
Today’s excuse to put off work for just a few more minutes comes courtesy of the humor web site McSweeneys and Wendy Molyneux, a board-certified weirdo who occasionally writes for the site. Molyneux, who recently published a book, penned one of my favorite McSweeneys pieces a while back, a guide to talking to your kids about drugs and other delicate topics. (“CHILD: What are drugs, and should I do them? MOM: Do you have any? CHILD: No. MOM: Then let Mommy watch CSI Miami.”)
This time around, Molyneux imagines what would happen if Lauren and the rest of The Hills girls sojourned to Iraq. It’s short, silly, and will put off that spreadsheet for at least 45 more seconds. — Joe P. Tone
This article appears in Jan 23-30, 2008.

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