Archives for October 2001
October 29, 2001
Monday, October 29 Lifelong
Monday, October 29
Lifelong goals checklist:
Go to Europe
Write/publish a novel
DJ an Eighties partySee a game at every major-league park
October 18, 2001
Thursday, October 18 Here's
Thursday, October 18
Here's a little self-test to take if you're freaked out about anthrax. Here's a list of people. Can you identify the one that doesn't belong?
(a) Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
(b) NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw
(c) ABC News anchor Dan Rather
(d) you
(e) New York Gov. George Pataki
To paraphrase the Sesame Street song, "Four of these things belong together/four of these things are kind of the same". You're not on the shortlist. Stop calling the freaking Hazmat teams every time you see white powder on the table at a Dunkin' Donuts.
October 13, 2001
Saturday, October 13 In
Saturday, October 13
In the news today: a bunch of gamblers bound from Boston to the Foxwoods casino in Connecticut were attacked and robbed while their tour bus was making a stop in Dedham. Which is really a perfect gambling trip, when you think about it. You get a shot of adrenaline, you lose all your money, and you still have the rest of the evening ahead of you.
In entertainment, the schedule goes like this. This weekend: Corky Romano hits screens nationwide. Wednesday: The DVD and videotape are available. Friday: The DVD and videotape are moved unceremoniously out of the "New Releases" section. Monday: Corky is shown on a flight fom San Francisco to Dallas; passengers start trying to inject themselves with anthrax. Next weekend: Entertainment Tonight does a "Where Are They Now?" on Chris Kattan. Set your VCRs!
October 11, 2001
Thursday, October 11 Bill
Thursday, October 11
Bill Tammeus of the K.C. Star has explained what real patriotism is, far better than me. In world non-terrorism news, "Jedi" will be listed as a religious preference in the next British census. If they tried that here, would the Jedi be eligible for faith-based government funding?
October 05, 2001
Friday, October 5 Here's
Friday, October 5
Here's a Patriotism Primer in these troubled times.
Sticking a flag decal in the window of your car: PATRIOTIC.
Pointing out that many of these decals are going on Japanese and German cars: UNPATRIOTIC.
Major news organizations preying on the gullibles' bioterror fears to sell magazines:PATRIOTIC.
Gas stations preying on the gullibles' rationing fears to sell gas: UNPATRIOTIC.
Rallying around government takeover of airline security: PATRIOTIC.
Wondering if airline deregulation was such a good idea in the first place: UNPATRIOTIC.
Bill Maher: UNPATRIOTIC.
Trampling the First Amendment because Bill said an uh-oh: PATRIOTIC.
Wanting to level the whole Middle East: PATRIOTIC.
Letting, even for a moment, the thought that U.S. policy over the past half-century may have contributed, in some itsy-bitsy tiny way to the hatred of Islamic fundamentalists, cross your mind: UNPATRIOTIC.
Hope this helps. If not, perhaps this cartoon will.
October 02, 2001
Tuesday, October 2
Tuesday, October 2
rsvp3: the 80s is on! If you plan to be anywhere in the Boston/East Coast/Western Hemisphere area on October 27, definitely plan to attend. I'm the DJ, and the more people there, the less chance of me playing Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson's duet.
