------------------------------------------------------------------ Living Hell - Volume #1, Issue #11 ------------------------------------------------------------------ September 16, 2001 ================== Contents ======== o FDNY Fatalities o Helping Firefighters o How To Be An Idiot, Part 1 o Memo to Tom Brokow et al o How To Be An Idiot, Part 2 o Things We Feared FDNY Firefighters ================= Confirmed list of Fire Department New York fatalities, updated as soon as possible after updates from firehouse.com: [ Outdated link deleted ] Helping Firefighters ==================== Banners, ribbons, fundraisers, and flags. Prayers, condolences, and moments of silence. Bowed heads and renewed respect. But if you *really* wanna help firefighters-- both in New York and in the rest of the world-- here's a simple gift that can be given over a lifetime: get out of the damn way. When driving, when meeting a fire truck en route to a call, let *it* have the right-of-way. In 1999, notes the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), 32 of 112 fatal firefighter injuries occurred while responding to or re- turning from an incident. And isn't their job dangerous enough al- ready? Plus, do you really want *yours* to be the car that delays firefighters for those final fifteen seconds that a trapped child could've been successfully rescued and resuscitated? Think about it. How To Be An Idiot, Part 1 ========================== Make generalizations about people based on the actions of a few. Memo to Tom Brokow et al ======================== Please, please, *please* don't keep us in suspense during the next national tragedy. You know, that shamelessly sly way of construct- ing sentences with the "teasers" right out in front, a la "we've just received a report from the Legislative Building, [ slight dra- matic pause ] which is right around the corner from the Adminstra- tive Building, [second slight dramatic pause ] where NOTHING HAS HAPPENED." Spare us. How To Be An Idiot, Part 2 ========================== *Believe* generalizations about people based on the actions of a few. Things We Feared ================ Warning: Contains *more* humor in wake of great tragedy. Things we feared one week ago: o sharks o shark attacks o losing a winning lottery ticket o George Bush publicly speaking, bless his heart o military spending cuts o social security lock boxes o Gary Condit never going away o Jesse Helms retirement as hoax o boring TV news o boring talk radio o too many cell phones o Anne Heche continuing to make news o Hilary Clinton for President o Al Sharpton for President o Rudy Giuliani forgotten o jumbo jet crash. Singular. How To Be An Idiot, Part 3 ========================== All dogs bark. My dog barks on command. Therefore, all dogs bark on command. Copyright 2001 by Michael J. Legeros ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------   Home Search Mike Legeros Copyright 2023 by Michael J. Legeros