the Daily Whale - archive 1998

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The Daily Whale restarted on 1 April 1998. That’s more than 35 seconds ago! The easiest way to read them all is to start at the beginning and work straight through to the end. Of course, there are on the order of ten thousand, so expect it to take a while.



April May June
1 Superwhale uh oh, it’s serious nuclear proliferation
2 reincarnation death of Eldridge Cleaver Intelligence for Dummies
3 the Beardstown Ladies death of Nixon backup copy
4 crackpots Death be not sad sane execution
5 unnecessary cloning he kindly stopped for me insanity defense
6 the Unnecessarians Van Gogh slam ads
7 act not lest ye be acted on over the top slam: Art Buchwald
8 shy: public speaking spam feeders slam: Ashleigh Brilliant
9 planning one tenth of a brain slam: professional help
10 tobacco settlement lust quiz slam: enough!
11 teen smoking disgust quiz the old ways
12 NEAT realism shy: friend
13 SETI precision weapons stop signs
14 capital gains surgical strike no stop signs
15 tax haiku ABL: laser power... value-added tax
16 passive activity loss ABL: ... and human reason scientific relationships
17 happily ever after ABL: Peace through light brain gain
18 the year 2000 bug ABL: don’t tread on me religious war
19 crude oil commercial Shakespeare
20 moving target ABL: smart bombs Shakespeare: space alien
21 Lancelot ABL: covert action Shakespeare: time traveler
22 mature audiences ABL: revolution Shakespeare: red tide
23 the Little Big One ABL: lessening Shakespeare: we need proof
24 normal parenting ABL: why stop war? Fakespeare
25 nope, no porn here photosphere intracranial detonation
26 experience an Instant in a Lifetime Shakespeare: confession
27 shy: interrupt brain cleaners Shakespeare: sitcoms
28 dangerous reading brain cleaning instructions virginity
29 genius mow the prairie TACDFIPSFKMI
30 insanity low salt diets in vivo veritas
31 Romeo and Juliet
 
July August September
1 honesty quiz Mafia discrimination B-complex
2 openness quiz a nut will get you tyranny training
3 conceptions rad or trad security measures
4 fragmented commercial good author blurb: birth
5 science jargon technical support Armageddon quiz
6 antique jargon lies and truth blurb: grownup
7 Limbaugh classical rat race moral stance
8 found myself wanting shy: Unabomber blurb: midlife
9 harnessing evolution ironic stance shy thoughts
10 it’s always darkest potentialize chasing angels
11 that big a star literature trivia Free Fluffy
12 biography draft insomnia xanthous
13 Rambo more insomnia revolves around her
14 Rimbaud legal agreement M.E.A.N.D.E.R.
15 foretopgallant experience wins normal school
16 Lesbos STPP: safe travel computer quiz
17 nuclear etiquette STPP: cross the street just say no
18 Nuke Guide: announcement STPP: junk your car tobacco science
19 Nuke Guide: jokes STPP: propaganda 1 Keizo Obuchi
20 Nuke Guide: negotiating STPP: propaganda 2 safety tip #676
21 the world by storm STPP: propaganda 3 pickup line
22 touchy-feely quiz STPP: pluralism recycled paper
23 Mike and Diane censorship wisdom
24 Mike and Diane II Taliban influence effectivizationality
25 Mike and Diane’s UFO the power of humor real world
26 Ty and Michelle terrorist valid way of life
27 straightforwardness smoking hole loved and lost
28 ability to count shy: terrorist LTC: choosing a name
29 Chek Lap Kok blowing things up LTC: weary of wealth
30 dumb teens pickiness quiz LTC: bank loans
31 patriotism rule of law
 
October November December
1 NASA turns 40 to fall in love great space station
2 LTC: too big to fail unexamined life big enough to fail
3 if at first everything you know signifying nothing
4 pre-arithmetic rich lawyers heroism
5 New York Times megatrend Popo-pat-a-kettle
6 Wired magazine tamales and tamales reminder
7 from each according Dr. Heckle mistakes were made
8 do unto others mind control peanut butter
9 tact working stupidity synthetic food
10 SO quiz commitment quiz don’t think
11 police in Mexico pestering quiz forms of government
12 police in Singapore unsuitable language season’s greetings
13 scrupulous police polar health optimism
14 question everything peace toy fads
15 creativity prosperity market fads
16 suicide X-Files science fads
17 Instant Sell key Iraq haiku bad advice
18 human error jingle free DNA under arrest
19 family relativity heart-healthy lifestyle futures market
20 Microsoft lawyers Paradise Confused economic forecasts
21 Bill Gates described optimism quiz impeachment
22 Microsoft trial power lunch throw the bums out
23 science lecture Very Big Library genetic determinism
24 continental drift near-life recognizing evil
25 As We May Think Hollywood reality merry Christmas
26 not to yield the boss who thinks cloning quiz
27 Afghanistan our only guide Identical Twins
28 hunting fish diversity old age
29 ocean soap opera intelligent species tolerance
30 political compromise wacky Russians Mach’s Principle
31 Pinochet Ernst Mach
 

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