New Battleground for Term Limits

The battle over the new bill to extend term limits continued Wednesday when Congressman Anthony Weiner proposed the city delay its submission of the bill to the Department of Justice, at least until the new president’s administration is in office.

Spread The Wealth

Those three words were the ones that got me sitting up straight in the final presidential debate on Oct. 15 between Senator Obama and McCain. Where else did they turn up but in the biggest talking point of the night — Joe the Plumber (who apparently isn’t a licensed one).

To summarize [...]

Fullmetal Alchemist Turns on the Magic

Take an age-old mythical science, supply it with an infinite quest for personal redemption, and the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist is your product conjured out of nothing. Except ‘out of nothing’ doesn’t really apply to the series, because ‘equivalent trade’ (think karma) is a fundamental principle of their world of alchemy.”To gain something, you must [...]

Stores Unfazed by New Trader Joe’s

Shoppers do not always flock to the store with the lowest prices. At least that is what stores near Brooklyn’s new Trader Joe’s are hoping.
Situated on the corner of Court Street and Atlantic Avenue, Trader Joe’s opened on Sept. 26 and is the city’s third.

FotoViewr Takes Plunge into 3D

FotoViewr – Create your 3D photo gallery

Simple 3D photo viewing is what you get from FotoViewr, an online plugin that promises you “won’t need to upload your own photos.” The set-up is quick and painless, but the speed really depends how connected you are to online photo albums Flickr and Smugmug. If you don’t already [...]

Children: Enter Stage Right

On top of a full season of grown-up productions, theater group Heights Players casts its demographic net to children, presenting separate productions specially catered for them.
Based in Brooklyn Heights, the Heights Players’ Theater for Children program made a comeback in 2006 after an 11-year hiatus due to financial reasons. Now four productions — specially made [...]

The Pa(l)in of it All

Too bad, I wanted Governor Palin to fall flat in front of her Alaskan boots last night in the Vice-Presidential debate. Instead, she impressed me and I’d bet a lot of other viewers in America (about 80% felt she did better than expected). But no way did she beat Senator Biden. Biden was crisp, articulate [...]

Sleep, Where Art Thou?

Long time ago, I’d no problems with six hours of sleep a day. To some of you, six hours is already a luxury but it’s my minimum for reasonable efficiency the next day. Back in the days of National Service, operating on six hours rest wasn’t so much a want but a need. The day [...]