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by FFWD StaffThe Little Pink Book
The Little Pink Book: Quotations on Women (Arsenal Pulp Press), compiled by Oline Luinenburg and Stephen Osborne, includes 24 centuries of comments from various sources with different opinions on the subject of women.
· A woman is like a teabag - only in hot water do you realize how strong she is. (Nancy Reagan)
· The perfect woman has a brilliant brain, wants to make love until four in the morning - and then turns into a pizza. (David Lee Roth, 1988)
· (Women) have a right to work wherever they want to - as long as they have dinner ready when you get home. (John Wayne)
· In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. (Margaret Thatcher)
· Well, I thought about running as a man, but I decided against it. (Audrey McLaughlin, NDP leader, 1989)
· Most women are bird-brained. It's rare to find a woman with very good mental agility. (Earl Spencer, father of the Princess of Wales, 1987)
· A man without a woman is like a vase without flowers. (proverb, Cape Verde Island)
· A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. (Gloria Steinem)
· All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his. (Oscar Wilde)
· In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on woman. (Nancy Astor, first woman to sit in the British House of Commons, 1923)
· Rules are like women, they're made to be violated. (Denys Dionne, Quebec judge, 1990)
· People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. (Rebecca West)
· Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. (Charlotte Whitton, mayor of Ottawa)
Evil Twin
Evil Twin #5 is a "Special Dumb-Ass Superhero" issue from Unstoppable Productions. The story, Cosmic Thingy, takes place in deep space as the Prince faces the unbeatable enemy, Laser Brain, in a battle of super powers.
According to writer, artist and publisher Ryan Dunlavey, the comic is just that and no more - there are no letters, no reviews, no ads, no submissions. Evil Twin is a 12-page plus cover comic published twice per year. To order send $1 plus extra for postage to Ryan Dunlavey, 262 - 5th Avenue #2, Brooklyn, NY, 11215 (well-hidden cash preferred, but if you must, cheques may be made out to Unstoppable Productions). For more information send e-mail to: RyanZero@aol.com
Workaholics
· Almost one-fifth of all employees, an average of 1.9 million people, worked paid or unpaid overtime during the first quarter of 1997.
· About 1.1 million adult men worked overtime compared with 686,000 adult women and 155,000 youths aged 15 to 24.
· Of those employees who worked overtime, almost 6 in 10 did not receive
overtime pay. Those who did not get paid worked an average of 9.2 overtime hours, compared with 8.5 hours for those who did get paid.
· By 1995, only 54 per cent of workers put in a 35 to 40-hour work week, down from 65 per cent in 1976. Over the same period, the number of workers putting in fewer than 35 hours a week rose from 16 per cent to nearly 24 per cent, while those usually working 41 hours or more per week rose from 19 per cent to 22 per cent.
· In the first quarter of 1997, one quarter of all those working overtime were employed as managers, mostly without pay for the extra hours.
· About 37.5 per cent of teachers worked overtime, the highest proportion of any occupation, at an average of 11.4 hours a week.
· Almost a quarter (23.9 per cent) of employees in machining occupations received paid overtime, the highest proportion of any group.
· Miners put in almost 16 hours of overtime on average in any given week in early 1997, the most of any group.
· In the first three months of 1997, six per cent of all workers were involuntary part-timers, or about 852,000 individuals. (Involuntary part-timers are people who worked part time in their main job for fewer than 30 hours a week and wanted to work longer hours. Involuntary part-time workers who looked for full-time work are considered "underemployed".)
· Between 1976 and 1996, the number of workers holding a second job more than tripled, from 208,000 to 699,000. In 1996, one in 20 workers held more than one job. Twenty years ago the rate was one in 50. The average work week for moonlighters was 46.2 hours.
The previous statistics are part of a Labor Force Survey quarterly report for Statistics Canada.
Web watch
You won't find Marilyn Manson in Calgary this week, but he's all over the Web with dozens of sites to choose from.
Whether you're a fan or a foe, find out what all the fuss was about by visiting The Misery Machine. The site includes visions (clips and pics), screams (lyrics and sounds), propaganda (information and interviews), tour dates and more, as well as links to a variety of other Manson sites.
Or for the latest rumor on the true identity of Marilyn Manson, check out the Paul Pfeiffer is Marilyn Manson site. According to the "evidence," Fred Savage's best buddy has transformed into Calgary's most feared musician (see the one-of-a-kind Wonder Years reunion photo for proof).
Free stuff
The Globe Cinema and Fast Forward are presenting the Taxi Driver contest. Win a prize of two tickets to the film at the Globe along with a complimentary taxi tour, a gift certificate for Divine Decadence, pizza and as much fun as you can have in a cab. Taxi Driver premiered in 1976 and became a classic. The movie is directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel and Cybill Shepherd. See the ad in this issue for contest details.
We also have double passes to the premiere of Spawn, showing July 31 at 7:30 p.m. at Eau Claire Cinema. The movie, based on the comic created by Calgarian Todd MacFarlane, is a story about a superhero. See the ad in this issue for details on how to win.
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