This is awesome.

"Woman in wheelchair on way to gun practice shoots mugger"

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/09/wheelchair.shooter.ap/index.html

I wish the MTA would fire every single transit worker, then fine them into bankruptcy. Who cares if we need them eventually. But at least I live in Manhattan.

Merry Christmas.

So I'm sitting here awake at 6am in the morning when most people are just getting back from going out. Why are you awake at 6am in the morning?....I didn't just wake up, I've been awake since 9pm. Welcome to my "normal" hours, 5pm to 10am (or thereabout). I had to switch schedules at work from 8am-6pm to 12am-8am. It's really not that bad, in ( Read more... )

This doesn't happen often, so enjoy it while it lasts ( Read more... )

Today I went to Barnes and Noble at Union Square to peruse through some books (recovering from a terrible hangover). I was reading over some business books, and this creepy guy walks up to me and asks if I've ever read any of the books. Then he says that he has a marketing company, and he wants me to call him to set up a meeting for a possible ( Read more... )

Interesting article in the New York Times about McDonald's real estate empire in Russia. Here's an excerpt ( Read more... )

I was walking down the street the other day, and I just so happened to be passing a liquor store. In the window display, they were advertising a Zygo vodka which they describe as "energy vodka". Their branding describes it as "The Morning Vodka". To hell with coffee, give me a shot of vodka to get me going in the morning. Interesting... www.

I'm trying to decide which book I should read next: 1984, Bonfire of the Vanities, or War and Peace ( Read more... )

So today I went to Central Park to see The Gates. Very interesting, took pictures, lots of people.

Couldn't pass up the opportunity to post this story, from the UK Telegraph about German unemployment titled, "If you don't take a job as a prostitute, we can stop your benefits"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/30/