Re: s'Dat'n'Island-

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> A social studies teacher told me this joke once...
>  
>  Henry Hudson is sailing down what is now the Narrows River, and he's got a
>  mapmaker with him and as they're sailing he's trying his best to make a map
>  of this new land.  And as they're sailing Hudson looks over and sees this
>  big piece of land and says, "ish dat an island?" so the mapmaker writes 
down
>  "Staten Island"
>  
>  haha?

I just forgot to mention that the Narrows is not a river, but more of a 
strait. The body of water between Brooklyn, and Staten Island. 
    Pedantic yes, but the place ought to be known right. It's beautiful. 
Recently, Fort Wadsworth was became a part of Gateway National Recreation 
Area, and so you can meditate there while looking out upon Manhattan, and the 
Upper Bay, and be underneath the shadow of the Verrazano.
    To enter Salinger, I got a wonderful kick out John Gadsudski, of The 
Laughing Man, being from the Island. It's rarely mentioned, though being in 
Manhattan it can't not be noticed; the other significant mention being the 
doctor from Catch-22. Splendid book.

-Tory

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