A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

BECAUSE THROWING COMPUTER SCREENS AROUND IS JUST HAZARDOUS: With tomorrow's big parade for the Giants being the first ticker tape parade in 8 years (since the Yankees' 2000 parade), a couple of pieces of trivia:

• A complete list of NYC ticker tape parades (seriously? There was one for Sammy Sosa? Two for Haile Selassie?)
• Given that "ticker tape" itself is now obsolete (it's all electronic), the confetti is now "shredded newspaper and office paper."