Staff Picks: Best of GettingIt
September 23, 1999
Stupid MPAA Tricks
Welcome to the wacky world of film rating
by Peter Braunstein

October 22, 1999
The Best Friend I Ever Made
Robotic pets for the rest of us
by M. Christian

January 20, 2000
The Great Rubber Band Ball War
Bouncing toward Bethlehem
by Daniel Terdiman

August 5, 1999
Millennial Hijinx
Crackpots, conspiracies, and how
they amuse us
by Mark Frauenfelder

August 27, 1999
Air Heads
Those who can't do, fake it at the Air Guitar Championships
by Andrew Baio

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The Straight Dope
David Sedaris calls it like he sees it
by Shermakaye Bass, published December 2, 1999
He is Garrison Keillor's evil twin, Mark Twain on acid, Raymond Carver gone gay, a kind and screwball Truman Capote. An astute distiller of '90s Americana, radio essayist and short story writer David Sedaris has a way of slicing through the subcutaneous crap of day-to-day life with sharp and sometimes brutal insight.
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Dirt
Dana Plato's Corpse
Let the deadsploitation begin
by David Cassel
November 23, 1999
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Start Up, Shut Down, Drop Out
GettingIt.com launched with no plan, no ads, no marketing, no nothing. It failed. But one of its founders had a pretty good time.
by Mat Honan
May 15, 2000
Whoa!
Living On (Hot) Air
Recent deaths contradict Breatharians' claims
by Etelka Lehoczky
November 17, 1999
Crave
Spaghetti With The Screw King
Lunch with Al Goldstein
by Nancy Cain
December 9, 1999
Dirt
The Mothership Is Landing
George Clinton philosophizes the funk
by Jeff Diehl
August 31, 1999
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BedTech
Starve your mites for an easy sleep
by Thomas S. Roche
October 11, 1999
Whoa!
Death On The Set
Fatal entertainment mishaps
by John Marr
September 28, 1999
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The Autobiography Of A Flea
An excerpt from the Carroll & Graf novel
by Anonymous
September 1, 1999
Dirt
Dana Plato, Porn Star
Don't believe the hype
by Lou Cabron
November 11, 1999
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Bad Luck Buying
Purchases for Friday the 13th
by Thomas S. Roche
August 13, 1999
Whoa!
High For The Holidaze
A recipe for family fun
by Johnny Dankerously
December 23, 1999
Crave
Undercover Muthas
Gear for today's detective
by Thomas S. Roche
August 27, 1999
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