Monthly Archives: October 2010

Park Slope Crash 1960

October 10, 2010 – 7:40 pm

In 1960 two commercial planes collided over Staten Island. One plane tried to make La Guardia Airport. The DC-8 crashed several miles short of safety in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. The crash site remained a haunting reminder of United Airlines Flight 826. An empty lot on Sterling Place and Seventh Avenue marked its […]

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10/10/10

October 10, 2010 – 6:11 pm

I missed doing anything this morning at 10 seconds past 10:10 AM on 10/10/10. Nothing bad happened in my life, although tonight I’ll try to watch the sky at 10:10 PM on 10/10/10. There has to be someone up there who cares about 101010 the binary combination for 42 or 21 twice. Not that more […]

By Peter | Posted in Education | Comments (0)

RIP Solomon Burke

October 10, 2010 – 1:31 pm

“RIP Solomon Burke…I remember having Mr. Burke play the new Peppermint Lounge on West 46th St in Times Square. He demanded being paid his fee prior to performance in $10 and $20 dollar bills. Despite my partner Rudolf objection I agreed. So we sat in the dressing room as he counted his $5000 in $10’s […]

By Peter | Posted in music, Nightlife, RIP | Comments (0)

John Lennon 70 Years Old If Not a Day

October 10, 2010 – 12:01 pm

Saturday would have been 70 this weekend. Mark David Chapman killed the ex-Beatle in front of the Dakota on Manhattan’s Uppper West Side to answer his obssession with JD Salinger’s THE CATCHER IN THE RYE. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. His latest parole hearing ended with a denial of his freedom. Yoko Ono, John’s […]

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The Globalist Prison Quiz

October 10, 2010 – 11:04 am

QUESTION Around the globe, over 9 million people are currently in prisons. That is equal to the size of the population of Sweden or Bolivia. We wonder: Which country has the highest number of prisoners? ANSWERS A. China B. Russia C. United Kingdom D. United States A. China is not correct. China has the second-highest […]

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