Gothamist decided to remind us that it is hot today, which I had noticed... but that cat is way too cute, so I followed the link and found an even cuter picture of her.

all my cats do is lie on the bathroom floor when it's hot...

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A couple of months ago I bought a complete season of The Office from itunes, and they gave me a couple of free episodes of  Weeds. It took me a while to start watching them, but as soon as I did I was completely hooked. It's one of the funniest and smartest TV comedies I have seen since Sports Night. Theres a lot I could say about it, but my two ( Read more... )

Places I've been...
Bold the places you've been to

#1 = Times Square, New York City, NY: 35 million visitors every year
#2 = National Mall & Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C. (Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, etc): About 25 million
#3 = Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.: 16.6 million
#4 = Trafalgar Square, London, England: 15 ( Read more... )

I think this has to be one of the best political photographs ever... complete with the stripey blue and white bench!


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So I spent Memorial day weekend in Mexico celebrating my friends' wedding. We stayed in a gorgeous resort near Tulum,  on the Yucatan peninsula. The place is gorgeous, but sometime around the second day I started to notice something a little strange. After about day of wandering around, drinking tequila,  finally dawned on me that the muzak  (a ( Read more... )

Help my daemon find its true form!

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My grandmother died today.

It wasn't unexpected. She's been sick for almost two years. In January she ended up in the hospital and the doctors weren't sure that she would make it through the night, but she did. And the night after than, and the one after that, for four months. My brother and I went to see her in January, because we weren't sure the ( Read more... )

Last friday, two friends and I schlepped over to the Acme Smoked Fish company in Greenpoint Brooklyn. Acme produces most of the smoked fish that is sold in the new yorks area. Normally they only sell wholesale, but on friday mornings  from 8-1 they sell to the public... at wholesale prices! Since we all had to work on Friday, we decided that they ( Read more... )