Pax Nortona – A Blog by Joel Sax
From the Land of the Lost Blunderbuss
Month: January 2003
Sneak Preview: Death Omens
Posted on January 12, 2003 in Site News
Has anyone heard of any new superstitions arising out of the 9-11 attacks?
An Early Glimpse
Posted on January 11, 2003 in Mailbox
I’m doing the mailbox review early: doesn’t really matter which day I do it because I just open up what I have on that particular day and see what is in there.
Friends/visitors who have not yet done so should tack a pin to my Guest Map and my Guestbook.
Now, let’s examine what I have in the round file:
- looking good and feeling great
- Watch me take a load on my face! – ick!
- Shocking truths revealed! – yeah, mass mailings don’t work!
- Need a new scent – save 40% to 80% and use the coupons
- Osama Bin Laden need not apply! – he doesn’t need the money
- How do others REALLY see you?
- You may dance after seeing our prices. – why not before?
- Help your dry, cracked, sore feet
- Tips for de-stressing your life for good – no thanks. Not into suicide
- Your russian soulmate
- all natural breast enhancer – send to Tanya
- advance radiator – then I pay money and get the car?
- Don’t start building that mansion
- Outlawed in 33 countries – and unwanted in my mailbox
- Threat of War May Spike Increase – this is for conservatives, liberals already have that one figured
- Men, double your contractions and duration with European Formula! (Doctor recommended) – Zero times zero….
- Do you really know who your children are with? – I don’t even know. I have some?
- Septic tanks – what you should know – I know not to swim in them
- Will you get married to me?
- How bad is your Credit? Free instant Credit Report
- We owe you money! – and then they tell me about “hot women”
- Can You Hear Me Now? Freeee Phone,Charger, & Shipping – Oh for the sounds of silence
- Friend, I challenge you to a Game of Skill – I see three cups and a ball….
- How does driving for free sound – sign up to qualify
- Win a Hooked on Phonics Program
That’s it for the titles….
A Letter from Svetlina
Posted on January 11, 2003 in Mailbox
You can cut the creep population by simply refusing to go out with them or marry them.
Impatiens
Posted on January 11, 2003 in Hope and Joy
You can strip us, take everything we have, but you cannot kill us. We will survive, we will endure.
A Prayer for a Demiurge
Posted on January 10, 2003 in Anger Myths & Mysticism
I spoke to the Demiurge: “Stop getting into my life. Get thee behind me — where Satan is — and push.
The Passport Office
Posted on January 10, 2003 in Citizenship
Its form led me to suspect a sanctuary more stupendous than that superintended by the Great White Throne in Zion National Park and more closely guarded than the Great Mosque in Mecca
No Pretensions Here
Posted on January 10, 2003 in Pointers
I have no pretensions of winning wKenshow’s “I love….” contest.
Call for Spanish Translation
Posted on January 10, 2003 in Misc
Could someone translate the following phrase into Mexican Spanish:
The love of cemeteries is not morbid
Note: Please don’t include the word chinga.
The Rules Rezipped
Posted on January 10, 2003 in Crosstalk
Rebuttals from Canadians welcome. Texans will be ignored.
Another Joel Sax Bush-Era Anti-War Filk Song
Posted on January 10, 2003 in Crosstalk
For every gaff, Spin Spin Spin There is an excuse, Spin Spin Spin, And a lie for every purpose in the White House. A time to cheat, A time to steal, etc. A time for war: I swear they cannot wait!
A Diner Bigot
Posted on January 10, 2003 in California Watch Encounters Pontiff Watch
I raised my voice slightly as I said to Lynn “Don’t you just love hatred?”
