| 131 | What?!? No bananas? Preview: "Where are your bananas?" It seemed like a logical question to ask. For all of my forty trips around the sun, bananas were a key item to place in the grocery cart. For the first time I could recall, the banana bin was empty. So I asked a store worker whe... (more) Published By: David Leonhardt Submitted: 23 May,2003 |
| 132 | Just Imagine! Preview: Imagine, just for a minute that the real world started operating like the Internet does. First, we'd have a choice of two brands of everything. Instead of dozens or even hundreds as we do now. Want soup, it's either brand A. or brand B. Need a new car, ... (more) Published By: jim Peters Submitted: 01 June,2003 |
| 133 | The Day My 10th Board Exam Results were announced Preview: Hai! My name is Vijay Chidambaram. I’m 15 years old. I’ve finished my 10th standard board exams. I’ve written it quite well, I think. However, that is not what worries me. I know what I’ve written and also probably what marks I will get. What worries is ... (more) Published By: Vijay Chidambaram Submitted: 02 June,2003 |
| 134 | The Reinvention of FUN and loss of STRESS. Preview: http://www.stiffsteiffs.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ezine.htm About the Author Was born in 1952, originally a civil engineer, then 25 years systems programming. played like mad, worked like mad. Now only the mad survives... (more) Published By: Malcolm Pugh Submitted: 11 June,2003 |
| 135 | Pattaya Beach [Thailand] Dawn Freak Show - Pattaya Beach at sunrise is a great place for 'people watching' Preview: I call it the Pattaya Beach 'Dawn Freak Show!' If you’ve even been to Thailand, specifically Pattaya Beach, you will already know there’s an unlimited variety of sights and sounds to experience there. If you enjoy just relaxing and doing some serious ‘p... (more) Published By: Tony Wells Submitted: 05 July,2003 |
| 136 | Gender Reversal Preview: I may be a woman inside the powerful body of a man. Now, before you jump to hasty conclusions, let me explain. And if you're a woman who believes it's long overdue that we have our first woman president----you'll like this. I'm not ashamed to admit that ... (more) Published By: John W. Sammon Submitted: 05 July,2003 |
| 137 | Letters from North America Preview: I tend to think of this weekly column as carrying a certain amount of responsibility to keep you, the loyal reader informed of certain points of interest as they become available, no matter where in the world they occur. To me, it’s a sacred trust and on... (more) Published By: Peary Perry Submitted: 07 July,2003 |
| 138 | The Thing With No Name Preview: I don't name a lot of things. My car has no name. My house has no name. None of my guitars has a name. Some people would think I was completely impoverished. No, make that many people. I first discovered the need to name when I took a liking to a certai... (more) Published By: Merrill Guice Submitted: 08 July,2003 |
| 139 | Floorspace Preview: Floorspace By Dan Reinhold Odd how frightening the unknown can be. The other day, I encountered something so rare and unusual, it was like a dream. The last unexplored and little understood frontier. Floorspace. With two boys in the house, pandemoni... (more) Published By: Dan Reinhold Submitted: 27 July,2003 |
| 140 | Hitting The Fan Preview: In the past people have occasionally accused me of talking shit. But nobody can say I'm not serious about my subject. In fact you could say I have a Masters degree in coprology! In recent months I have been busy writing a paper (toilet paper, obviously) ... (more) Published By: Chris P Bohn Submitted: 11 August,2003 |
| 141 | Spitting Feathers Preview: It's 4.41 a.m. and I am listening to the birds singing in the nearby park. Few people hearing the Dawn Chorus could guess at how highly organised and politically motivated birds have become over the past few years. . . It all started with a campaign by ... (more) Published By: Chris P Bohn Submitted: 11 August,2003 |
| 142 | 50 Things to do to your Boss that are Fun for you, but not for them Preview: 1. You’re eavesdropping and you hear your boss has reservations at his favorite restaurant. You know, the one you can’t afford. Call them back and cancel his reservations – say you’re his wife. 2. Have a friend of yours make an anonymous call to your bo... (more) Published By: Dawnell Harrison Submitted: 14 August,2003 |
| 143 | Fuzzy Names, Sweet Names Preview: As with everything, names go through cycles of change with passing generations. I also tend to think that names have improved immensely since the first Elmas, Minervas, Bufords, and Alfreds graced the baby’s room wearing appropriate nametags on their cri... (more) Published By: Dawnell Harrison Submitted: 15 August,2003 |
| 144 | Three colors, six tenuous links Preview: It was Christmas Eve last year that the car carrier, Tricolor, was issued with a wreck removal notice. Having been crashed into by a ship trying to overtake it, it has been lying there a wreck ever since. I know how it must have felt. I was issued with ... (more) Published By: Holmes Charnley Submitted: 30 August,2003 |
| 145 | Poverty Can Be Erased Preview: I'm back at my restaurant enjoying a nearly cold cup of coffee (without the whitener) as I began to read one of the back pages of my newspaper. The top article had a title like Pentagon Spending Under Review. The story had something to do with hammers, ... (more) Published By: Mark Brennaman Submitted: 02 September,2003 |
| 146 | A "Taker" Searches for happiness Preview: "There are two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. Takers might eat well, but givers sleep better at night." Aha! Your humble scribe has had a tough time sleeping lately. I thought it might have something to do with the happiness of keeping... (more) Published By: David Leonhardt Submitted: 17 September,2003 |
| 147 | Beware of radical mint enthusiasts Preview: Some things are as boring as the dust that clings to your TV screen. Take toothpaste, for example. If you happen to be a radical mint enthusiast, brushing your teeth might be the highlight of your day. You might have the shiniest teeth in town. You migh... (more) Published By: David Leonhardt Submitted: 15 October,2003 |
| 148 | Stupidity: Its Uses & Abuses Preview: It’s time to take punitive action against an insidious and rapidly proliferating menace to our emotional well being. I’m speaking, of course, of "service industry" people who are embracing the dumbing down craze too enthusiastically and who, doubtless in... (more) Published By: Robert Levin Submitted: 17 October,2003 |
| 149 | Recycle THIS! Preview: Recycle THIS by Robert Levin Earlier today I received a notice advising me that the recycling program in my neighborhood has been “rebooted” and that I will henceforth risk “serious fines” if I fail to sort and, in the case of jars and bottles, RINSE my... (more) Published By: Robert Levin Submitted: 18 October,2003 |
| 150 | Wild Casting Preview: Can you imagine Doris Day as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967)? That's who producer Joseph E. Levine wanted before Miss Day turned it down thinking the part in bad taste, and it went to Anne Bancroft. How about James Cagney as Robin Hood in 1938? A co... (more) Published By: Stephen Schochet Submitted: 21 October,2003 |