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Fri, May 5, 2006, 12:00 am

Our annual compendium of politics, culture and ephemera

Katrina in Words

Compiled by Mehammed Amadeus Mack and Joshuah Bearman

Fri, May 5, 2006, 12:00 am

“Everyone is soaked. This is going to get ugly real fast.” —FEMA regional director Marty Bahamonde,…

An Annual Alphabet

Alan Rich

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

John ADAMS: An atomic opera in San Francisco and a multimedia Nativity last month here…

10 Unexpected Ways Your Hard Heart Was Moved Last Year

SANDI TAN

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

1. Tsunami footage on Fox News. 2. Your least-favorite aunt’s hands gnarled with arthritis. 3.…

10 Reasons to Switch From Christianity to Scientology

BILL SMITH

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

1. Secret handshake 2. Annual Thetan Jamboree in Trementina, New Mexico 3. Subterranean passages linking…

Promised Yourself You'd Finish But Didn't

DAVE SHULMAN

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

1. The Gormenghast Novels 2. Gravity’s Rainbow 3. The Macintosh Bible 4. The Oxford English…

American Freedom 2005

DAVE SHULMAN

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

1. Showerless: 4 days 2. Sexless: 365 days 3. Sleepless: 40 hours 4. Hopeless: 15…

5 Wonderful Things

MARK FRAUENFELDER

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

1. Endless Outre Music iTunes brought digital music to the mainstream masses, but as a…

Monkey News

BRYAN GARDINER, BRENT HOFF AND JOSHUAH BEARMAN

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

2005 was a big year for primates and the primatologists who study them

The Rogue Cetacean Death Squad

Bryan Gardiner

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

1. Shelly 2. Kelly 3. Jill 4. Noah 5. Tamara 6. Toni 7. Jackie 8.…

The Areas of My Expertise

JOHN HODGMAN

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

Greetings, Los Angeles. As you may know, we are at the beginning of another Gregorian…

8 Reasons Why Going Back to the Moon Is Loony

MARGARET WERTHEIM

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

In January 2004, President Bush committed the U.S. to returning to the moon by 2020.…

25 Patented Ways to Improve Your Life

BRYAN GARDINER

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

(Courtesy of the information superhighway)

5 Pitfalls for Progressives to Avoid in 2006

MARC COOPER

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

Angry is not an answer There’s a myth out there that Democrats should be angrier.…

Everything Counts in Large Amounts

GENDY ALIMURUNG

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

11 secrets of swarm success

Running Hot and Cold: A Dozen Weird Weather Moments

JUDITH LEWIS

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

 

Power to the Hamsters!

JUDITH LEWIS

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

8 New Very Alternative Energy Ideas

2005 in Words

Mehammed Mack

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

“Your policies have created a hole in my heart and in our family that can…

Tori Spelling's Got My Back . . .

MARGY ROCHLIN

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

and other random acts of celebrity kindness

TiVo Top 10

ROBERT ABELE

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

The year in good TV

5 Transmissions From the Post-TV Frontier

HOLLY WILLIS

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

Television has been getting a much-needed makeover this year, thanks in part to the advent…

5 Inspired Art Acquisitions of 2005

TYLER GREEN

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

For most of 2005, two of Los Angeles’ top museums have been in the headlines…

4 Reasons It's Hammer Time

CARYN COLEMAN

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

 

9 Reasons UCLA Will Beat USC in 2006

BEN QUIÑONES

Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

As former UCLA football coach Red Sanders said of the famed crosstown rivalry: “It’s not…

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