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I Hate NYC #31 Bottomless Pits Of Public Service

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

If any city in the U.S. is close to being paved with gold it’s NYC - only in NYC you the streets are nowhere near gold. 
The gold streets were probably earmarked at one point in time, and the money paid out for gold paving, but somewhere along the line everyone turned the other way and [...]

Proof Of Greatness!

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

One of my coworkers brought up her two young daughters aged two and four all of twice, and one of them totally thinks that I’m awesome.

Even though she hasn’t seen me in four months she was thinking of me and gave me this Superman Cup…

It’s reusable and a sign that I’m totally awesome!

Lessons In Automobile Advertising

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Advertising makes the brand, and depending on how you advertise you will be telling your audience (aka your potential customers) what your company is all about in the blink of an eye - and sometime the modes of advertisement does not work.
That said, let us take a walk through some recent branded cars and what [...]

Long Island City Of The Future

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

This is one of the views that I have from my office.

It’s a lovely view that features the Manhattan skyline, New Jersey in the distance, the open blue skies, the East River, and some of the most toxic areas of Hunters Point/Long Island City.
Yes, it’s pretty nice indeed, especially with developers wanting to turn all [...]

The Most Easy Dinner

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Sometimes I just want to eat while doing as little work as possible, thankfully I have just found the absolutely most perfect dinner that only takes the effort of opening a can and picking up a fork.

Stuffed grapeleaves!!!

They are so flippin’ delicious that I believe that “Holy Ballsack!” was uttered aloud in delight!

I Hate NYC #30 Bad Parenting

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

People living in NYC tend to let everything be out in the open while out in public, especially parents with underage children.

Bad parenting comes in many shapes and sizes - but the worst kind to have to deal with are the bad parents who zone out to the point that they don’t hear or see [...]

Elik The Building

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Last week I highlighted this building that says, “You Go Girl”.

Well, the other side of the building has some fun graffiti as well…

And as one might guess, it’s an Elik!

The Beard Of Peace

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

In case you missed it, after a week of being down the color photography is back up and running on this here very site.

I can now show you what my Beard of Peace looks like after 11 days growing…it has every color of hair except gray!
I think that I kind of look like a Chia [...]

Buddha Visits Construction Site

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Most construction walls are either kept blue or get covered up with fairly lame posters advertising everything from guido clubs to Obama; thankfully there’s a construction site on Atlantic Avenue off of Smith that is much more jolly…

It’s Buddha himself!  All greenish yellow and jolly - although without being able to see the face I [...]

Rate The Internet

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Have you ever wondered why some television shows are more popular than others?
As it turns out there are only a small group of people who actually count towards television ratings - which can probably skew rating ridiculously wrong in certain cases.
Thankfully the internet rating system is run by Alexa and it is open to everyone [...]

Crazy Eye McGraw!

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

I posted this photo of myself yesterday…

After several hours of it being up I looked at it again and noticed that my left eye is looking absurdly larger than the right one.
I just wanted to let everyone know that my glass eye count is currently at zero, and that I have no idea why that one [...]

Two Different Shoes

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

I spotted a fairly well put together 60-something year old woman on the V train who was obviously on her way to work and just couldn’t stand still while hanging over me.
She was so shifty that I had to stop reading because she was too distracting.
I looked down and saw that she didn’t even have [...]