If the date bombed on epic levels, it was still a good story ― and perhaps an even more amusing one ― to look back on.
Perhaps the only thing more amusing than the picture of a Passover festival in Coney Island in 1978 (right) would have been a picture of Barton Silverman, then a 35-year-old sports photographer, at the front of that roller-coasting car.
The Castle at Tarrytown, constructed on a hilltop affording magnificent views of the Hudson Valley, is an attraction more amusing perhaps to Americans than to visitors from ancient parts of the world.
Perhaps the only thing more amusing than the picture of a Passover festival in Coney Island in 1978 (Slide 2) would have been a picture of Barton Silverman, a robust 35-year-old sports photographer, at the front of that roller-coasting car.
Perhaps that would have been a bit more amusing, but in a world where the Department of Defense invites white hat hackers around the United States to come help us better secure our technology and warfighters… we played it safe and opened it up the day before.
While Spencer Bachus is perhaps more annoying than Barney Frank, and certainly less amusing than Barney Frank, the differences between him and Barney Frank do not alter a simple reality - politicians are mostly interchangeable.
The ropes and pulleys are perhaps more visible than they once were, and in this informative, amusing, sometimes shocking book, Simpson has clearly picked his subjects to show these mechanics, as much as to narrate the 20th century.
Phrenology, a classic of the pseudosciences (alchemy, palmistry and intelligent design being perhaps more egregious) is today regarded as little more than a harmlessly amusing conceit.
The hyperbole is more amusing than offensive.
He's more gimmicky, more amusing.
