Fellas, have you ever wanted smack someone for breaking the “every other one” rule of urinal use? Well, now you can point them to this handy guide to proper urinal etiquette.
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Monthly Archives: August 2002
Lost in America
(“Lost in America” is a song by Alice Cooper)
The following is a very long, but interesting, article about the current exodus from suburbs into sub-suburbs (or “exurbs” as the author calls them).
Patio Man and the Sprawl People
America’s newest suburbs.
by David Brooks
I DON’T KNOW if you’ve ever noticed the expression of a man who is about to buy a first-class barbecue grill. He walks into a Home Depot or Lowe’s or one of the other mega hardware complexes and his eyes are glistening with a faraway visionary zeal, like one of those old prophets gazing into the promised land. His lips are parted and twitching slightly. Inside the megastore, the grills are just past the racks of affordable- house plan books, in the yard-machinery section. They are arrayed magnificently next to the vehicles that used to be known as rider mowers but are now known as lawn tractors, because to call them rider mowers doesn’t really convey the steroid-enhanced M-1 tank power of the things.
Low Class
The Young and the Bored
Here’s an interesting sequence of articles and letters regarding Pittsburgh’s hopes for attracting young people. I like Pittsburgh and I think I’d like to raise a family here. I think I’m a rarity, though. I came to Da Burgh in ’95 to go to Pitt. I’ve been here ever since. Most students, it seems, fly like bats out of hell after graduation day. I think Pittsburgh’s a nice town and instead of cursing the darkness, I’m going to light a candle.
Pittsburgh Is A Pit For Singles
By Davide Dukcevich
“Pittsburgh may be the best place in the world to watch a football game, but it’s the worst place in America to be stuck with a lonely heart.”
Forbes magazine, you’re nuts: I’m 21 and I love Pittsburgh
By Megan Branning
“I would like to respond to the Forbes magazine ranking of Pittsburgh as the worst city for young singles (“No Place to Be Single,” June 8 Business). I think Forbes is way off on this.”
The Post-Gazette’s perky pen pal
By Dave Copeland
Megan Branning, I’m glad you love it here, but I still think you’re going overboard when you call Forbes magazine “nuts” for ranking Pittsburgh the worst of 40 cities for singles. Needless to say, your letter was emailed among the boosters today as if to say “Look! A real live young person likes us!” Unfortunately, Megan is only one of a dwindling many.
A case for Pittsburgh
By Dave Copeland
Way back at the start of the summer (when, having reviewed the archive, I seemed to be much more bitter) I bashed Megan Branning and her letter to the Post Gazette. Megan finally found my little rant, took the high road and sent me this email last night:
I just read your entry regarding my letter to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about Forbe’s magazine’s ranking of Pittsburgh. After reading what you said, I want to clarify some things.
Scandal Time
Much ink has been spilled over the abuse scandals in the Church, and Father Neuhaus (editor of my favorite magazine, First Things) has so far produced the most balanced assessment of the situation. Here are the links to his ongoing “Scandal Time” editorials in the past few editions of First Things.
All three of these articles are rather lengthy, but well worth the effort in order to untangle this critical, delicate issue.