Archive for March, 2006
Friday, March 24th, 2006
Single of the Week
Johnny Cash
“Rusty Cage” from Unchained
Johnny covers Soundgarden, what’s not to like? It totally kicks *ss when the acoustic guitar strum comes in on the second verse.
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Friday, March 24th, 2006
Beware the Inbox
I was having trouble coming up with a post today. Bit of writer’s block, you see.
But then, care of Pinknest, I got this crazy missive in my Inbox.
when you hear the phrase:
“murdered preacher’s wife”
who do you think was murdered? the wife or the preacher?
That was the entire text of the message. I replied “the [...]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Metrocard in the Dryer
Are you a little freaked out cause you just discovered that you washed and more importantly dried your monthly Metrocard? Did it have a week of fares left on it? Was it in a commercial laundromat with those hardcore gas dryers?
Fear not, it’ll still work. Nevermind how I know.
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
Celebrity Sighting
I saw Woody Allen yesterday on the corner of 85th St. and Madison Ave. That makes the third time I’ve seen him.
Not too long after I moved to NYC, I spotted him and Soon Yi on the corner of 83rd St. and Park Ave. I’m not usually too good at spotting celebs [...]
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Saturday, March 18th, 2006
Hanging the Washin’
Sissy came to visit me about a year and a half ago and was fascinated that people still dry clothes the old fashioned way in Greenpoint. She would get up every morning and go take a look outside to see what the neighbors were drying.
They don’t use clotheslines so much in Texas anymore and [...]
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Friday, March 17th, 2006
Odd Todd Goes for a Walk
There’s a little blog I read pretty regularly called Odd Todd. Todd is a dotcom bust layoffee who’s managed to make a living mostly with his blog and the occasional freelance gig. He makes these flash cartoons that are usually pretty funny and posts a “Daily Fact I Learned From the TV.” [...]
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Friday, March 17th, 2006
Pahk the Cah
The NYT has a great article about dialects today. My hat’s off to Tim Sultan for a damn fine article. I’m guilty of pronouncing pin and pen the same.
