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Another in a Series of Letters to Josh, an Aspiring Writer, from His Cousin, John Hodgman, A Professional Literary Agent.
by John Hodgman (12/22/1999)

Accurate or Nearly Accurate Utterances Overheard at Theaters Showing Today’s Most Popular Feature Films, Presented as a Matching Game
by Gregory Galloway (12/21/1999)

Open Letters: Open Letter to Antidisestablishmentarianism
by Eric McHenry (12/20/1999)

There is No Average Day When You Live in a Port-A-Potty
by Todd Pruzan (12/19/1999)

A D’Agostino Supermarket Receipt Found Left Inside a Copy of Denis Johnson’s Jesus’ Son by the Previous Person to Check it out of the Library, Presumably Used as a Bookmark, and Perhaps Shedding Some Light on the Type of Person Who Reads This
by Francis Heaney (12/16/1999)

Eat the Document.
by Cathy Alter (12/14/1999)

List: Actual List of Claimants to the Title of Inventor of the Ice Cream Cone
by Barry Popik and Paul Dickson (12/13/1999)

Manifesto for Themeless Restaurant.
by Peter Schooff (12/13/1999)

Regarding the Surviving Members of the Grateful Dead and Their Current Taping Policy: A Conversation with the Hippie in the Basement Apartment
by Jim Vallet (12/10/1999)

List: Bad Names for Action Movies
by Peter Schooff (12/9/1999)

List: 20 Irritating Titles
by Joy Nolan (12/9/1999)

List: Quasimodo’s “To-Do” List for Nov. 15, 1482
by Oscar Martinez (12/9/1999)

What Orrin Hatch Must Do to Win.
by Eric McHenry (12/8/1999)

Hypothetical Transcript of the Discussion Leading to the Decision to Euthanize Hsing-Hsing the Giant Panda
by Kevin Shay (12/3/1999)

Unwritten
by Christine Schomer (12/1/1999)

Letters to McSweeney’s
by Readers of McSweeney's (11/29/1999)

Losers’ Auction.
by Alexander George and Lawrence Douglas (11/29/1999)

On This Day in History.
by Jason Adams (11/25/1999)

Glamorous
by Sylvie Callahan (11/23/1999)

A House for Dee Dee
by Christina Nunez (11/19/1999)

List: Bad Names For Professional Wrestlers: The Next Generation
by Jeff Johnson (11/16/1999)

Tim Carvell’s History’s Notable Persons Reconsidered: Joan of Arc
by Tim Carvell (11/15/1999)

Tim Carvell’s History’s Notable Persons Reconsidered: Andy Kaufman
by Tim Carvell (11/15/1999)

Tim Carvell’s History’s Notable Persons Reconsidered: Orson Welles
by Tim Carvell (11/15/1999)

Tim Carvell’s History’s Notable Persons Reconsidered: Jeffrey Wigand
by Tim Carvell (11/15/1999)

I Have Always Been Good at Multiple Choice.
by Kevin Guilfoile (11/12/1999)

Etiquette for Evil
by Kevin Sampsell (11/11/1999)

Short Fiction Starring or Mentioning David Gergen: David Gergen was My Lover
by Sean Carman (11/10/1999)

Last Supper Assignments
by Chadd S. Johnson (11/9/1999)

Today’s Most Funniest Movie Bloopers.
by Mike Sacks (11/8/1999)

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