Archive for March, 2009
Terror Alert
Long Island may soon suffer a tremendous casualty due to the current economic crisis: its ability to protect residents in the face of a disaster.
Impasse!
With this much social unrest, poster board sales must be through the roof.
Hundreds of Suffolk County government employees chanting, “Union strong, Levy wrong,” gathered on the lawn at the Suffolk County Legislature in Hauppauge to protest County Executive Steve Levy’s proposed layoffs on Tuesday, March 25.
Loose LIPs: For the Week of March 26 – April 1
First, PETA sent a rep dressed up as an elephant to a Hempstead elementary school. And now, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have written George Clooney a letter pitching the idea of a Clooney-flavored tofu. PETA believed the Clooney-tofu—or “CloFu”—would raise awareness about the importance of abstaining from meat products.
You Make Your Own Stories
You can’t control life. I am sure there are plenty of Type-A people out there who would love to argue that with me, but you cannot dissuade me from the fact that no matter how well you plan, or what you think your ultimate raison d’etre may be, things are going to come at you that are not foreseen, not in your chosen life strategy and can be painful and uncontrollable.
SNAP!: For the Week of March 26 – April 1
After ignoring a radio broadcast about what an unlucky day it was, and playing the lottery on Friday the 13th, a Wyandanch man, Isabel Zelaya, was named the winner of $26 million in the New York State Lottery, which means he can now afford to live in the richest part of the nation—and he won’t have to travel very far.
Adventureland
A Superbad followup by filmmaker Greg Mottola that might be termed “Superbored,” Adventureland is anything but, as depressed post-grad burb youths do the dream deferred thing on the way to uncertain adulthood.
