July 2008
40 posts
Free _______!
sharingtime:
Have you been offered granola bars or crackers for free in Union Square recently? I haven’t bit, but my guess is that someone’s trying to convert me.
Anyone take the bait?
Not granola bars, but last night my friend and I were walking on 23rd between 6th & 7th and were offered free ice cream bars. I don’t know why it unnerved me — as far as I could tell when...
New York Observed: Dad and the Diner →
On family, memories, and how New York places become a part of us.
la vie parisienne →
My best friend Amy started an Etsy shop to sell handmade, French-inspired lovely things. My personal favorite is the jewelry tree, a place to keep and display necklaces because, as she says, “they might as well decorate my boudoir when they’re not decorating my neck.”
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Grassroots Soccer UNITED →
Beginning August 20th, Survivor Africa winner, soccer player, AIDS activist and FOAF Ethan Zohn is planning to dribble una pelota 500 miles between Boston & Washington DC to raise money and awareness for Grassroots Soccer, an organization he co-founded to “harness the power of sport to engage young minds in essential life-skills and HIV/AIDS prevention education.” Ethan works...
Asperger Test →
Me: 18. Average man. Huh? And does the fact that the range for men skews higher mean they’re more likely to have Asperger’s than women?
Also, when I first read the name of the Cambridge professor who’d developed the test, I figured the test had to be a joke. Then I re-read it and realized his name is Simon Baron-Cohen, not Sasha. Where’s the test for dyslexia?
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DIY Vulture Switchplate →
Katie Deedy is in this week’s TimeOutNY!
via therealjanelle
“An easy life can become a boring life, and this is something you understand all...”
– Horoscope for Aries today, according to Yahoo.
I don’t know whether this has anything to do with astrology, but it’s certainly true for me personally.
"Green Porno" Spurs Alternative Porn Movement →
Here’s a derivative we weren’t expecting (and aren’t endorsing).
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“What a world it would be if people got as fervent about Man on Wire (that’s a...”
– David Edelstein in this week’s New York Magazine.
Excited to see both movies this week and decide which is more hype-worthy myself (although I’ve been looking forward to seeing Man on Wire much, much longer).
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“Asked if she would redirect money from abstinence-only programs to sex...”
– Nancy Pelosi at Netroots Nation, New York Times Blog
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We Feel Fine →
Every “I feel” and “I am feeling” statement blogged since August 2005, represented as self-organizing particles whose color, size, shape, opacity indicate the nature of the feeling inside, and can be clicked to reveal the full sentence or photograph it depicts. Compelling concept, exceptional interface.
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“Mad Men… made Emmy nominations history Thursday among the first basic...”
– The Associated Press.
16 nominations for <i>Mad Men</i> and 4 for <i>Breaking Bad</i>, making AMC the most nominated basic cable network and <i>Mad Men</i> the most nominated drama series!
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new word: yestersol
yes·ter·sol (YES·tur·sawl) n.
One Mars day ago.
Earliest Citation:
Participating in the science team is fun but has unusual drawbacks. The scientific teams must live on Mars time. A day on Mars is 47 minutes longer than a day on Earth, Crumpler said.
“We’ll basically be waking up in the Mars morning, which will be 47 minutes later each day, and uploading our commands from...
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Best Trivial Pursuit Question I've Read in Ages
What’s called knismesis if done with a light touch, and gargalesis with a heavier hand?
Reblog and venture a guess. (And don’t google it!)
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“Who would you rather hang out with? A person who only talks and doesn’t listen?...”
– Robert Scoble, on Twitter follower/following ratios. The same applies to Tumblr, at least for me. What about you?
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“How can you make peace if you don’t talk to people with different opinions?”
– Nikolas Sarkozy
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I could reblog Buzz Feed all day long
I thought this only happened in The Mummy.
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“You’d think architecture would be a perfect fit for Bravo, as part of its...”
– James Poniewozik, TIME Magazine
“Some members of the neckwear association sensed the trend two years ago when, at...”
– WSJ, on the decline tie-wearing in America
“The most surprising thing about Meryl Streep high-kicking her way through...”
– Rosamund Witcher
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Bill Clinton on tap for Elvis Costello show →
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My first interstitials for Sundance Channel →
The Love Guru and FOAF Jonathan Levine’s much buzzed about film, The Wackness.
“[Obama’s] entire delegate advantage [160 delegates by then] is from the caucus...”
– Joe Trippi, on one of the many mistakes of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, in the August issue of Vanity Fair.
“If your life’s work can be accomplished in your lifetime, you’re not...”
– Wes Jackson, The Land Institute
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Redford to Keep His Mark on Sundance Channel →