Wednesday, April 02, 2003
Discovery of the week: Wrigley’s Excel “Cherry Chill” sugar-free gum. With a taste exactly like cherry cough drops, they’re like manna from heaven for someone who consumes Hall’s like candy (e.g. me). I may be alone in that crowd, though, because I haven’t managed anyone else who can stand them.
Like all things wonderful and strange, they only seem to be available in Canada, and I’m already out. Next time I go up I’ll buy a truckoad. Hopefully this won’t be a repeat of the Ginger Altoids situation.
Actor Leslie Cheung took his own life yesterday, leaping off a hotel balcony in Hong Kong. He was 46 years old. The star of Rouge, A Chinese Ghost Story, Temptress Moon and Happy Together, I’ll always remember him for his powerful work in Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine, the first Chinese-language film I ever saw and easily one of my all-time top ten.
I was depressed for awhile after hearing the news, but the idea of a tribute movie night has been slowly bringing me out of the funk. Anyone else interested? I guarantee that it’ll be nowhere near as slow as the Kieslowski death marathon of a few years back.
Stale links! Stale links! Stale links!
- via Geegaw, the Howard Dean 2004 blog.
- via Ben, a Republican National Committee “exposé” that should have been titled “Vote for Howard Dean!” I mean, seriously.
- Not sure what this thing is, but here goes:
- New Get Your War On:
Finally, Mo Rocca really needs a haircut. Seriously.
Cherry Twizzlers also taste just like cherry cough syrup and yet my kids cannot stop eating them. Go figure. :)
Yay! I am the proud owner of shares of neonepiphany.
I heard about Leslie Cheung - very sad news.
Oh - and thank god you’re back. I missed you!