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The San Juan Salsa Company's Fresh Ground Corn Tortilla Chips, made in Arlington, WA - The round ones with the sesame seeds are amazing. I cannot tell you how much I love tortilla chips in general and these ones in particular. I am obsessed with tortilla chips. My wife won my heart because she loves tortilla chips almost as much as I do. Sometimes our pillow talk consists of nothing else but tortilla chip comparisons. -posted 2.24.04

A.E. Stallings's poetry collection Archaic Smile: She's a formalist. Because I've been writing more formal poetry, I've really been reading a lot of formalist poets, and A.E. Stallings is one of the best. The formalist poets I like most are the ones who sound informal, like Stallings. But above all else, she just writes great love poems. -posted 2.23.04

I thought this NBA Slam Dunk contest was the best ever, not because of the successful dunks, but because of the glorious failures. Foolish ambition is a beautiful thing. -posted 2.23.04

Collin Harrison's new mystery The Havana Room is amazing. The first ten or so pages were so damn frightening and bloody tragic that I had to put the book down for a week before I could return to it and finish it. He's one of the most unheralded great writers we have. I want to write the kind of mysteries he does, but with a lot more Indians and a lot fewer art dealers. -posted 2.23.04

Cabin Fever - I watched this really gross horror movie recently. It's scary, funny, and a spoof on 70s horror films. How could you not love a movie with a seven-year-old blond, hillbilly, karate expert. It's not for the squeamish. There are great sex scenes that are there for a purpose, without objectifying women. -posted 2.11.04

The White Stripes and OutKast performances at this year's Grammy's were the most electrifying and wonderful. Jack White's pants were way too tight. And OutKast has invented the black, hip-hop, rap day-glow Indian. I knew Hey Ya was a powwow song. The countdown has begun for the first genuine Indian rock star. Some seven-year-old Indian girl is dancing to Hey Ya right now, thinking fusion, fusion, fusion. -posted 2.11.04

As a Sonics season ticket holder, I recently got a Sonics Rubik's Cube, and I'm addicted again. But I can only get it about two-thirds complete. I don't remember the math. If you haven't tried it recently, you should go buy one now. Rubik's Cube is a great on airplanes. It's a great conversation starter for single geeks. You may be able to introduce yourself to another single geek. -posted 2.5.04

Treed Murray on DVD - I found it on Amazon Canada. It's an interesting film about a businessman who gets trapped in a city park tree by a gang. It's slightly politically correct (Are there really multiethnic street gangs roaming the streets of Toronto?), but the film is fairly suspenseful, and contains one truly terrifying scene. -posted 2.5.04
A favorite Web site for cheap designer clothes - bluefly.com. -posted 2.5.04

The Believer published by McSweeney's. Yeah, they're a bunch of elitist assholes, but they're smart, talented, and passionate elitist assholes. This may be the best lit magazine in the country. -posted 2.5.04

I've been watching the first season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, from the creator of Seinfeld, on DVD. It's better than Seinfeld, because you don't have to censor yourself on HBO. -posted 2.5.04

Lost In Translation - Yeah, I know everyone knows it's good, but go see it again and watch for Bill Murray's improvisations. He should probably get partial credit for the screenplay. And I think Sofia Coppola is going to be better than her dad. -posted 2.5.04
I love Fantagraphics, and especially the comics by artist Jason. If I could marry a comic book and have its children, I'd marry all of these and commit graphic polygamy. -posted 2.5.04

Steve Turner's "Searching for Melody" - This is Turner of Mudhoney's solo album. It's great, great, great, and I have it in constant rotation. I've actually left my house to go to the office just to listen to the CD and then go back home. -posted 2.5.04

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