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Free concerts in Brooklyn
Last night I went to a free Brian Wilson concert, down by Coney Island, in the part of Brooklyn that you start out in when you play Grand Theft Auto IV. The father of 2/3 of Wilson Philips (3/4, if by volume) is, as we all know, a burned-out husk of the young man who wrote "Pet Sounds" and "Smile", but he and his 11-piece band still put on a ( Read more... ) -
NO KITTY THAT'S A BAD KITTY
I ordered a Bluetooth USB dongle the other week, intending to use it in conjunction with GlovePIE to play around with using the Wii Remote to control things on my computer ( Read more... ) -
The bank couldn't have called me?
Apparently my ATM card was "compromised by a third party" on Tuesday, and that's why every cash machine I tried to use yesterday spit out a cryptic "This transaction cannot be completed at this time" message, instead of $20 bills.
WORST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER.
At least I got good presents from my cricketnyc and others. That helps balance it out. -
Long before Biggie and 2Pac's duel at Weehawken
Some interesting and meaningless trivia ( Read more... ) -
American Eyeball
How did Dane Cook manage to win a singing competition? I thought all he could do was run around the stage shouting about "The Super-Finger". -
79 89 99
You know the economy is bad when Taco Bell re-adopts the marketing strategy of promoting all the sub-$1 items they have on their menu. If memory serves me, they haven't done this since Little Richard was their spokesperson, back in the early 1990s ( Read more... ) -
Hooray for spring...
...cleaning ( Read more... ) -
Fifth Avenue
I swear, if I have to hear one more rendition of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" pass by outside the office window, I will rend something.
Don't these bagpipe brigades and high school marching bands know there are, like, three other Irish songs? -
A Brief History of Bay Ridge, part I
I. The Past ( Read more... )