A story floated across the news about a week ago that according to Nielsen Soundscan, Eminem is offically the best-selling musician of the '00s, edging out The Beatles for the decade's first-place spot. A lot of this success was due to the sales of his second Interscope/Aftermath album, called The Marshall Mathers LP and released in 2000.
I feel sort of silly noding about that album almost a decade after its release, but the Nielsen news caught the attention of a…
This winter's afternoon, I sit
here in my third-floor, lacquer-washed
little glass box.
The boss is away, and there is
just enough work, if I forget
the filing, to fill
half
the time until five.
(I find, somehow, that I can
always forget the filing.)
And so, I write.
When I'm done, I will take
these shaped-and-crafted,
thoughtful words,
and print them…
Sugar to exfoliate the skin; oil to moisturize it; maybe a bit of scent to make you feel divine. It's the simplest thing in the world.
You've got two options. You can pay a fortune for this stuff at Lush or Bath & Body Works or some other bourge emporium, or you can make your own two-month supply for about a dollar. The homemade stuff is at least as good as you get in the store, particularly if you add a bit of your favourite scent. But perfume is scarcely necessary --…
This node is not about metal implements of death, but about a board game. Specifically, it is about a board game in the Milton Bradley Gamemaster series, that was published in 1986 under the name Shogun. It is a game for 2 to 5 players, although it should really be played by 4 or 5. The game was later renamed to Samurai Swords because there is another game that is also called Shogun. It was designed by Michael Gray.
Samurai…