OFF-RAMP ADVENTURES, PART DEUX Fearless commuter, inhaling exhaust, explores the options along the jammed traffic corridors of the southern East Bay
THERE’S GOING TO BE more than 7 million people in the Bay Area in the next century. Where are they all going to go?” I may not have heard the numbers correctly, but I got the message. When the radio announcer starts waxing philosophic during traffic reports, you know the…
Net perpetuates grieving conspiracies
The public mourning for Diana, Princess of Wales, was never unusual in its intensity. Deaths of beloved figures have inspired mass demonstrations of sorrow throughout history. More remarkable was the scale of the public grieving, spread far beyond English boundaries. The most striking aspect came through the voices of the…
FRENZY HAS COOLED FOR DIANA’S MEMENTOS She’s a worldwide commodity, but sellers of commemoratives in the East Bay have more inventory than they’d expected
CHOOSE THE GREEK analogy, Sisyphus or Hercules. The first spent eternity pushing a mighty rock uphill, only to watch it tumble down for another day’s torture. The second, in one of his 12 labors, fought an eight-headed hydra, who would sprout two heads where one had been lopped off. Either…
INTERNET OFFERS TALK AND TRIBUTES ABOUT DI
While noble eulogists commanded the attention of news media and the world at the time of Princess Di’s death, the common folk had already been expressing their memorials in cyberspace. One year later, countless Diana Web sites still pay homage, hawk memorabilia, concoct theories and obsess. Here are a few….
Diana presence on the Internet continues to grow
The public mourning for Diana, Princess of Wales, was never unusual in its intensity. Deaths of beloved figures throughout history have inspired mass demonstrations of sorrow. More remarkable was the scale of the public grieving, spread far beyond English boundaries. The most striking aspect came through the voices of the…
BACK WITH A VENGEANCE: ”AVENGERS” STILL INTRIGUES AMERICAN AUDIENCES
WANT TO GO? ”The Avengers” Rating: PG-13 Theaters: Janus, Brassfield, Carmike 14, Four Seasons, Oak Hollow, Cinema 8, Randolph, West End Knight-Ridder News Service Mrs. Peel, you’re still needed. We Americans continue to lag behind in the ”Avengers” race. Audiences entered late in the series’ life when it was…
TOO BRIT TO QUIT “Avengers” still intrigues American audiences
Mrs. Peel, you’re still needed. We Americans continue to lag behind in the “Avengers” race. Audiences entered late in the series’ life when it was first broadcast Stateside in 1966. By then its fifth season, John Steed (Patrick Macnee) had already gone through four partners (one unseen). The show and…
‘Avengers’: Getting the right stuff
A&E sells 18 out of 24 episodes from the 1967 Diana Rigg-Patrick Macnee season. Each tape contains two episodes (800-542-4478 or www.originalavengers.com); one tape costs $ 12.95 and a set of three is $ 29.95. Online orders can net specials, such as volumes 1 and 2 for $ 59.95, plus…
‘Avengers’ still intrigues American audiences
Mrs. Peel, you’re still needed. We Americans continue to lag behind in the “Avengers” race. Audiences entered late in the series’ life when it was first broadcast Stateside in 1966. By then its fifth season, John Steed (Patrick Macnee) had already gone through four partners (one unseen). The show and…
OFF THE COUCH National Parks up for monopolizing
This is a game more disconcerting to play than to lose. I know because I did both. I was fool enough to ask my friend Sokhieng, who had soundly walloped me in Scrabble by getting all the Q, J and X letters early on. Still, obviously versed as she was…