The Phoenix Theatre by day is a picture reminiscent of an after school daycare program. Inside the main auditorium kids are skateboarding on the multitude of wooden ramps set up against the walls. The lobby is filled with youth hanging out, and searching their pockets for change to buy candy or soda from the concession […]
Photography can be a Savior for the Natural World.
As a Fine Arts major, currently attending the State University of New York Plattsburgh, I have chosen to concentrate in photography in hopes to become a photojournalist. I study several different genres of art, with a concentration in photography. The main appeal in choosing this discipline, is the medium’s effectiveness in raising awareness. Images are […]
Taoist Beatles Propaganda
I have been following the Paul McCartney-Heather Mills breakup quite closely. (I recognize this is morally wrong, however.) Yesterday, Sir Paul locked her out of their London townhouse. When Heather’s bodyguard climbed to the second floor to enter the window, McCartney had him arrested. I was surprised to learn that Paul is now worth $1.5 […]
Shaky beams
Acarkent, an upscale housing division in the suburbs on the Asian side of Istanbul, has been racked with scandal the past week as investigations have shown that the lion’s share of the homes on the gated estate were constructed illegally and to the detriment of the local environment. The first dwellings on the compound, nestled […]
Collapsed Scaffolding May Have Been Illegal
An enormous scaffolding collapsed on Lafayette Street on Saturday, just north of Prince Street. At least three vehicles were very severely damaged and the police cordoned off the area for hours while crews worked to clear the debris. The crash occured sometime between 5:00 am and noon on Saturday, probably as a result of the […]
Dr Kramer
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">About a week after one of those what-are-you-doing-after-all-these-years email drops into the basket, I find myself struggling for an answer. Would that I had a neat one-liner of a career! Engineer! Marketing manager! Drug-addled whore! Cop! Dropout and copout! None-of-the-above is ticked with a tut-tut and I tinkle at keyboard […]