PaulKatcher.comA view from Manhattan's Upper West Side. One man's takes on sports, news, New York City and wacky web findsImperfect Central Park Has Flying Cars- May 15, 2008 Review sites come in handy when researching the quality of consumer electronics and the trustworthiness of online retailers. They may even save you from sharing a hotel room with roaches. But when it comes to must-see destinations, the write-ups can be quite silly. Take the Yelp.com review of Central Park, for example. I'm a little shocked to see that anyone would take the time to give Central Park less than five stars. Not saying that everyone must hold the place as one of their dearest,..http://paulkatcher.com/archives/001172.shtml I Would Have Stopped at Four ATM Signs Myself- May 15, 2008 Then again, if you're gonna advertise ass-to-mouth inside, ya kinda wanna cover up the window. Oh, they mean cash machine My bad.http://paulkatcher.com/archives/001171.shtml Before Grand Theft Auto IV, There Was Journey (Yep, Them)- May 12, 2008 I don't recall how I came to learn that there was a 1983 video game based on the band Journey. Perhaps I searched Google for "bar + man + singing + totally + gay" or maybe I was researching the history of coin-operated arcade games, a genre for which this game would place as my all-time second-favorite. (With all the rest being tied for first, of course.) The object of the game, as described by the righteous Killer List of Video Games, is to "recover the instruments for the five members of...http://paulkatcher.com/archives/001170.shtml |