Black Chat: 'The Office' is a funny gift from the Brits
Our British cousins offer the funniest holiday gift of all: seven consecutive episodes of season two of "The Office" (9 p.m., BBC America). This documentary-style comedy captures white-collar life with gruesomely hilarious accuracy. Never before has the boredom of office work or the self-delusion of middle managers combined to such comedic effect. If you don't believe me, listen to what David Letterman said: "You're never gonna get a...
Black Chat: Cattle spending spree
EUROA MORE than $1.4 million changed hands in a four-hour spending spree at Euroa on Friday.The end of financial year sale attracted a record crowd and a yarding of 2300 cattle that spilled over into portable yards.Agents said it was the biggest one-day sale held at the centre.Bidding opened with the sale of 100 Angus cows with calves in a part dispersal of Ulupna Island Station.A top price of $1400 was achieved twice, for unjoined third and fourth calving cows with sappy...
Black Chat: I'm white and I'm proud
`They've taken our music, now they want our lips.' Why do whites imitate blacks, asks BETTY LOWENTHAL.You see them here, you see them there, and soon you'll see them everywhere. The phenomenon of the ``wannabe black" like its black counterpart, the white wannabe is becoming increasingly visible. These are not simply white people who enjoy (and share) black culture and music, but those who live it to such an extent that they actually begin to...
Black Chat: Letters to the Editor
Now is not the time to halt land releases Academics and planners continue to be detached from reality in calling for an end to land releases on the urban fringes (``Sydney is full,'' Daily Telegraph, September 22).First they gave us the Cumberland Scheme, ringing Sydney with the now long-departed green belt, then the Sydney Region Outline Plan which seemed based on the premise that the world would end in the year 2000, and now the ``let's do...
Black Chat: TODAY'S CHATS
Here are highlights of today's forums. For more listings, check your online service or Chat Soup on the Internet at http://www.chatsoup.com AMERICA ONLINE: For all chats, use keywords AOL Live: Mystery writer Michael Connelly on his latest book, Trunk Music, 7 p.m.Stan Lee, creator of such comics as Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk, on his comics, Marvel Comics and upcoming Marvel feature films and shows, 7 p.m.The cast of the Fox TV series NY Undercover: Malik Yoba,...