Wedding season is here once again. You know, that time when no one is really excited for the ceremony itself, but rather the food and open bar. I myself have several weddings to attend this year, after getting through last year with only one. At each of them, I plan on drinking an amount equal to the gift I give them. So they can either expect not a lot in a gift, or me hammered. If you were busy bombing Libya, odds are you missed it.
Alone in the tower
An air traffic controller was suspended after two planes had to land without getting clearance from the tower at Reagan National Airport, just outside of Washington, D.C. According to reports, the controller was sleeping, so he didn’t hear the planes calling for permission to land. In other news, don’t worry guys, I was out of town and never in any danger.
A solemn anniversary
It was 100 years ago today that the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City claimed nearly 150 lives, most of them women. The incident led to a series of workplace and fire safety reforms, and also put some serious steam into the labor movement. So now, when labor unions’ rights are being challenged in Wisconsin and other states, go up to a union man and ask him, “What the hell is a shirtwaist?”
It also made shooting Star Trek: The Next Generation more fun
In a video shot in 1992, Whoopi Goldberg admitted that she was stoned when she won the Oscar for Best Actress in Ghost in 1990. She claimed she smoked beforehand because of nerves. That’s great, Whoopi, would you care to explain every other time you’ve spoken publicly?
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