READ ME!
the smart-grrl's guide to reading suck
don't you have anything better to do?
featuring:
frequently used terms (FUT) and their average frequency per column
(afpc):
- "imagine our surprise!" (5)
- "gaping" (4)
- "more than eye candy" (1)
- "aghast" (2)
- "it had to happen" (2)
- "we were not bought out by hotwired" (0)
things suck does not say anymore:
- "hotwired sucks"
- "wired sucks"
sucksters' favorite classes they took in college
- postmodern nihilism in the age of technology
- a poststructuralist examination of "rosencranz and guildenstern are
dead"
- the art of denial
forthcoming books by the suckster press:
- the long and windy road: a metamorphosis from first person single to
first person plural
- you too can be a cyberstar: how learning to write will get you laid
- a complete collection of sucksters by-lines in wired magazine
forthcoming docu-dramas:
- being there: right place, right time.
- carl's tale: a day in the life of a digerati
favorite quote:
- "Amorphous globules of locution resound with trendy flashes of
obfuscated clarity. Ambiguity
renders inanity unintelligible. An argument grandiloquently articulated is
but faintly refutable.
Amorphous globules of locution resound with trendy flashes of obfuscated
clarity. End clarity
now!" (
www.howtired.com)
world-view myths propogated by suck:
- the web is important
- the web should have intelligent content
- alliteration works
- it is acceptable to use the plural to represent a single actor
other sites of interest:
and remember, kids:
it is always easier to criticize than it is to
create.
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