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Big Happy Family
A couple was walking down Eighth Avenue yesterday, while I was outside my office building smoking a cigarette. The man asked for a light from another smoker, but he got no response. The stranger just continued staring ahead, even after repeated inquiries. After the man began to get perturbed at this recalcitrance, the woman quietly attempted to ( Read more... ) -
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"...Why aren't more animals smart? The answer, experiments suggest, is that learning and memory have nasty side-effects."
http://scienceblogs.com/loom/2008/05/05/the_cost_of_smarts.php Leave a comment(Untitled)
A friend of a friend, Martin, organizes as a hobby a sort-of semiannual event, modeled in part on TV's Amazing Race, called Race Across NYC. Last year I volunteered as a "greeter", with the intention to race for real next time. That time was this past Saturday. I roped in Eddie to be the other half of this team, and he raced even though he had ( Read more... )Quote of the Day/Week/Whatever
"President Bush shows up in a deus ex machina role, and while not exactly respectful, it is arguably the most sympathetic movie portrayal of him to date."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/movies/20lim.html?ref=movies(Untitled)
For close to three years, I've been trying to find a weekend with the following qualities ( Read more... )Quote of the Day/Week/Whenever
"He's a Red Sox fan and he lives in New York, which is weird. Most Irish people are from Boston."
- person on the subway this morning who might need a refresher course in Venn diagramsQuote of the Day/Week/Whenever
"If someone wants to give you something for nothing, watch out!"
- Woman in my theatre's lobby, holding a voucher good for a free ticket to my company's showQuote of the Day/Week/Whenever
THE START OF THE GAME IS BEING DELAYED DUE TO CEREMONIES.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=280331128Quote of the Day/Week/Whenever
"More than anything, though, Hapas remind us that, while racism is real, 'race' is a shifting construct... Race is thrust on Hapas based on the shades of their skin, the shapes of their eyes, their last names. But ethnicity, an internal sense of culture, place and heritage - that’s more of a choice ( Read more... )