Mark Bowden wrote an article about the Iran hostages in December 1979, including this dispatch about one prisoner’s defiant gesture. The hostages and guards were having a Christmas party, allowing Rev. William Sloane Coffin and others to come into the embassy and cheer up the hostages. But Michael Metrinko would […]
It’s a tradition that had been enjoyed by generations of drinkers, with even the likes of Prince Harry enjoying a few covert pints. The BBC reported today on the new effect of longer legal hours at pubs, and the fading away of the “lock in” a British pub tradition. While […]
The NY Daily News reports on a pair I wrote about here a month ago. “Teen People nixed a story about Hitler-loving teenybopper twins Prussian Blue – amid outrage that the glossy had promised to avoid the words “hate,” “supremacist” and “Nazi” in its piece on the racist singing sisters. […]
Following in the footsteps of their exhibitionist peers at Brown and Yale, Columbia undergraduates are staging parties with one basic ground rule – all guests must part with their clothes upon arrival. The invitation circulating around Morningside Heights bans three additional items: cameras, masks, and “spikey things.” The NY Sun […]
Douglas Rushkoff has written a new book called “Back in the Box: innovation from the inside out,” and it includes this sage observation. “Observe yourself the next time you’re listening to a joke. You may start by listening to the joke for the humor – because you really want the […]
RIght ON! I love reading newspapers on line but HATE having to register. I’m not alone. “Houston Chronicle website drops registration requirement “In response to passionate pleas from many readers, we no longer require you to register to read stories or access most of the site’s content,” says a chron.com […]
Today’s NY Times answered a question I’ve often asked myself. Who cleans up after gruesome murders and grisly deaths? The answer in Andrews Jacob’s piece is Ronald Gospodarski, a former paramedic who runs a company called Bio-Recovery Corp, in Long Island City. “I’ve had guys left dead for months where […]
While I was spending big bux at Whole Foods this week, I added a copy of the Atlantic Monthly to my cart. Inside was a short story called “Cities Rising.” They compared recently demolished New Orleans with other flattened and destroyed cities. Here are some other tales of cities coming […]
After Black Friday comes Cyber Monday: The Monday after Thanksgiving is a big day for e-commerce; consumers will see more deals this year, reports CNN Money, breathlessly. “While the “official” start to the 2005 holiday shopping season kicks off for most retailers on “Black Friday,” or the day after Thanksgiving, […]
