"I own a timber company? That's news to me ... Need some wood?"
- George W. Bush in Friday's debate, after Kerry said he received $84 in tax breaks from a timber company he owns.
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They say these things come in threes. Well they ain't kidding. On a serious and solemn note, three luminaries died in the span of one week: actress Janet Leigh Oct. 3, comedian Rodney Dangerfield Oct. 5 and "Superman" Christopher Reeve Sunday. While Leigh made her last film in 2000, Dangerfield and Reeve still have projects in the works. Reeve directed "The Brooke Ellison Story," a movie about a family coping with spinal cord injury, which will air Oct. 25 on A&E. Reeve was also working on the computer-animated "Yankee Irving," which will proceed in production, according to the Internet Movie Database. Dangerfield has a bit part in the film "Angels with Angles," which will be released Dec. 15. As the Babe said in "The Sandlot," heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
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Serve and protect ... and pop a wheelie! Last Thursday around 2 p.m., students in between classes saw our Public Safety officers at their most acrobatic. Three officers rode their bikes in front of Kogod, and one officer popped a wheelie. A second officer tried to follow the first one, but popped too much and fell back. Students sitting outside of Ward had a good laugh. At least we know they can fight crime and look somewhat cool doing it. Next thing you know, they'll be on skateboards.
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After much publicized controversy over the Dixie Chicks criticism of President Bush on a European tour, Natalie Maines is often asked if she regrets her comments. Maines, who was performing Monday at the MCI Center on the Vote For Chance Tour presented by MoveOn.org said, "After the incident, people asked me if I wanted to take back what I said. Well, no, 'cause after that Bush would just call me a flip-flopper."
Fall Break Follies
SOMMERVILLE, Mass. - Over the glorified weekend known as "fall break," one Scene staff member found herself in the basement of a Tufts University fraternity, wearily watching a gaggle of men with popped collars play "beer pong." As she sat there, a prolonged session of deja vu kicked in, inducing one single realization: all East Coast private colleges are exactly the same. The night continued at both Harvard and MIT, and the realization was not to be refuted. These universities, students and parties are all identical. No, really, they are exactly the same. Seriously.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The scene was the lower level of the Harvard Square Urban Outfitters. Affectionately named the "Bargain Basement," this level boasts those weird mesh slippers that look like baskets you hang on the front of a bicycle, and a plethora of "Jesus is My Homeboy" mesh hats, all at half price. High school-aged hipsters pummeled down three flights of stairs at break-neck speeds in a fury not unlike a scene from a documentary about shark feeding frenzies, leaving innocent bystanders bewildered. It was a startling homage to the power of kitschy, "indie" paraphernalia.
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NEW YORK CITY - The young-gun airline Independence Air (which has a hub at Dulles) has taken an unorthodox approach to pre-flight safety announcements. Instead of the stewardess talking over the P.A. system, she gave travelers the option of hearing a taped version voiced by celebrities. The choices were Dennis Miller, Chuck Berry, and a tag-team version by political husband-and-wife team James Carville and Mary Matalin. Obviously sick of politics, the flight voted overwhelmingly for Berry, who proceeded to give a rockin' description of how to fasten and unfasten a seat belt. Go Johnny go, go.
- JEN TURNER & DAN ZAK
weekend@theeagleonline.com
