January 2010
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“SO LONG, 2008!”
– Bilgin
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It seems like in this ‘hood there’s a lot of general dislike for this year, but I have to say, it’s treated me pretty well. Excepting the passing of Teddy Kennedy and Walter Cronkite, as well as a few other greats and not-so greats, I’d chalk 2009 up as being one of the best years in a long time. In the national sense, it saw the inauguration of my 2nd fave President ever,...
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Snow Shuffle
Greenpoint was the same as always, and I managed to make it to work on time (early, even), despite the fact that I was doing the Sad Snow Shuffle the whole way. I’ve trained my bare feet to navigate rocky river banks and duff-covered forest floors, not be-booted treks along slushy, ice-and-snow covered sidewalks. I’m still not sure how to balance and keep myself from slip-sliding, and...
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Last night I dreamed that when I came out of the subway, I was in a completely different part of Greenpoint and had no idea where I was. I wandered around for ages trying to find my way and didn’t recognize any streets except for McGuinness Blvd, which, even though I followed it, didn’t lead me anywhere helpful. By some miracle I managed to find the Fred Flare warehouse, and though I...
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“If you’re going to call yourself a news network, then cover the news.”
– Rachel Sklar, MSNBC criticized for response to terrorism story (via soupsoup / winstonwolfe)
Why is the WaPo preferred style “Web site” instead of website? I find this highly irritating. I just checked and the New York Times does it too so I’m sure everyone else must but can we change this please?...
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