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Bill's Broadsides

POSTED:Thu, July 23, 2009 @ 7:06AM

Going in circles


I just read an insightful piece of writing over at Slate.com on the topic of traffic roundabouts and the reasons we Americans tend to dread them. This should be of interest to local motorists, as the state Department of Transportation has proposed installing several of them in Fulton County.

Here's the piece, by Tom Vanderbilt:

"Don't Be So Square: Why American drivers should learn to love the roundabout."

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Discobulous
07-27-09 10:17 AM
Sounds like all they could play would be Looney Tunes.

WordPrefect
07-24-09 11:28 AM
That's easy – "American Idol" conducts auditions all around the country. (Actually, I heard Satan stopped giving lessons after that "Guitar Hero" video game came out. Now he leads a Polka band — Mephistopheles and his Red-Hot Pitchfork Players. The other members are all deceased New York state legislators.)

-- Ack.

Discobulous
07-23-09 11:11 PM
But how does a musician sell his soul to the devil without a crossroads?

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Bill Ackerbauer

Assistant City Editor Johnstown native Bill Ackerbauer began his journalism career in 1996 as a reporter with The Leader-Herald. He has been an editor and writer for newspapers in Schenectady, Saratoga Springs and Dover, N.H., and returned to the Leader in 2007. 'Bill's Broadsides' has twice won first-place awards (2007-08 and 2008-09) in the New York State Associated Press writing contest for newspapers in the Leader-Herald's circulation category. Bill teaches English as an adjunct instructor at Fulton-Montgomery Community College, and he has taught journalism courses at the University at Albany. In his spare time, Bill plays folk music on guitar, banjo, fiddle and other traditional instruments. He lives in Johnstown with his wife, Jen, and their two sons, Liam and Carter.

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