The internet is a great tool, except for one little flaw. It is saturated with humans and their own personal, unsubstantiated opinions. There once was a time when that opinion might never go any further than the fool’s, who thought it, front porch. It might just be one of those family secrets that everyone knows about and are conscience enough to never mention that topic when that crazy uncle is around. When outsiders would come for a visit, they might have gotten stopped at the door before entering and warned not to mention anything about “the lake.” But now that crazy uncle has a computer with internet access and has a “Creature in the Lake” website that gets over 15-thousand hits a [...]
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Today’s column is dedicated to the greatest question ever asked on the internet. A question so universal that it does not even have to be broken down by its well-known acronym, WTF?. That question turned up 5,120,000 results in one-tenth of a [...] Check out our July (2009) edition of Scene in [...] Rules and laws are implemented using citizens who have been chosen and sworn to uphold these very rules and laws. So why is it, that despite all the dangerous places and situations that I have found myself in, that the only people that I truly fear the most, on this planet, are the ones that are supposed to protect me? I fear the [...] August 23, 1962: Brooklyn Paramount Theater, scene of Alan Freed rock-n-roll shows, closes; building purchased by Long Island University. The Brooklyn Paramount Theater, a former cinema theater and venue for many great rock and roll shows closes and is bought by Long Island University. The theater was located on 385 flatbush avenue on the corner of [...] This week’s column is dedicated to space, the universe and everything else. Because maybe, just maybe, if we started seeing ourselves with less grandeur as a species, we could begin to create a society based on humility, compassion and a thirst for [...] On August 13th 1675, laws called, “Sunday Blue Laws” were passed in the town of Gravesend. this law forced all people to limit their Sundays to religious events. All other “fun” was off-limits or illegal. By law, shopping centers were closed on Sundays. Additionally, grocery and drugs stores were prohibited from selling any alcoholic beverages. [...] Fire consumed almost half of Luna Park on August 12th 1944. starting in Dragon Gorge Scenic Railway on the west side of the Widway and quickly consuming everything towards the rear of the [...] For the previous fifteen months, I had been living in Spain. And whilst there, I decided, “hey, why not take advantage of their universal healthcare system?” And so I did. Three doctor visits, a full blood analysis, and one prescribed medication cost me a complete total of two euros, or roughly three dollars and fifty cents. That’s right, $3.50. You can’t even get a slice of pizza and a soda can in the city for [...] It was about fifteen years ago when my mother agreed to buy me a desktop computer. I will never forget the moment that we stepped into that tiny computer section of The Wiz at the Meadowlands in New Jersey; I immediately fell in love with an IBM Aptiva. |
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