I Was Just Checking the Lakers, Honest

No doubt this instance of cyber-terror has occurred elsewhere.

An acquaintance of mine, a teacher’s aide at a Southland elementary school, sat down at a school computer and tapped into the ESPN World Wide Web site to catch the sports scores.

Suddenly, he was horrified to see a nude woman on the screen--in a compromising position, yet. He apparently had mistyped by one letter; porno Web sites often adopt addresses very similar to popular destinations.

But who would believe him in these suspicious times--a middle-aged bachelor with nudity on the screen in a school office?

Fortunately, no one else saw the screen.

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DINING FOR THE ADVENTUROUS: Today’s entry for daring eaters was submitted by Brian Wallace, who found an American theme restaurant of sorts in Belgium (see photo).

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UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT: Charlotte Schamadan of Monrovia couldn’t help but laugh at an experience she had on a flight.

“Since I am deaf, I take special care upon boarding to alert the flight attendants of my special needs. Simply, I tell them that I am deaf and an excellent lip reader, and I ask that they alert me to any important messages by standing in front of me and repeating the announcement.”

On this flight, she gave her usual request to an attendant, who returned a few minutes later with a 4-inch thick binder, saying, “Here. Read this before we take off.”

The book was written in Braille.

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