The Best of Hmmm... 1999
July 1999
America Is Fat
Our appetites match our lifestyles: quick,
disposable and devoid of sustenance. We are unhealthy but freewheeling,
reckless but carefree. America, built with muscle, likes to flaunt its
foundation of fat. In Blubber We Trust.
June 1999
Buying A Home: How Much Land Does A Man Really
Need?
Some days I feel like Pahom, walking in a big circle, wanting
too much and killing yourself trying to get it.
February 1999
Cleaning the Scene of the Crime
Standing above the corpse, flashlight resting on the lawn, casting
weird, long shadows over the creature's bared-fang death grimace, its frozen
black eye, I wonder if I'm truly up for the task.
The Dark Future of Higher Learning
The food at the White Castle Cafeteria is great, but I'm sure
glad Imodium AD took over sponsorship of the university health clinic!
January 1999
Flying the Y2K Skies
The hysteria about Y2K has prompted a short-lived, but quite lucrative
cottage industry for software developers.