Monthly Archives: December 2010
Gratitude
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.
—Franz Grillparzer
Preach!
Everyone Else Just Should
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What’s Your Story?
“It’s hard not to like someone once your know their story.” —Mr. Rogers
What Christmas Means to Me
Holiday Cheer?
Just came from walking straight into street fight in-between Times Square & Rockefeller Xmas Tree —2 men/2 women— easy to see the spirit of Christmas is alive and well …
*le sigh*
Facebook Worldwide Friendships Mapped
As we all know, people all over the world use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family. You meet someone. You friend him or her on Facebook to keep in touch. These friendships began …
via Facebook worldwide friendships mapped | FlowingData
Spotted
Just saw David Duchovny @ 77th & Lex — amidst the snowflakes in flannel.
HISTORY: Maya Angelou
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History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
„
― Maya Angelou
Axes of peeing in public
You might think this is a joke, but this is serious business. From Laura Noren, a PhD candidate in sociology, the axes of public peeing…
via Axes of peeing in public | FlowingData
Tribute to Alexander McQueen
Filed Under: What were they thinking
Sugary “Hip Hop” Cupcakes Embroiled in Blackface Scandal
There is video & they sing…? What could go wrong?
A video for Duncan Hines’ Amazing Glazes has angered viewers for its depiction of, uh, cupcakes in black face. Racist cupcakes? Facing criticism, Duncan Hines pulled the video from YouTube. But we managed to get a copy of the video, below. Judge for yourself:
via Sugary “Hip Hop” Cupcakes Embroiled in Blackface Scandal | Eater
RIP: Cabrini Green…
Roosevelt Hospital
My second time (as a helpful friend) in an ER in Manhattan, and I really do believe that our healthcare sucks—no matter how much it costs….(altho’ the FDNY ambulance drivers were both helpful & hot)
life is art.
Rob Delaney Joke
“No, Paul the beef carpenter. OF COURSE I mean Paul the real estate novelist!”
—Davy in the Navy [talking to Billy Joel]
Shame on Big Poultry:
“Billions of pounds of chicken litter have flowed into the bay in the decades since international poultry conglomerates such as Perdue and Tyson targeted the Delmarva Peninsula for their multi-million-dollar operations.” The industry has been “treating the Chesapeake Bay like an open toilet,”
via Big Poultry ramps up its assault on the Chesapeake | Grist
Joy of Statistics
The Joy of Stats, a one-hour documentary, hosted by none other than the charismatic Hans Rosling, explores the growing importance of statistics: [W]ithout statistics we are cast adrift on an ocean … Continue reading
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