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NYC THEATRE Boeing, Boeing This farcical comedy was a real surprise for me. Written by French playwright Marc Camoletti in 1958, the play never did well in the United States until its recent Broadway revival.  It is the most-performed French play throughout the world.  After taking Paris by storm in 1958, it was translated into English in 1963 and played … Read More

But happy birthday anyway, cubicle: The cubicle celebrates its 40th birthday this month. A party is unlikely. What’s to celebrate? The cubicle office system is one of the most derided realities of modern work life. Somehow, the spaces that white-collar worker bees unlovingly refer to as “cubes” have become an icon for all that is confining, uninspiring, soulless and humdrum … Read More

The full list of 600 closings has been announced. CNNMoney has a nice state-searchableGoogle map of the affected stores.  Only one in the Triad — in the shopping plaza at the corner of Country Club Rd. and Peace Haven Road.

It’s pretty common for Chinese businesses to advertise their business in both English and Chinese.  This, for example, is a photo of a typical Hong Kong street. Well, a Chinese restauranteur decided to do the same thing, and have his restaurant’s awning reflect both Chinese and English.  Unfortuately, he didn’t speak English, so he used the powers of the Internet … Read More

BY HARRY BURT "autoerotic asphyxiation" "found by cadaver dogs" "hopped up on goofballs" "minutes from rescue" "prehensile tail"

These lowermybills.org flash ads are really annoying and slightly disturbing….. Are you with me on this? And here’s the culprit:

A wall calendar from bubble-paper. I guess the downside is that you must possess the discipline to pop just one bubble a day. Yeah, I ordered one….

Introducing the bacon cheeseburger…. … with a sliced Krispy Kreme donut serving as the bun. Yes, this is a cultish delicacy.  It’s known as the Luther Burger, named (perhaps apocraphly) after Luther Vandross, who supposedly loved them or possibly invented them. Wretched excess, yes?

Recipe time: 3/4 cup butter(It has been suggested that using 1 full cup of butter works best due to cookie dough dryness)2/3 cup packed brown sugar2/3 cup granulated sugar1 teaspoon hazelnut (or almond) extract *Edit- It has been suggested that the almond flavouring may be overpowering to the flavour of the cookie, feel free to add this ingredient to taste*1/2 … Read More

One of two things happen: (1)  It’s a close game, which means that you sit there watching for an hour before it gets exciting in the last quarter, or (more likely) the last minute OR (2)  It’s a blowout, in which case you sit there waching for more than an hour just waiting for it to end. I think I … Read More

Ummm, they probably should have thought this through more: OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) – On a Monday morning last month, highway patrol officers visited 20 classrooms at El Camino High School to announce some horrible news: Several students had been killed in car wrecks over the weekend. Classmates wept. Some became hysterical. A few hours and many tears later, though, the … Read More

It’s viral now — you’ve probably seen it already.  Happened a couple weeks ago. I’m going to go out on a limb and say this is a hoax.  Probably some viral video marketing campaign….

This looks fun.  Too bad it’s in Germany…

Because professional basketball is played by people with pituitary conditions. Seriously.  Make the baskets 35 feet off the ground, so that skill trumps height.  Then I might be interested.

Went to the vending machine, and notices that my $1 bill had the following stamp on it: Track this bill www.wheresgeorge.com So I used a different bill to get my soda.  I then went to my computer, went to the website, and entered the bill’s serial number. One Dollar Bill, Serial# C9439—5D Series: 2001 This bill has travelled 383 Miles … Read More