Volume 1 Issue 14
December 2, 2002
It's Voting Time
Runoffs, Brothels, and True love...
Well, hope everyone had a good holiday, and welcome back to the grind. Extra deluxe version today with some tidbits from over the long weekend.
OK, it's time to name this puppy. I have reviewed the suggestions, and have come up with 4 to vote on. If it's close, perhaps we'll do a second round among the top 2, but if its a landslide, we have it. So here are the finalists:
1. The view from the Gadren
2. Gadrening Tips
3. From the Swamp
4. The World According to Greg
We'll vote thru the week. Vote early and often!
Oh, and as a last tidbit before we get started, today is Britney Spears' 21st birthday, joining the Bush twins in legality. And, coming Thursday - the Strom Thurmond 100th Birthday spectacular!
Oh, and on a personal note, props to my Philadelphia Phillies for snagging the big fish, Jim Thome, who they will sign tomorrow to a 6 year deal. Let's now hope it works.
The Times, they are a'changin: Has the New York Times ceased to be the "paper of record"? (note that this article comes from Newsweek, a subsidy of the competing Washington Post) -
http://www.msnbc.com/news/841753.asp
Come fly the friendly skies: I called it last year, and now people are starting to talk about it, that's right, nationalizing the airlines! -
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/27/business/27ATA.html
And then there were two: Bob Kerry kicked off his Presidential Campaign this weekend, joining Vermont Gov. Howard Dean as the only candidates in the race for 2004 -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61537-2002Dec1.html
In Hawai'i, 38 people ran this weekend for a meaningless office -
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/29/politics/campaigns/29HAWA. html
And someone one with over 50% of the vote! Take that Mary Landrieu. Actually, if newly elected Rep. Case can win the January election to serve in the 108th, he will have increased seniority. -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63004-2002Dec2.html
On the Bayou, Mary Landrieu continues to lead in polls, though Bush is coming to town this week to campaign for Turrell -
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/html/90433EDB-6121-47B7-B13F-D726BBAC7F25.shtml
While, we're there, here's an interesting look at 3 generations of a family running a brothel in New Orleans -
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/newsstory/brothel01.html
The former mayor of Providence, RI is preparing to go to prison on corruption charges, in NJ! -
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,71816,00.html
Yet another ocean liner has been stricken with a stomach virus, this time on the Carnival Line. Not your season for a cruise -
On the killer animals in Africa beat, a giant crocodile is terrorizing Burundi, eating up to 20 people at a time -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2520815.stm
Creative Reality: OK, this is one reality program who's premise I actually like: bring 20 women over to France to meet with a rich bachelor in a "bachelor" like competition. Oh yeah, and then note that he's really a construction worker who only makes $19,000 a year. Are they doing it for love or money? This could be interesting -
http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/02/television.joe.reut /index.html
Love is a wonderful thing: Apparently concerned that her first 2 "marriages" didn't work out, Jennifer Lopez has a few conditions for fianc=E9e Ben Affleck:
Lopez's New Marriage Demands
Jennifer Lopez has dished up a set of demands for husband-to-be Ben Affleck which includes a $5 million fine if he strays. Lopez is determined to make her third marriage work and so she has dropped a pre-nuptial bombshell on the movie hunk - so he knows she's serious about married life after two flops. But the pre-nup isn't all about money, it's more to do with J.Lo's demands, according to American tabloid Star. Insiders claim her list of demands include a requirement that they have sex at least four times a week and a $1 million fine for lying. A friend says, "Despite being so in love with Ben, Jenny was extremely reluctant to even think about marriage. She has become a Latina Liz Taylor with multiple ex-husbands, and she's not proud of that at all. Then her mom said, 'You've got to draw up a set of rules for marriage that you and Ben would be willing to sing in blood - and stick to them.'" (12/2/02).
Daily Trivia: And your trivia today, perfect for a Monday after a holiday: In 1688, coffee became the most popular breakfast drink in the American colonies, a status it has held since. What did it replace?
Bonus Question: In 1902, an American corporation became the first to give its employees a coffee break. Who was it?
If anyone guesses correctly to both, Greg will by you a latte.
Happy Monday!
Gregory S. Gadren
