06 March 2010
Below are three shots that I think remind the viewer of two things: the immensity of New York City; and that it exists on a series of islands. It’s such a large city that it’s easy to forget those. All shots taken by David Shankbone and licensed Creative Commons 3.0 attribution. All photos taken with the [...]
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04 March 2010
The Republican party’s base has to be suffering from some severe self-image problems. Never mind that it was shown that smarty-pants Gretchen Carlson dumbs herself down to appeal to the Fox News core demographic; now the Republican National Committee has highlighted the unflattering ways they see their own party faithful. You wouldn’t think that the RNC’s [...]
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01 March 2010
Nightline recently aired a debate between some fat women and some thin women and called the piece “Is it OK to be fat?” You can find the episode here. I watched this program incredulously. What the hell do those wackos at Nightline mean? Is it ok to be fat? What? That question goes right up [...]
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28 February 2010
When I was a bookish teenager, I wanted to be an Indian temple prostitute. Luckily, I never got the chance. Later I became curious about S&M. The term seems to be a placeholder for many things. S&M is big as life and there are many sides to it. There is a nerdy side, bespectacled savoring of [...]
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27 February 2010
Angie Jackson was the first to do what we all knew was inevitable in the age of social media and exhibitionism: she tweeted her abortion live on Twitter. From the Daily News: In an attempt to “demystify” abortion, the 27-year-old shared her experience on Twitter, YouTube and her personal blog. “I’m doing this so other women know, [...]
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26 February 2010
Unlike Snowmageddon 2010, Snowicane produced a good bit of snow. The only thing keeping this from a complete blowout was that the snow was super wet. It froze and accumulated during the night, but by late morning it mostly turned to slush. The sky even cracked with sun for twenty minutes (last photo), and things [...]
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25 February 2010
A little over a month ago I spoke to an old friend, someone I worked with from 1996 to 2000. I called him because I referred a client, but I also wanted to pick his brain. After we discussed the legal stuff he said, “Hey, I saw something on Facebook about losing 21 pounds?” Rich is from [...]
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25 February 2010
Scott Lamb did a pretty cool post comparing the blizzards of New York’s past with the most recent. Evidence that all three of these blizzards have been over-hyped for my city. Take this shot from the 1899 storm: Scott used this photo of Little Man from my blizzard post to represent 2010; click on it below [...]
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23 February 2010
Brooklyn-based band The Hold Steady announced they will release their fifth album on May 3rd, Heaven is Whenever, their first since 2008’s Stay Positive, according to Luke Slater at Drowned in Sound. Image: Taken for Wikipedia/Creative Commons in New York’s Webster Hall at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.
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21 February 2010
Below are 2010 photos of the Lincoln Memorial licensed Creative Commons 3.0: Lincoln Memorial stock photograph Wide angle Abe Lincoln Winter Lincoln Memorial with sun spots.
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Little Man debuts on Buzzfeed
Tiger Woods PETA sex ad
The Hold Steady new album due May 3
Lincoln Memorial 2010 Creative Commons photos
Fat vs. Sexy: Is it a state of mind?
When should I update my profile photo?
Alex Turco at The W Washington DC
Washington Monument post 2010 blizzard Creative Commons photographs
Founding Farmers not good for this diner’s constitution
Frank Rich misplaces the blame
How much traffic does Wikipedia send my website?
The Valentine hangover
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