A bit from the SI Advance when the city stopped charging a fare on the Staten Island Ferry 8/97 The most amazing thing has happened. Somewhere along the line, people in Manhattan decided that the Staten Island Ferry is as important as the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge. Yes, like our brethren New Yorkers, we are now permitted to cross a major body of water for free. The Staten Island Ferry fare as been voided and nullified. It's been removed and given the gate, 86-ed, negated, cancelled, shown the door, deep sixed, given the bum's rush and assigned to Davy Jone's locker.
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Top 10 Party SchoolsWell, the Princeton Review released its list of top party schools and we have it here, from our home office in Princeton, NJ, the top 10 party schools...
Number 10; Degrees “R” Us Number 9; Party Favors Technical Number 8; Kegger University Number 7; Revelry Collage of Arts and Brewing Number 6; University of Merrymaking Number 5; Beer Bash U. Number 4; Universidad de Fiesta Number 3; Mimi’s Diploma and Gin Mill Number 2; Mardi Gras State And the number one party school is...Sid’s University of Part-tay A bit from the S.I. Advance many moons ago... The Myth of the Three Day Weekend There is an urban myth alive and well in this country, one that defies all logic and reason. It is the belief that the 3 day weekend creates a shorter work week. To this there can be only one reply: "Ha!" (shorthand for "ha-ha!"). In theory, it should be so but practical experience show it simply isn't true. There was a time when holidays appeared willy-nilly. They were sprinkled throughout the week like nuts on a sundae, always a welcomed treat. But that was back in the days of free enterprise and self reliance. Then the government stepped in and decided it had to fix things up. In 1968, Congress (I think it was the U.S. Congress) passed the Uniform Holiday Act. Initially, it was for the creation of a special holiday uniform to be worn by citizens during Federal holidays. But after much debate, several committees and some very thick accents, the bill created three day weekends instead... To mark yet another Bring Your Daughter to Work Day, here's a piece that was published in the NY Post a while back...
With March Madness in the air, it seems like time to pull out another bit posted on the ex-Yahoo Voices site... Mad Cows and Englishmen If it isn't one health threat, it's another. I mean, really, Mad Cow Disease? Swine Flu? Bird Flu? What's next Snotty Sheep Syndrome? It wasn't something I gave much thought about until what happened the other day. I was reading "Alice In Wonderland" to my children for the first time. (We had just returned from Disneyworld and I wanted to put the Spinning Teacups in perspective for them.) I had gotten a copy from the library. It was a very old copy in so-so condition, but it was the last one they had. Anyway, when I got to chapter seven and the tea party, a packet of folded note paper, yellowed with age, dropped out. It was the original draft to the tea party in Lewis Carroll's own handwriting: With Leonard Nimoy's recent passing, it reminded me of this piece I had published on Yahoo Voices back in 5/2005 or so... STAR TREK: THE NEXT NEXT GENERATIONSTAR TREK is getting pretty long in the tooth. The latest version, Star Trek: Enterprise has been cancelled. No new movies are planned. It’s time to re-energize the franchise. So pitches are being made to create the next series. Here’s an inside peek at the pitches: Star Trek: Academy House -- Set in the Starfleet Academy, we follow the zany adventures of the worst group on campus, the Delta Quadrant House. They're always trying to figure out ways to beam beer kegs into their dorm or "borrow" starships to see if women really are from Venus or circle Uranus looking for Klingons...
Yes, another piece, formerly posted on Associated Content. Like other Slush Pile items, I'm updating it for posting here. It sure seems former Vice President Dick Cheney has a lot to say about current events. And the conservatives have been singing his praises for it, which is weird, since truth be told, Cheney pretty much shot the Republican Party in the face and now has them apologizing to him for it (which is how it usually works with Cheney)... Toys is not all fun and games. With vast amounts of money at stake, every toy manufacturer is hoping it has created the NEXT BIG THING; the toy that'll fly off the store shelves, force parents to trade on the black market, pop up on "The TODAY Show," or receive a headline mention that uses the phrase "many injured." Unfortunately, that doesn't happen most of the time. While some toys make you remark, "I wish I'd thought of that!" most cause you to wonder, "What were they thinking?" Here's a look at some of the Furby-wannabes through the years (now available in a clearance bin near you): |
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