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At low tide we spotted a rather larger looking man over the seawall, past the protective boulders and down in the sand of Bath Beach right about where the British forces and Hessian troops walked onto Long Island for the Battle of Long Island in 1776 during the Revolutionary War. 

Our first thought, metal detector looking for a find; but without a metal detector in sight we cannot help but think, seashell collector?

We then spotted another large man nearby who was digging around in the boulders looking for something.

Ummm, yeah.  Dead bodies, drugs, bars of gold, sand, seashells, workout equipment, tanning salon, whatever it was that they were up to just didn’t look right. 

They were just a couple of nice professional seashell collectors.  Nothing more than kind hearted business men, family men, right?

Our 2010 Census finally arrived today!

Be sure to fill yours out and return ‘today’ or else you shall feel that wrath of the ‘law.’  

And remember, in 74 years all of the returned information will be made public to your descendants for them to enjoy and help them out with your family history, so make sure you write them a little note in the margins and wish them a happy 2084!

We’re oddly intrigued by stencilled graffiti.

And in this case, where President Obama’s face got way too much orange, we cannot help but wonder just how annoyed the artist was by seeing the final product like that.

Long time readers might remember the fast food burger tour that we went on back in 2008 that had us eating 3,080 calories worth of burgers from McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King.  Or, perhaps our trip to Five Guys Burgers and Fries that occured last spring. 

Well, we made our third trip to fast food restaurants in three years this past week when we stepped into a Wendy’s and ate ourselves a Bacon Blue burger. 

One word: DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELICIOUS!!!!

While we couldn’t find the calorie count of the Bacon Blue listed anywhere at the Wendy’s that we visited as required by law in NYC, a google search reveals that the Bacon Blue is likely 680 calories, 360 of which is from fat — heart attack.  YUM!!!

One big slab of fast food beef, lettuce, tomatoes, blue cheese and BACON, we were left amazed by the delicious joy that was the Bacon Blue.  That said, the thing felt as though it was loaded with salt and we had to drink lots more water than our usual intake.

So, should you find yourself in the mood to try something new that we assume is probably bad for you to eat on a daily basis…we recommend you eat a Bacon Blue from Wendy’s.

Most transplants to New York, or people who live too far from Coney Island to feesably walk or bike to it have probably only seen the parachute drop in Coney Island from up close and underneath it.

While it’s cool up close, it’s a completely different beast when seeing it in a frame of reference with tall buildings (and a crain) in the much nearer foreground across Gravesend Bay — or Caesars Bay, if you’re an idiot from Brooklyn who doesn’t understand that Caesars Bay was only a marketplace named after a man named Caesar, and not the actual name of the bay.

Yesterday we spotted Brooklyn’s favorite Turkey, Lois, hanging out with the geese, ducks, chickens and roosters at Poly Prep Country Day School. 

Based off of how turkey heavy the Poly Prep’s school lunch menu is, this turkey has LOTS to worry about. 

Thankfully, Lois, managed to live through this past Tuesday’s turkey and vegetable barley soup.

We recently spotted this early 1960s Ford Galaxie 500 hanging out near Brooklyn’s Cropsey Avenue.

Just check out the wheels!

Lower, Longer, Wider — Galaxie 500!

We found this rusting sign adorning P.S. 104 in Brooklyn, NY. 

We have no idea how old this rusty sign is, but it is making reference to Penal Law 722-b. 

When we looked up 722-b within the New York Penal Code, we found that this sign is truly antiquated. 

722-b in the New York Penal Code references “Compensation and reimbursement for representation.” It has nothing to do with loitering or trespassing or disorderly conduct or schools.

Either way, it’s one heck of a cool sign.

TMZ is reporting that Corey Haim, the HAIM, has been found dead this morning from an apparent drug overdose. 

We loved watching him in ‘License to Drive’ and ‘Fast Getaway’ when we were growing up, so much so that we used to do a Corey Haim impression back in our stand-up days.  That said, the dude also cut an album in 1995 and it was VERY 1995. 

Thankfully, someone made a video of the HAIM dancing to his own song which is one of those things that just keeps on getting better the longer you watch the video.

Asa lama lakum, Haim.

We swung by Leif Ericson Park at 8th Avenue to see how the Brooklyn Parrots are doing in this warm weather.  No surprise, they’re loving it!

We found them taking a break from chewing the twigs off of the trees for their new nest and taking in some sun.

Having never seen them in person up until a couple of weeks ago, we have to say that they really are just incredible to see in real life living in the trees of Brooklyn. 

*If you’re into learning more about these crazy parrots living in New York City, be sure to swing on by BrooklynParrots.com.

We’ve seen a lot of crazy and off the wall things in life while living here in New York City, perhaps more than people who live elsewhere, perhaps not.

That said, we saw something that blew our mind away.  Seriously, it was utterly disgusting, made us do a triple take and then forced us to snap a photo of it.

It was really, really, REALLY gross to see in real life and it has somehow managed to be even more disgusting in the form of a digital photograph.

It was so gross that we are putting this photo of the first snowbell bloom from our garden up so that you don’t have to see the disgusting act for yourself.

However, should you find yourself feeling a little frisky or a little bit adventurous, feel free to click on the read more button and see all of the grossness for yourself; but you’ve been warned, it’s seriously up there with the grossest things we’ve ever seen!

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If there is but one band that didn’t blow up over the past four years that should have, it would have to be the New York Howl.

Just take a listen for yourself.