Some Fine Things From Harper's

"Secret access code to the computer controls of the U.S. nuclear-tipped missile arsenal between 1968 and 1976 : 00000000" [Center for Defense Information (Washington) ]

(Brilliant! Yes!)

Minimum number of Americans who registered to vote at strip clubs since May : 4,000 [Association of Club Executives (Cleveland) ]

--Harper's Index for September 2004

(Excellent! Woo hoo!)


Then there's this old piece, which I've long enjoyed for its venom. Like the letter that ends: "Until then, die in a fiery accident and taste your own blood."

("From an exchange of emails in fall 2001 between Judd Apatow, the creator of the sitcoms Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared and a successful writer of Hollywood screenplays, and Mark Brazill, the creator of That '70s Show. Topher Grace is one of the stars of That '70s Show. Originally from Harper's Magazine, March 2002.")