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...grandmother subscribed me to Reader’s Digest. Most weeks, I don’t even take it out of the plastic baggy before I launch it into the trash. It just screams, “Read me, you gullible guy you!” You know? Anyway, this week, I glanced at the cover as I was holding it above the garbage. It read, “10 Simple Keys to a Happy Life.” Well! Maybe this would be worth reading after all! (I figured there was a chance, albeit small, that...

Author: By Christoper W. Snyder, WRIT SMALL | Title: Second Impressions | 3/5/2004 | See Source »

After the tasting, Allen introduces us to more of his pet devices, including the 150-gallon mixers with pneumatic pumps. Allen twists opened a valve, and sixteen ounces of Beef Bourgignon slosh into a plastic bag. Allen retracts a clamp, sealing the bag, and laterals it to Kim Hannon, CSG’s executive sous chef, bringing the brown mixture one step closer to the infamous cooling tank...

Author: By Stephen M. Fee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Journey to the Center of HUDS | 3/4/2004 | See Source »

According to the Practical Guide’s characteristically incomprehensible description, “Dr. Cube is mostly evil plastic surgeon helps hide him and in real is monster man with amazing bloody spattering squares type head. Only using special surgery tool attack and kill all monsters opposing...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Secret Lives of City-Crushing Monsters | 3/4/2004 | See Source »

From the vague clarifications given by Cube’s handler—bodyguard, translator, press-relations officer—I’m pretty sure that means Dr. Cube is a former plastic surgeon who was so insecure about his own looks that he decided to operate on himself. The attempt went horribly, horribly wrong, driving him mad and inspiring a maniacal plan to take over the world—and hide his face from...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Secret Lives of City-Crushing Monsters | 3/4/2004 | See Source »

...Crimson Cash account. Beyond the carefully constructed myth of the dutiful student, clutching ID in hand while feverishly xeroxing all over campus, is the terrifying truth: I don’t think I’ve ever used a photocopier in college and instead wither away most of my plastic money at the Coop on magazines and superflous stationery...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, | Title: Hey, Big Spender | 3/2/2004 | See Source »

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