December 2010
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how to get your street unblocked & plowed
So, a dumbass abandoned their SUV in the middle of Calyer St. at some point Sunday night. This meant that when the plow went through on Monday, it could only get about 1/3 of the way up the street. This meant that every car who turned onto Calyer St., seeing it plowed, had to then back out onto Franklin St. (which was already enough of a mess). Mostly, I got tired of hopping up from what I was...
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finished reading "Life" by Keith Richards
[Disclaimer: I was once the kind of person who got on planes to see the Rolling Stones]
I’ve been waiting for this book for what seems like forever, and I hate that the first thing I’m going to say is that I was glad that it was at least *well-written*. There were things in there I was glad to learn about - I’m glad he finally had something to say about Gram Parsons, although I...
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finished reading "Life" by Keith Richards
[Disclaimer: I was once the kind of person who got on planes to see the Rolling Stones]
I’ve been waiting for this book for what seems like forever, and I hate that the first thing I’m going to say is that I was glad that it was at least *well-written*. There were things in there I was glad to learn about - I’m glad he finally had something to say about Gram Parsons, although I...
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why the MTA is so effed up
lurking on the train geek boards - people who are bored at work today note this:
NYC Transit storm weather “plans” are categorized 1-4, with 4 being the plan for the most severe conditions. “Plans” are set by 11:00 AM for the next 24-hour period, or by 11:00 AM Friday for the following weekend. Plans include whether to cancel scheduled maintenance, if they need to...
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flipflopflyball:
I do hope that most people - not you, the other people - on Tumblr make a New Year’s Resolution to recognise the concept of attribution and linking to the source.
Sanity Watchers: Discipline Sodomy →
sanitywatchers:
“It’s a distraction while I’m on the battlefield and I have to concentrate on the guy 600 yards away, I’m worrying about this guy who’s got eyes on me… discipline does not mean sodomy.”
—Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall
The cranky old men who predict that the military will just up…
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A Foreigner's Guide to American Culture →
nightline:
Americans could make their public spaces a little quieter, for example, if they all took one step closer to the person they are talking to.
And they could speed up their journeys to work by not insisting on holding every elevator for everyone who wants to catch it as though it was one of the last helicopters leaving the roof of the Saigon embassy in 1975. There will be another...
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A Love Story: Darlene Love, New Inductee to the... →
hollycaraprice:
by Holly Cara Price
Woe-Is-A-Me-Bop: RIP Captain Beefheart →
hollycaraprice:
by Holly Cara Price
Online bond shattered by tragic accident - Times... →
I’m going to send this to every person who wants to sneer down their nose at me about Twitter.
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7th Of December, Asbury Park: Inside the Carousel... →
Or: I Was An Audience Extra For The Springsteen Webcast Taping
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“Once he finally met Ms. Tobin, Mr. Kaminsky was quite taken with her and made...”
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theoreticalgirl:
WFMU’s dial scan of NYC-area...
Springsteen Webcast at the Carousel house in... →
Yes, I was one of the lucky ones inside. But I am embargoed from publishing anything until some point next week. It will be up as soon as I can.
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