Word: pinking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...H.R.C. like a software start-up--new image, new logo, fast growth. After she came to H.R.C. in 1995, she quickly changed its symbol to a yellow equal sign on a blue background. Cool as a computer-keyboard button, it has no visible connection to the pink triangle or rainbow flag, two more freighted symbols of the ragged glories of gay history...
...first floor, the glare of neon pink and orange storage lockers greets incoming patrons and the red glow of the video game room lures children into this den of underage gambling...
...born in America, people come from all over to see it." It's hard to dispute the particular American-ness of the whole thing. Weaving between the last few cars waiting for their final run of the night, we pass a slim, demure-looking girl with glasses and a pink sweatshirt. She's chatting with a man tinkering with the monstous engine of his Mustang. "What's it like running out there?" she responds to our question, "Tonight was shitty. The accelerator was loose and the fuckin 'clutch jammed and I was slipping all-the-fuck-over the place...
Watching people in short, pink outfits falling on their asses is a highly underrated entertainment concept. Although the figure skaters in An Evening With Champions may try to avoid any spills, at least one triple axle is bound to go sour. Be there to see it and laugh. 8 p.m., Bright Hockey Arena. 493-8172. $20 for adults, $10 for undergrads, children and seniors...
Requesting--and instantly receiving--a Glock .45, a Smith and Wesson .45 and a Smith and Wesson 9 millimeter made us feel like we had somehow entered Hughes brothers movie. Fluorescent pink goggles and industrial strength ear-muffs punctured our delusions of gangsta grandeur, however...