| Saw it on the Interweb

Iain W. Reeve, Internet Super-Highway Hitchhiker

 

In this new corner of the A&E section, we seek to dole out a little good-old-
fashioned fun with everybody’s favourite entertainment device/shopping cen-
tre/porn theatre: the Internet. Every week, we'll be profiling hilarious, inter-
esting, or just plain messed up sites from all different ends of the Internet.
And best of all, YOU, yes YOU, can send in your submissions. To launch our
new feature: “Steve, Don’t Eat It!”

While it would be worthwhile to point out the comedic work of
www.thesneeze.com in general, “Steve Don’t Eat It!” is a delightful little piece
of Internet madness. Steve combines two of my favourite Internet comedic
devices: gross out and well-written commentary.

The premise is simple enough. Steve finds the weirdest, grossest, perhaps
barely legal food products he can and then proceeds to consume them with
hilarious consequences. Steve logs his findings

 

ranging from shock and dis-
gust, to illness and desolation—on the site. He’s is a subtly brilliant writer.
Among the foods eaten are: pickled pork rinds, potted meat product, breast
milk, and silkworm pupas. My personal favourite is when Steve puts the time
in to make his own wine, prison style...in a sock.

To join in on Steve’s adventures check out
http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php or simply
google “Steve Don’t Eat It.”

Send your submissions for “I Saw In On The Interweb” to
aeditor@gmail.com

 

 

 

Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys

Sajia Kabir, OP Contributor

Since he broke out in the early 90s with the groundbreaking Sandman comic book
series, each new publication of Neil Gaiman has been preceded with feverish antici-
pation from his loyal fans. Anansi Boys, while not quite reaching the heights of
Pottermania, reached the number one spot on the New York ‘Times Bestseller list the
weekend of its release. I was disappointed by Ha/f-Blood Prince, would Gaiman fail me
too?

Anansi Boys is a sequel to Gaiman’s previous full-length prose novel, American
Gods, which had the pagan and post-pagan gods of the Old World facing off against
the new gods of the Internet and mass media in a battle for the hearts and minds of
Americans. The protagonist of Amansi Boys is Fat Charlie, who is not really that fat, is
an accountant for a rather shady talent agency, and who has history of being continu-
ally embarrassed by his waggish father, Mr. Nancy. After Nancy dies in an—of
courseWembarrassing karaoke incident, Charlie learns that a) Mr Nancy was actually
the West African spider god Anansi, and b) Charlie has a brother named Spider.

While the plot occasionally veers into standard uptight-sibling-and-free-spirit-sib-

ling-teach-each-other-to-live territory, Gaiman’s rare gifts of comic invention, narra-
tive agility, and linguistic magic keep the tale aloft. This novel has definitely been
worth the wait.