’s nose. “Spirit voices” caught on tape at the scene of [...]

I want an atheist for Christmas

by Dave Barber

Do you, dear reader, suffer from the anxiety of being an atheist at Christmas time?
Perhaps you have considered going the militant route: taking on a petulant air when you hear “Merry Christmas,” like George W. Bush facing down a British reporter at a press conference. Or giving as gifts copies of The God Delusion [...]