Until now, our perception of the occurrence of green in relation to banks has inevitably led us to the conclusion that the subject was greenbacks. Now, we learn, to our watchful pleasure, that another sort of green can mollify our usual love-hate relationship with major and minor financial institutions toward the more tranquil sentiment.
Bush Seeks To Heal Rift With Hollywood; Schedules Lunch With Jane Fonda
President Bush, troubled by the decline in his approval ratings, has decided to make a frontal assault on Hollywood, a bastion of his disapproval ratings, by scheduling lunch with one of its most persistently adversarial spokespeople, Jane Fonda.
Mr. Bush said, I look forward to meeting with Ms. Fonda. Shes said so many outrageous things about me over the years, it will be a real pleasure to break bread, as it were. If I get through the lunch intact, I plan to move on to the next person on my guest list, Barbra Streisand.
Avant Garde Composer Creates New Piece, Called Making Popcorn
In an interview prior to the concert, the composer commented on the work, which was commissioned by the Boston Pops. Its a new piece for percussion. As you know, there have been more additions to the percussion section of the orchestra than to any other one. Take, for instance, the brake drum and the ratchet, which is really just a noisemaker. My hope is that the success of my new composition will make the popcorn machine a standard ingredient of the symphony orchestra.
No Pulitzer For Drama; No Wonder
While the decision is unsettling, the prudence of it must be acknowledged, since, affection for the theater and those who make it aside, there was no drama to consider.
Let us have the courage to ask why and, along the way, try our best to understand everybodys culpability or innocence.
The Michelangelo Code; Or How To Let The Da Vinci Code Pass On By
While the usual expectation is that we are simple-minded enough to be caught up in the mass-media Tsunami created by The Da Vinci Code, now a movie starring Tom Hanks, so that we might all the better assist Hollywood in carting off its share of megabucks from this transient tempest for historical tots, let us explore how we might, instead, observe the refitted ancient frigate pass by on times wide and eternal river, as we lounge on the bank in supine placidity, or, as a generous gesture, consent to turn our eyes toward the flick just for the faux tension of it all.
Polar Bears Drowning; Washington Sends Lifejackets
Eskimos are being encouraged to head out onto the ice to save them. But, a tribe member asked, Where are the free life jackets that fit us?
Laughter: Use It to Pick Up Women
One of the best ways of picking up women is by making them laugh. Here, I supply some such funny stories to start up a conversation.
Laughing at the Indian Cricket Team
Even with top class players, the Indian team loses and loses so here are some jokes directed at them.