Short film of Times Square in NYC before it got Disneyed. Pretty interesting, especially for anyone who remembers it that way.
I worked in Times Square in the mid-1980s, before the Disneyfication, and it was actually kind of scary to walk across 42nd Street, even in the morning in broad daylight. My most terrifying moment was when a giant Cabbage Patch Kid ran after me down Broadway one day, but that’s for another post. (I also have a vague memory of being followed by a hot dog outside Nathan’s once, but I may actually have imagined that one.)
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The geeks inside us were excited to hear Barack Obama talk about his presidential gadgets during today’s interview on The View. His blackberry isn’t any fun and he’s considering a switch to the iPhone. - Gawker.TV
The first comment on this article is right: the “rude New Yorker” thing is a myth, although we’re far more polite to visitors than we are to each other.life:
So it’s your first trip to the Big Apple, but you’re a little antsy because of the reputation Gothamites have for being, well, unforgiving, and would like to learn how to blend in. Have no fear. Peruse these, some of the most common mistakes tourists make in New York City, and you’ll never again stick out like a hot buttered corn cob in the middle of an Iowa December. (By the way, never say that in New York.)
“You Get Lunch at Some Place That Boasts of ‘Real New York-Style’ Pizza. If some pizzeria is bragging about how it offers up a “real New York slice,” guess what: It doesn’t.”
This should be #1.
loved this :)
Definitely the best thing I’ve seen in the past couple weeks.One of the 100 Magellanic penguins found covered in oil enjoys its recovery in the pool at the Society for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Maldonado, Argentina
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TPM Exclusive: Steele To Hold RNC Event -- Co-Starring Andrew Breitbart →
Really, how does the GOP have any credibility any more at all?
Richard Thompson, “Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen”
Birthday dinner at Imperial Palace in Flushing: Sauteed Frog with Chives, Deep-Fried Duck Tongues, and Dungeness Crab with Sticky Rice, which is basically the best dish ever.
Some graffiti writer at the City Hall R Station is trying to tell us something, but I sure can’t figure out what.
“Those remarks aren’t racist. He’s just saying that a program, that helps the poor, is actually a secret plot by African Americans to steal white people’s money. A racist would say, it’s a secret plot to steal white people’s women.” - Stephen Colbert
From now until Nov. 2, the Republican Party will be the party of unemployment. The logic is straightforward: The more people who are unemployed on Election Day, the better the prospects for Republicans in the fall election. They expect, with good cause, that voters will hold the Democrats responsible for the state of the economy. Therefore anything that the Republicans can do to make the economy worse between now and then will help their election prospects.
Republicans Want as Many Unemployed People as Possible, Because They Think It Will Get Them Elected
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THIS is the message to pump til October.
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