Whoa. Something about me has changed. Just got home after a date with AndrewFashion and the first thing I did was bring up C-SPAN to watch the health care debate. It is exciting though. For instance, Barny Frank (D-Massachusetts) claims the GOP stands for "Grandstand Oppose Postpone." Good stuff.

The Fountain (2006) [PG-13] <**/***>In this sci-fi drama that spans a millennium, a man (Hugh Jackman) searches for a tree believed to grant eternal life in 16th-century Spain; seeks a cure for his wife's (Rachel Weisz) cancer as a present-day scientist; and traverses the universe as a 26th-century astronaut. As he travels through time in an epic ( Read more... )

Funny how poorly New Yorkers deal with rain.

I remember being in Trader Joe's one rainy day where the line was one tenth what it normally is. The cashier said that most people stay out of inclement weather. Since I enjoy being out in it I hadn't made the connection. Yet I see it everywhere now.

The pace of this city still surprises me. Was reading an interview with Renzo Rosso, owner of Diesel, last month where he was talking about shaking things up. The next day I noticed his new ads on bill boards, sides of busses, et cetera. Yet walking around last week they were all gone. The only place I saw them was at the actual store on 14th.

My inner geek just exploded:Search the PopSci ArchivesWe've partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It's an amazing resource that beautifully encapsulates our ongoing fascination with the future, and ( Read more... )

I was heading downstairs to the machines after some cardio when a knot of oldsters made me take a hard right through equipment. Thought it was odd since the classes were usually upstairs. Was adjusting the lat machine when a Bally person came up to me. I pulled my earplugs out to hear her say they were evacuating the bottom floor. Then I could ( Read more... )

Some young punks (I hate being old enough to use that phrase) just went by outside my window, one of them singing to their crew, "Get money / Fuck bitches / Get money / Fuck white people." Google confirms that's not quite the original lyrics. My neighborhood rocks!

Was crossing the street to a Starbucks when a slow-ass rickshaw almost ran me over. After it passed there was a flood of people coming at me so I puffed up and charged forward. It's really hard to miss me so the first three people gave way. Then some couple holding hands decide to continue their hand-lock despite me slicing directly between them ( Read more... )

On the train home from the gym I came to a conclusion. After many years of vacillation, review, and comparisons, I prefer The Crystal Method over The Chemical Brothers.

Not sure how much I like John Mayer. Still confuse him with Jason Mraz. Mayer sure does look good on today's new album and in the Who Says video. Guess I don't listen to either enough.