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There’s something about a doe-eyed gecko that appeals to everyone, and there’s something even more appealing about a giant doe-eyed gecko that makes everyone simply go, awww.

Here’s to you, Mr. Geico Gecko.

If you’re like us, you’re a fan of the awesomely talented Fiona Apple.  Though it’s been out for about two months, we just stumbled across a new one from Ms. Apple, entitled So Sleepy.

The song was originally written by a charity association of students and is out on a fundraiser compilation called “Chickens In Love.”  Enjoy!

We’re not sure what happened at Brooklyn’s Shore Road Park at 75th Street, but there is clearly a plaque that is missing from this scene.

There’s a flagpole, a cut piece of stone, and no plaque attached to it.  The stone is so smooth that it doesn’t even look as though a plaque was ever attached to it.

So, if you see a plague with a random dedication on it laying out and about, call 311, eh?

Despite an almost entire lack of history related posts on this site, we have a touch of the history geek gene in us that shines in every now and then.  (For instance, the Peter Stuyvesant gravesite post.)

Anyway, we stepped foot into the old Barkuloo Family Cemetery, which is also known as the Revolutionary War Cemetery, for the first time recently — it’s always been locked, but we found it to be oddly unlocked, allowing for us to enter.  To our shock, we found the grave of a man whom we’ve read about, Simon Cortelyou.

Our soul did a little dance around us due to the excitement while we stood still to respect the grave.

If you’re from Brooklyn, you know the family name thanks to a subway stop being named Cortelyou, but either way, if you’d like an intriguing read about one of America’s oldest European families, by all means, take a read.

This is merely one of the many perks that comes from being friendly to neighbors: FIGS!

We believe that it was Aristotle, or that it at the very least should have been Aristotle to say, “Never make an enemy of a man who has two fig trees growing in his garden.”