Daily Archives: October 23, 2003
Carnival Strippers – Revised Edition
A very bizarre and eerily erotic set of photos from the kind of carnival strip shows which traveled around to smaller towns and county fairs in the 50s and 60s, offering many men in those sedate and innocent times the … Continue reading
Monopoly Sues to Protect Its Monopoly
The makers of Monopoly are suing the man behind a satirical version called Ghettopoly in which ‘playas’ compete to build crack houses. "The Ghettopoly knockoff has generated a firestorm of controversy for its highly offensive, racist content," said the lawsuit. … Continue reading
NY Times Raves Over Apple Panther
This is a big week for Apple . Last week the company unveiled the Windows version of its popular, free iTunes music-downloading software – and tomorrow, it will release Mac OS X version 10.3 ( or Panther), the next edition … Continue reading
Feds Close Road to Protect Snakes and Lizards
And they mean the natural snakes and lizards, not the human political kind…. Why did the snake cross the road? On one U.S. Forest Service Lane, it had the whole thing to itself.Federal officials say Road No. 345 is the … Continue reading
Salem Field Trip
Next Thursday, Oct. 30th, my BU Business class will visit Salem, MA, for a full day of museums and one of the more bizarre exhibitions of American culture. Besides being a historic New England fishing village, colonial shipbuilding and whaling … Continue reading