Too Hot to Handle
The Sun reported on Jan. 18 that a woman in the United Kingdom suffered an inferno in her living room after a candle exploded as she was lighting it. Jody Thompson, 50, won the candle, labeled This Candle Smells Like My Vagina, in an online quiz from Gwyneth Paltrow s Goop website. The candle exploded and emitted huge flames, Thompson said, with bits flying everywhere. The whole thing was ablaze, and it was too hot to touch. Thompson and her partner eventually got it under control and threw it out the front door.
In Plane Sight
On Jan. 16 at Chicago s O Hare International Airport, two employees of United Airlines approached a man and asked for his ID. Aditya Singh, 36, of Orange, California, produced an employee badge, but it was not his: Another employee had reported it missing on Oct. 26, the
A tribute to John Barry on the Bardavon marquee in Poughkeepsie this fall. As the music and arts columnist for the
Poughkeepsie Journalsince 2000, John Barry s byline is about as familiar to Hudson Valley residents as the characteristic hum their tires make when they drive over the Mid-Hudson Bridge. But last month, after 20 years, Barry s editorial hum came to a halt at the publication when he retired from New York State s oldest newspaper. We reached out to him via email to see how he s faring following his two decades of community service. Peter Aaron John Barry
Congratulations on your retirement after such a long and interesting career. Where are you from originally, and how did you get interested in music?
Members of the Church of Satan are grieving the destruction of a historic “Halloween House” that authorities say was set ablaze this week by an arsonist