February 2012
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Drugs are in the air
Was shopping at the Union Square Greenmarket today when I saw a young crusty couple stagger past, just stoooooooned on heroin most likely, barely able to stand. Then I saw another guy on the corner of 14th and Fourth Ave in the same condition, just hanging on to the wall for dear life. At the liquor store on Avenue A I saw yet another couple who couldn’t be any more obvious about being on...
Fortune Favors The Bold: Michael Powell at the... →
brianvan:
Michael Powell at the Times delivers a no-nonsense appraisal of the current “scandalous cost overrun” state of the WTC site and finds that where there’s smoke, there’s two loudmouth self-obsessed governors trying to start a fire. The article is well-structured and well-researched, and, most…
I think the article did a fine job of exposing the recent grandstanding for what it...
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Who Needs Television?
Was just walking Moe when I witnessed a Lincoln Navigator pull up and park like a boss. Backed in, straightened it out, two moves and it was parked with two inches to spare on either side. Major pro move. Door opens and a pretty blonde woman gets out. She takes three steps, snaps off her heel, falls and rolls onto her back where she cackles hysterically on the sidewalk. When I leaned down to...
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Who wants free shoes?
Specifically, a pair of these:
http://www.uggaustralia.com/mens-kaldwell-casual-mens-chukka-sneakers/1000726,default,pd.html
Was given a certificate for a free pair at a fashion week party last night but they just aren’t my style. Anyone interested/in need?
aaaaand they are gone.
lifeindevhell asked: What camera/lens are you shooting with for your stuff, especially this NYRightNow? /cameranerdery
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Well, now that we've established that...
I now know what it sounds like when my neighbor randomly decides to start playing his electric guitar, loud and not terribly well, for about a half hour. Outside. While I’m trying to work.
He now knows what it sounds like when someone lights and M80 and drops it out the window. Right next to him.
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Suspension of disbelief
So I finally got around to watching Dead Snow. Zombie movie, I’m good. Norwegian Nazi zombie movie and I’m totally buying in. But a scene where a drunk fat guy announces he is going to the outhouse to take a dump and is followed there by a super hot Norwegian girl who gets naked, climbs on his lap and does him? Now, my friends, you have my attention.
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If anyone ever tells me there was a better...
mattgorman:
I will punch them.
Sorry, U2 was better.
cwj asked: It's my understanding that Belichick is a particularly reviled in Cleveland. As a Browns fan, what's your opinion of him?
Pump Up the Doorbell Party Ben
A little...
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“I don’t know the rules, I don’t know the game, all I know is that...”
– Mohammed the deli guy, displaying a nuanced grasp of the game despite just recently emigrating from Yemen.
Wal Mart is usually full of assholes, isn't it?
jessissarcastic:
So they should definitely carry NY Giants stuff, right?
Damn I love her
You do realize the number of Wal Marts in NYC is zero, right?
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Drive
I tried so hard to dislike this movie, I truly did, and I failed. It’s a pretty great watch despite itself. There are so many elements that shouldn’t have worked, or if they did work individually shouldn’t have done so collectively. But they did, and do. With each viewing I’ve looked for that flaw, that thread I could tug on that would bring the whole thing crashing down but it just isn’t...
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Breaking in a new oven
First dish is appropriately a classic: roast chicken. Went to Dickson Farmstand Meats and bought a Henry Red breed whole bird, fresh organic and local. Rubbed it with French sea salt, herbs de provence, and a freshly ground three pepper mix I bought in St. Maarten. Cooking it using Thomas Keller’s recipe, which is my regular. Serving it with roasted white asparagus tossed with black...
Sex Shop Offering Home Delivery In Less Than an... →
acmesalesrep:
I can’t decide if this is ridiculous or a work of genius.
(via @mattufford)
You can get anything delivered in NYC. Anything. Trust me.
Watchwinstonwolfe:
Mike & the Mad Dog’s embrace on “Radio Row” in Indy, Tuesday.
Mike and the Mad Dog…Sports Radio 66, W-F-A-N
They’re talkin’ sports, goin’ at it as hard as they can,
It’s Mike and the Mad Dog on the FAN
Nothing can get by ‘em, turn it on and try ‘em, Mike and the Mad Dog, W-F-A-N
*sigh*
I do miss their show. Neither one comes close as a solo act.
A letter from an emancipated slave to his former... →
Must read, this is brilliant. God bless this man.
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No Shame in Her Game
Noticed a couple sharing a quick kiss before parting ways. He went south and she west. As her path was going to cross mine I anticipated the attention; it’s a rare woman that doesn’t stop and fuss over Moe. But she did not, and as she passed I saw why. The lady had her own distractions. She was a mess of tangled hair and smudged mascara, and her heels didn’t quite match the...
January 2012
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Last night in Pittsburgh
After seven months here. I gave it a lot of thought, wanting to figure out the meal I had to eat, the place I had to see, what exactly was it that I need to do before leaving. I concluded that what I wanted to do more than anything was have a drink, smoke a bowl and get to bed early so I can get on a damned plane and get back to the world. So that’s what I’m doing.
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Guy Clark L.A. Freeway
Perhaps my favorite...
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Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash Long Way From Home
The Third Shift: in Oscar nomination notes... →
thethirdshift:
I don’t ever think I’ve seen a movie as savaged as Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close critically earn Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor.
Also, I don’t care that Viola Davis & Octavia Spencer could win Oscars in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories — The Help
Stephen Daldry (Director of “Extremely loud…”)...
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Trini Yuro Gotta Travel On
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Jacqueline Perez Go Home
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There is a restaurant in Beijing
spiritguide:
where they only serve penis.
Yak penis, deer penis, seal penis, snake penis.
I don’t know if I want to go or not. Generally actual phalluses appeal to me but I’m not so sure about ingesting them.
I have eaten Yak penis. It was boiled and sliced thick. Not overly tasty and very spongy and hard to chew. You aren’t missing anything by not having that penis in your mouth.
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Pittsburgh Foodies
Cure restaurant just opened in Lawrenceville and we had a lovely meal there. Chef/Owner Justin Severino has put together a top notch restaurant centered around charcuterie and local game. Menu choices are limited, but everything on it was absolutely delicious.
House specialty is the Salumi plate, which consisted of bruschetta with absolutely divine lardo, mortadella with delicious chunks of...
You must read this →
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The Vinnie Verdict
Great shitty pie, which I will take over shitty great pie any day.
The crust is extremely puffy around the edges, yet somehow light. It’s flakier than most pizza dough, and somehow the bottom of the pie managed to be very crisp and firm. All around a good platform. Cheese was your typical processed Mozzarella/Provolone mix, applied with a heavy hand. Sauce was standard stuff from a...
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