soundbitten http://www.soundbitten.com/ en-us 2007-12-19T13:42:45-08:00 2007-12-19T13:48:52-08:00 On and on til the Brink of Dawn Imagine if McDonald’s picked up your bill any time you managed to eat 10 Big Macs in an hour or... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_12_16.html Greg Beato 2007-12-19T13:42:45-08:00 GRINDING IT OUT Currently, alas, it’s much harder to shop for the evangelical nonbelievers on your Christmas list than it is to shop... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_11_11.html Greg Beato 2007-11-15T07:26:36-08:00 Old Hairy Recluse Bigfoot is the anti-Paris, the anti-Britney, the anti-Lindsay. Even before cameras were invented, paparazzi were hounding him, and yet still... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_11_04.html Greg Beato 2007-11-09T09:27:50-08:00 A Dream Conferred Some freelance journalists yearn to pen a cover story for Rolling Stone or The New York Times Sunday Magazine. Other... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_11_04.html Greg Beato 2007-11-07T13:37:00-08:00 This Pen for Hire Click on the links for four recent columns: AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEPTH: Today newspapers are eager to entertain—in their Travel,... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_11_04.html Greg Beato 2007-11-07T13:22:24-08:00 A Holiday Message from Robert Redford I got a Sundance catalog in the mail today. Here's how Mr. Redford kicks it off: "Holidays again. Forgive me... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_11_04.html Greg Beato 2007-11-06T08:58:15-08:00 2007: The Semi-collected Works Once you go synthetic, you never regret it. *** Chopping your head off is the new black. *** What was... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_10_14.html Greg Beato 2007-10-16T22:32:20-08:00 Dumbest Man in Congress? A few days ago, before the House voted on the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, amateur... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_08_05.html Greg Beato 2007-08-10T11:19:33-08:00 I'll Drink to That In an Absolut world, all the drivers would be smashed on vodka but it wouldn't matter -- because the... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_08_05.html Greg Beato 2007-08-09T19:16:51-08:00 The Ride I went to bed at 10PM, and after five hours of tossing and turning, I finally felt like I was... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_08_05.html Greg Beato 2007-08-06T21:57:36-08:00 The Long and Winding Road I'm training for a bicycle ride. Counting calories. Logging miles. Taking marathon naps in the afternoon when I should... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_07_01.html Greg Beato 2007-07-02T20:33:35-08:00 50-Year-old Gets Carded! "I still remember when I got my first library card," Katie Couric exclaimed in a recent video essay -- but... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_04_08.html Greg Beato 2007-04-12T20:29:07-08:00 Concerned Ladies For America What do you call it when ladies and gentlemen of faith characterize non-believers or other-believers as sinners, lost souls, the... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2007_02_11.html Greg Beato 2007-02-14T15:10:20-08:00 Elsewhere Trace evidence that I do still write stuff occasionally: a piece on gambling for Reason; an essay on busy celebrities... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2006_05_28.html Greg Beato 2006-05-31T07:28:15-08:00 Everybody's Mom Has Got it Going On What have trophy mom Caitlin Flanagan and MILFHunter.com got that Catherine Trammel hasn't got? Find out here.... http://www.soundbitten.com/archives/week_2006_04_30.html Greg Beato 2006-05-01T21:17:59-08:00