P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

IW Staffer Proposes Friday Fun

March 22, 2026

Top Ten Friday Afternoon Activities (April 5, 1991)

1.       Make crank calls to Gerry Leeds’ office.
2.       Form debate teams and tackle the thorny problem of “Headshots: File by Name or Company?”
3.       Lambada!
4.       Co-ed skins vs. shirts Nerf basketball.
5.       Listen to live recording of “Free Bird.”
6.       Browse through the copy editors’ magazine collection.
7.       Clean beige substances off cafeteria floors.
8.       Mail-order expensive gifts with editor’s credit card number.
9.       Change all the hallway office signs.
10      Call the bureaus at 5:20 and see who’s still at work.

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