November 2011
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October 2011
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WatchA bit of a coup at OWS on Broadway - protesters wrestled the orange kettling net from NYPD and ran off with it. http://www.ustream.tv/theother99
Anyone know where I can find a plus-sized Aloysius Snuffleupagus costume on very short notice?
Where Should I Live?
My lease is up. The renewal terms are a bit steep. Where are the best deals around NYC metro?
I’d consider any arrangement from your futon to another “luxury” rental studio of my own.
I require unfettered access to a full bathroom and minimally fettered weekday access to midtown Manhattan by train.
(Staten and Long Islands need not apply.)
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WatchMy view of the Brooklyn Bridge disruption, from a safe, anticlimactic distance; still in progress.
September 2011
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March 2011
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February 2011
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I was biteofpythias' unpaid intern in the 80's
January 2011
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“Ugh, I’m so old down under.”
– Adam “Old Junk” Isserlis, via The Twitter.
December 2010
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WatchOne of the upshots of my vicambulist lifestyle is I often happen upon curiosities and marvels. Such a one: yesterday I crossed paths with Jim Carey, twice, a few hours apart; once filming Mr. Popper’s Penguins, once just walking around. I won’t tell which this is.
(Ed. note: I resisted my strong urge to shout “Finkle is Einhorn!?”)
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WatchFor Mandie: Conan and Tim Gunn talk jeggings, at length.
UPDATE: He’s wearing ‘em on air tonight.
“[G]ive me a bacon greased handjob and you’ll be entered[.]”
– fatmanatee’s raffling away 100 iPads. Beware the cost of a ticket.
November 2010
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“If I offended anybody, I am not sorry and I do not apologize.”
– James Carville, regarding his recent quip: “If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he’d have two,” tweeted by the Tribune’s Mike Memoli.
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October 2010
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Two College Kids Try to Fool Around
Ever speed read Mills? Ever speed read Mills to this track?
mills:
Pale blue morning light threatened them; the room seemed even colder to her than it had been during the deep hours of the night, that dark expanse that begins when bars close and parties stop, during which one is either asleep or intoxicated, seeking sex or having it, or more probably approximating it in some ghastly,...
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Clean
[kleen] adjective, -er, -est, adverb, -er, -est, verb
–verb (used without object)
“rearranging piles of things into neater, taller piles.”
Origin: onemorefortheroad
September 2010
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leomf asked: hey there. i'm new to php and was just wondering if you could tell me how you did to parse the images on your tumblr backup tool thing. sorry to bother but I'm really interested in doing this stuff. not looking for a tutorial or anything, just somewhere and I'll really appreciate it.
cheers.
cheers.
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“There is an increasing amount of evidence that the rich are a vicious tribe of...”
– Matthew Lynn, Ultra-Rich in Finance Are Meaner Than Rest of Us [Bloomberg]
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August 2010
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The US Border Patrol's 100 Mile Discretionary Zone
Earlier, squashed linked a story about the Border Patrol’s “jurisdiction to enforce immigration laws within 100 miles of the border […including] inland transit hubs.” The ACLU had taken this up several years back with publication of a “Constitution-Free Zone” map showing the approximate area covered, for your reference:
squashed:
If somebody in uniform...
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“Two blocks may seem like nothing to a non-New Yorker. But anyone who lives or...”
– Clyde Haberman, Ground Zero: Its Boundaries Are Elastic. The first time I noticed walking past the Park51 location, “two city blocks and a dogleg from ground zero” I thought “it’s all the way up here? BFD.”