These come courtesy of Jenn Hartz:

GOOD
A policeman had a perfect spot to watch for speeders, but wasn't getting many. Then he discovered the problem - a 12-year-old boy was standing up the road with a hand painted sign, which read "RADAR TRAP AHEAD". The officer then found a young accomplice down the road with a sign reading "TIPS" and a bucket full of money. (And we used to just sell lemonade!)

BETTER
A motorist was mailed a picture of his car speeding through an automated radar post. A $40 speeding ticket was included. Being cute, he sent the police department a picture of $40. The police responded with another mailed photo of handcuffs.

BEST
A young woman was pulled over for speeding. As the motorcycle Officer walked to her car window, flipping open his ticket book, she said, "I bet you are going to sell me a ticket to the Highway Patrolmen's Ball. "He replied, "Highway Patrolmen don't have balls" There was a moment of silence while she smiled, and he realized what he'd just said. He then closed his book, got back on his motorcycle and left. She was laughing too hard to start her car.

Quentin Tarantino's new flick Kill Bill (Vol. 1) is pretty good. You can anticipate sword fighting, split screen shots, and some typical Tarantino moments where you find yourself laughing at something really really violent and then wondering, what's up with that? My favorite moment: the bottle-being-uncorked sound effect when a mosquito bites Uma Thurman. It made me laugh so hard, and the rest of the theater was silent. Apparently I was the only one who either heard it or thought the joke was funny.

Oh yeah, and before your movie, I recommend you go to the Rock Bottom at the Waterfront and order either the Lumpy Dog Ale or the North Star Ale. Sit at the bar, and rest your beer on the chiller to keep it cool. What a great invention! Every bar should have one!

What's on top of your tree? Found Magazine is pretty cool, and this is their web page.

So Beck will be in a movie called Southlander . . . doubt if it will screen here, but it may become available on DVD, VHS. I wonder if anybody involved inthe movie/film biz who digs beck may have any kinda scoop on getting that a screening or something? Yeah, and the soundtrack looks like it might be pretty cool, what with Elliot Smith and Beth Orton (who also appears in the movie) on there.

Rufus Wainwright has his new album out now, go give a listen to the first two tracks. The second one I've heard on the radio a coupla times.

Rufus will also appear in an upcoming Martin Scorsese film, where he plays a club/lounge singer and although he doesn't have any lines, he does sing . . . go figure.

This weekend i got fitted for a tuxedo for josh and jessies wedding in two weeks. Then i went with josh his dad and jim to see Intolerable Cruelty. it was a good flick by the Coen brothers, but not quite "The Big Lebowski" or 'O Brother! Where art thou?'

Rich Engel's brief post from Oct 9 lead's to a site for the artist Zoe Beloff. She will be in town the 17th to discuss some of her stuff. On her webpage, Zoe talks about Baudelaire, and her mention of his ideas in turn makes me think of and even earlier modernist, Edgar Allen Poe and his short story, the Man of the Crowd (1840). The man was pretty far ahead of his time . . . if at least in some of his perception and vision.