August 2010
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Rat Race by Bob Marley nicely captures both my...
July 2010
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WatchLunch time in Town of Duck, North Cackalacka.
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David Harvey's Urban Manifesto: Down With... →
Interesting take, Harvey’s. Leaving aside Bloomberg’s contributions, we should also credit the suburbanizing to buyers like Manhattan lawyer Rob Gregor, quoted in today’s Wall Street Journal article Roosevelt Island Pitch: Better than the ‘Burbs:
“We have a rooftop cabana and at night it’s a great place to go to let off stress… We were looking for ...
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“This is probably the first time that anyone has thought ‘I didn’t pursue...”
– Nerdshares: Today I discovered the term “philosophaster”
I thought I was the only one.
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NYC Cracks Down on Partition Walls; Darklamb to... →
biteofpythias:
(via darklamb)
that stinks. Interesting article though… I wonder if this gets broadly enforced if it might put some downward pressure on rent levels on 1 br apartments in the city? The only reason they are as widely rented as they are now at these rates is bc so many people have used them as converted 2 br apts. That’s a lot of 1br apts that will be emptying and not affordable to...
jennabee asked: whats the hot goss?
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“Nothing is more disruptive to domestic order than an unattached heterosexual...”
– A. O. Scott, reviewing The Kids Are All Right
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“LeBron is a great player, and a good guy, but he’s only an athlete. He doesn’t...”
– Erik Goehringer, a technology professional from Akron, In Cleveland, Sports Fans Cheer Until It Hurts, NY Times, May 14, 2010.
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WatchPollster’s Wife ‘Somewhat Dissatisfied’ With Her Marriage, Onion Radio News.
This one’s going out to Peter Feld, caveator of polls.
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“Did I tell you that I’m trying to market IT guys as the new Firemen? We’re going...”
– Jeffy, my good friend, who also happens to be an IT guy. (via tanmadge) Hear, hear!
June 2010
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WatchSurprised I haven’t seen this oldie but goodie making the rounds yet.
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BP Builds Island to Dodge Offshore Ban; Borrows... →
To get around a ban on offshore drilling, BP made a new island off Alaska’s coast, under which it will drill slantwise. Per another piece in that issue of Rolling Stone:
BP’s plan — which uses an unproven approach to extracting undersea oil — is not covered by the six-month moratorium on offshore drilling. This fall, the company plans to begin drilling for oil near Prudhoe Bay via ...
