Word: circus
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...continue taking trips and watching sitcoms, realizing that with the backdrop of war, we crave celebration and entertainment—anything to get away from the news. Ticket sales to Barnum and Bailey’s Circus have sky-rocketed in recent weeks, and as the NCAA Basketball tournament heats up, millions of Americans spend their days channel-flipping to check the “score,” one of which happens to be “American casualties in Iraq.” In between news briefs—many of which already stem from...
...can’t wait,” gushes Orrell. “It’s just a big goddamn circus with lots of friends I haven’t seen in a while...
...together. None of my friends, however, shared my slightly weird, slightly mundane peeve: failing to receive letters from my many pen pals with adequate frequency. My invention consisted of a cardboard replica of my family’s mailbox, in which I placed an alligator-on-a-stick circus toy. When the mailman failed to deliver any letters for me, the alligator, whose jaws were operated by a handle at the other end of the stick, would simply bite him. Needless to say, my presentation drew some nervous laughs, odd stares and sympathy for the mailman. Looking back...
...When you walk in, you can tell, it’s not just a liquor store—it has a certain feel to it,” he says. “I guess I’ll just buy wine at Bread & Circus, but they don’t have the type of knowledge they have here...
...night fix of primo Italian dishes and sleaze at a safe distance, book a window table at Caffe Di Roma at 3 Soi Patpong 2, (662) 632 8250, for a fine meal accompanied by a grand view of the red-light district's notorious nightlife. It's one weird circus...