June 2009
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May 31st
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“I know this song. This is the…Gorillas? Teddy Bears? Grizzly Bears?...”
– CR, hearing Grizzly Bear’s new single
May 30th
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May 30th
re: the intro of the NYT story below
CR: Why are hedge fund managers up there with GM Executives?
Me: People hate hedge funds.
CR: I know, but I'm lovely.
May 30th
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May 30th
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WatchWatch
Puppy time with Olivia.
May 30th
May 30th
“No one creates themselves as a homeless person. We make the choices we can with...”
– On the Street and on Facebook, the Homeless Stay Wired (WSJ)
May 30th
“There are a lot of hussies in here tonight.”
– CR at Fiddlesticks
May 30th
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May 30th
H&H Bagels Reopens! (Gothamist) →
THANK GOODNESS! I didn’t even know that it had been closed down this morning, but now I want stock up on bagels.
May 29th
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“I met three new people yesterday after shouting from my window into my...”
– Me, one year ago today, on meeting my now sambo, CR. (5/29/08) I do love New York.
May 29th
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May 29th
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Radiohead Denies Influencing Local Band (Onion) →
May 29th
What Makes Us Happy? (The Atlantic) →
yaelgreenberg: One of the best articles I’ve read in a long time. Thank you for posting this! I heard mention of it on NPR this morning and wanted desperately to find it. Excellent read.
May 29th
May 29th
Visa Black Card Comes With A Sense Of Self... →
What a bargain! The AMEX Black card has a $2,500 annual fee.
May 28th
“Those pants look so comfortable!”
– Woman on the elevator to me I always wonder if it’s really a compliment if the word “comfortable” is involved.
May 28th
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May 27th
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May 27th
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Dear Kelly Clarkson,
I’m listening to your record Breakaway from start to finish, and am impressed with the number of back to back hit singles. The lyric “like a petal fallin’” sounds strikingly similar to “like a pedophile and”, though. Love, Adrienne
May 27th
May 26th
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Texting at a Symphony? Yes, but Only to Select an... →
I like the idea of adding a level of interactiveness, but this seems like a strange way to do it.
May 26th
Amazon's mp3 store makes dreams come true
sharingtime: Grizzly Bear’s new album is on Amazon now for 4 bucks. Oh, Amazon, how I love your mp3 store. I hope you put iTunes out of business. (via largeheartedboy) Yes.
May 26th
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Drunk Cab Passengers In Bloody Collision With... →
Lots of people being thrown from cars in this one. How about trying some seatbelts?
May 26th
Tonight, I had my first Big Mac ever.
bad idea.
May 26th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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Crackers Are Reminders of New York City's H-Bomb... →
Related: Inside the Brooklyn Bridge, a Whiff of the Cold War (NYT) It’s more challenging than I expected to find current information about these fallout shelters.
May 24th
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May 23rd
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MTA: MetroCards Will Be Replaced By No-Swipe Smart... →
I like this. Lately I’ve been dreaming of a device that adequately combines the following items that I carry in my purse daily: -planner -cell phone -iPod -digital camera -usb drives -keys (to apartment, three offices, and bike lock) -metrocard Ok, the first few could basically be combined if I had an iPhone and used an electronic calendar, but the keys and metrocard in some digital form...
May 22nd
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TuneCore, Amazon Set to Unveil On-Demand CD Sales... →
May 22nd
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“A two-dollar raise often translates into only a one-dollar increase in...”
– The Wealthy Barber, page 168 I like this way of thinking when I’m buying something on sale, buying generic foods at the grocery store, or haggling a price with a street vendor. This is one of the very valuable nuggets of wisdom in this easy to read personal finance book, and I highly...
May 22nd
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May 21st
May 21st
Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another Person?... →
Good couch reading for my partial sick day today.
May 21st
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May 21st
ListenToxic, Yael Naïm Hearing this at Botanica the...
May 21st
May 21st
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“I think if we weren’t faced with this economy, we would have been just fine.”
– Chris Shields, on the death of the JVC Jazz Festival after 37 years (NYT) Join the club. Another sad quote from this article: “Losing a major jazz festival kind of tells the world that maybe this music isn’t marketable.” Joel Criss, jazz booking agent
May 20th
May 19th
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Credit Card Industry Aims to Profit From Sterling... →
“That’s what you get for being all conscientious.” -PC, and probably AMEX If they are going to get evil about it, I’ll just have to stop using credit cards. Those of us who have been playing them for free rewards don’t really need them when push comes to shove, since we are spending with money we actually have in the first place. If those who pay in full each month...
May 19th
May 19th
john legend is on tumblr. why didn't anyone tell... →
Thanks for the tip, sponsored links. *sigh* ♥♥.
May 19th
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