December 2011
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October 2011
2 posts
June 2011
2 posts
Apparently, a high school classmate of mine recently told a mutual friend that I was:
“dope”
“an incredibly intelligent and insightful individual”
“thought-provoking”
“generally bitchin”
“bright and stirring”
and that:
“whenever his mouth would open, gold came out”
Sergio: thomas wants to know if you might be open to trying the new shake shack in battery park city instead Sarah: YES Sarah: closer to nj! Sarah: do they haev beer Sergio: they just opened but yes I think they should have their liquor license? Sergio: hmmm Sergio: SLA says pending Sergio:...
I was on WCNY-FM’s Capitol Pressroom with...
May 2011
3 posts
April 2011
1 post
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March 2011
2 posts
Lost my wallet at a movie theater yesterday.
Nothing valuable in it, except the wallet itself (Cole Haan, ~$88) and a $20 bill.
Also: my expired NYU ID, which I am actually really sad about losing (mostly for silly, sentimental reasons, but I also scored some student discounts with that shit).
And, um, oh yeah. My driver’s license, which apparently the California DMV will only replace if...
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Was a Vanity Fair Editor Secretly Working for the... →
fek:
Not sure which version of the “burying the lede” trope people are going to take with this, but the first line of the story:
Gawker.com, where the author is employed a staff writer, declined to publish this story.
You know what makes it even better?
“Because we publish.” — Nick Denton, Why Gawker was given the ‘Craigslist Congressman’ story
February 2011
2 posts
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Mayor’s Office Thinks Hearst Corp Is A City... →
Did you hear?
Apparently Mayor Bloomberg owns the Hearst Corporation now or something, because today I got a letter from the mayor’s office, responding to a Freedom of Information request I filed (in November, mind you) for e-mails between the mayor’s office and the city’s new school chancellor, Cathie Black, when she was still running Cosmo and Good Housekeeping.
But the city says I can’t have...
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January 2011
2 posts
FOIL'd Again: Why Doesn't the NYPD Want You to... →
December 2010
4 posts
Are Campuses Doing Double Duty as Drug Havens?... →
The New York Post is billing an “exclusive” this week about how Columbia University has systematically failed to report its drug-using student populace to police or prosecutors. The not-so-earth-shattering expose comes on the heels of last week’s big frat house drug bust, which led to the arrests of 5 students. But it’s actually a non-story because — it turns out...
November 2010
5 posts
California Gets Its Out-of-Stock Lethal Injection...
California officials have kept mum on how they obtained enough out-of-stock lethal injection drugs for up to four executions, but taxpayers will be glad to know the cash-strapped state didn’t pay a penny for them.
At least, that’s what the state’s response to a new public records request suggest.
Last week, the Los Angeles Times broke a story about the ongoing drug shortage...
If You Were Asked About Chancellor’s Job, Tell Us →
So far, though, The Times has been unable to turn up any evidence that the mayor even considered anyone besides Ms. Black, a complete outsider to the world of education, to replace Joel I. Klein. The mayor and his staff members have declined to name any other candidates.
So City Room is starting a search of its own. Were you interviewed for the chancellor job? Did the mayor, or anyone from...
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October 2010
5 posts
So Alien is on IFC, which is perfect, because this movie is fucking awesome.
However, I’d also like to add Rosemary’s Baby, the original Stepford Wives, Psycho, and Ghostbusters 1 and 2 to my Halloween movie marathon playlist.
Maybe Carrie and The Shining, too. I’m indifferent to The Exorcist.
kthxbai.
“The first time McClear had lunch with Denton, she returned to the office...”
– “Search and Destroy” by Ben McGrath, New Yorker
Joanna: have you seen the video for california gurls? I'm rewatching for the....whatever amount time and every single time the gummy bears that give kat perry the finger just make me so happy
Me: haha yes. it's so WEIRD. but a great video, I think
Joanna: def. weird I think. also I always think "gosh her bubbies are so big!"
Me: haha, bubbies.
Joanna: gosh I miss those gals
Me: PROSTITUTION WHORE
Joanna: watch out or I will flip your table
Me: FLIP IT, BITCH
Joanna: I WILL. FHSKDFWEFHKEF
Me: YOU MESS WITH MY FAMILY, YOU MESS WITH ME.
Joanna: screw you my family WE'S AS THICK AS THIEVES
September 2010
19 posts
Tabla Will Close in December; Danny Meyer's First... →
Florence Fabricant reports and a press release confirms that Tabla, Danny Meyer’s 12 year-old Indian restaurant attached to Eleven Madison Park will close on December 30. It is the first restaurant Danny Meyer has closed since he launched his empire with Union Square Cafe in 1985. Industry vets have been rumbling about the restaurant’s demise for the past six months, but many figured...
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NYU Abu Dhabi: the story from concept to classroom →
(via janestreet)
This is a great piece about NYU’s Abu Dhabi venture that you should read.
But this quote — attributed to NYU President John Sexton — made me laugh:
“In any case, I would be disappointed if our students were not even more committed than the NYU students in New York — and, believe me, they are committed; but I also would be disappointed if our students...
Kentucky man cracks, kills wife and four others... →
JACKSON, Ky. - A man became enraged by how his wife cooked his eggs and killed her, his stepdaughter and three neighbors with a shotgun before shooting himself Saturday.
I don’t really like them runny, either, but jeez.
Rev. Terry Jones is NY-bound for 9/11 →
Friend: Pastor who planned Quran burn flying to NY
By MIKE SCHNEIDER (AP)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An associate of the pastor who once planned to burn copies of the Quran to mark the 9/11 anniversary says the Rev. Terry Jones is headed to New York aboard a Friday night flight.
K.A. Paul, a Christian evangelist who runs a ministry in Houston, says he bought the ticket for Jones to fly out of...
My new roommate accidentally locked me out of my apartment for the second time in a week tonight.
The windows in my apartment face west, onto Columbus Avenue, and the fire escape on the west side of the building doesn’t go to the roof. None of the lights on any of the other west-facing windows in my building were on, either, so I guessed the apartment number for a third-floor apartment in...
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I’m currently sitting at the laptop bar at the 67th Street Starbucks.
On my left are two kids sitting across from one another, they can’t be more than… nine years old?
The boy is on a MacBook Pro looking at a $229 futon bunk bed frame while the girl — his sister, maybe? she’s wearing an Abercrombie & Fitch sweatshirt, skinny jeans, and using a pink Sony Vaio, by the way —...
Arash: Okay, really need to sleep now
Me: What time is it there?
Arash: 2:30
Me: So you're... what is that, seven hours ahead?
Arash: Should be six.
Me: Oh, right. Sorry. Can't count.
It's Funny Because It's True →
In the spirit of Labor Day, I present a rant about New York and why it is, indeed, a horrible place to live. Cameos by Snooki, LiLo, and Cyndi Lauper. And lots of belligerent cursing. Fun!
So The Onion had a cute little diddy this week about how much living in New York City sucks. Most of it was, incidentally, not untrue! And while most of the people who shared it on their Facebook walls, etc....
Lemon, did you just give yourself a high-five?
Employee Found Dead at American Apparel HQ
American Apparel just can’t catch a break. An employee was found dead at the company’s downtown Los Angeles headquarters yesterday, adding yet another misfortune to the clothing retailer’s ever-growing list of public relations woes.
County coroner officials identified the deceased as Danarichie Lyndon Sindo, a 44-year-old native of...
August 2010
17 posts
