Speaking of advanced technology and Nasa, the incredible pictures from the Mars rover are produced with a camera that has a resolution of: can you guess how many megapixels?
One.
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Black Tie Optional (great title)
Reading today's Times, I realized that the post that opened when a neighbor who writes for them switched beats has been filled by a college classmate.
My telephone number is very, very similar to that of Bangkok Center grocery, one of my favorite stores in Chinatown (on Mosco Street). The guy who just called trying to get them was very polite. Now I understand why we frequently get calls from people speaking Asian-sounding languages. 
Morrissey. Eurovision.
In Sandie Shaw's footsteps.
Japanese tourists taking pictures of themselves posed in front of the Verizon store's Valentines Day window display.
And just why would a Verizon store have a V Day display? ? Surely I am not alone in thinking a mobile phone not the sort of thing to give as a romantic gift.
And just why would a Verizon store have a V Day display? ? Surely I am not alone in thinking a mobile phone not the sort of thing to give as a romantic gift.
Pink plastic "Valentine's Day Handcuffs" for sale in Duane Read.
Hey, to some of us handcuffs make perfect sense. Where's nuxvomica?? She'll back me up.
QUOTE(Daisy @ Jan 10 2007, 04:22 PM) 
Hey, to some of us handcuffs make perfect sense. Where's nuxvomica?? She'll back me up.
If she doesn't, I will!
Orik and Wilfrid speaking in code.
QUOTE(Maurice Naughton @ Jan 10 2007, 05:18 PM)
Orik and Wilfrid speaking in code.
Try Cabrales posting about the Colts in the NFL thread.
</doubletake>
QUOTE(Wilfrid @ Jan 8 2007, 06:30 PM)
In Sandie Shaw's footsteps.
Bare footsteps. Though I can't imagine anyone going barefoot were they in New York City. (Or even NYC).
Got a call from my 90 year old mother this evening. She was all atwitter about finally landing a dinner date with the newly single next door neighbor whose wife died a few months ago (and whose wife was the sister-in-law of my mother's deceased brother).
Her only problem was that she didn't want her regular beau to find out.
Her only problem was that she didn't want her regular beau to find out.
QUOTE(Rose @ Jan 11 2007, 12:20 AM)
Got a call from my 90 year old mother this evening. She was all atwitter about finally landing a dinner date with the newly single next door neighbor whose wife died a few months ago (and whose wife was the sister-in-law of my mother's deceased brother).
Her only problem was that she didn't want her regular beau to find out.
That all appeals to me on so many levels.
My very favorite aunt (although that's not as big a deal as it used to be, since she is the only one left) is of a similar vintage, and doesn't let the grass grow. Widowed after a 50-year marriage and still a fox, she married her newly single next door neighbor. He used to take in her trash cans and she fell in love. They had a wonderfully happy couple of months, but he died tragically after a freak fall. She seemed philosophical about it somehow, and started dating another neighbor after only a few months. She says that she likes him a lot.
She is my idol.
QUOTE(Maurice Naughton @ Jan 10 2007, 08:35 PM)
QUOTE(Wilfrid @ Jan 8 2007, 06:30 PM)
In Sandie Shaw's footsteps.
Bare footsteps. Though I can't imagine anyone going barefoot were they in New York City. (Or even NYC).
I saw someone just the other day. You would be amazed. On Avenue B, too. Yuck.
Annual No Pants Subway Ride
What: Wear normal winter clothes, swipe your MetroCard, ride the 6 train, then take ’em off.
Why: You’ve seen London. You’ve seen France.
When: Sat., 3 p.m. sharp!
Where: Meet near the black sculpture at Foley Sq., b/t Centre & Lafayette Sts. Click here for a map.
What: Wear normal winter clothes, swipe your MetroCard, ride the 6 train, then take ’em off.
Why: You’ve seen London. You’ve seen France.
When: Sat., 3 p.m. sharp!
Where: Meet near the black sculpture at Foley Sq., b/t Centre & Lafayette Sts. Click here for a map.
Disorderly conduct. Boo!
Baristo: "Enjoying your book?"
Me: "Yes, it's quite good."
Baristo: "Seems like everyone's reading books right now. Must be the weather."
Me: "Uh, yeah."
Me: "Yes, it's quite good."
Baristo: "Seems like everyone's reading books right now. Must be the weather."
Me: "Uh, yeah."
That guy wearing the Vans is exactly the sort I expected would participate . I guess there are some disappointed folks from Williamsburg today.
QUOTE(Daisy @ Jan 11 2007, 12:41 PM)
That guy wearing the Vans is exactly the sort I expected would participate . I guess there are some disappointed folks from Williamsburg today.
I almost bought a pair of Vans on impulse the other day. Boy, that was a close call . . .
Dude, on you they wouldn't be annoying. Its the whole package, you know.
From the Marshfield WI local:
"A 18-year-old Stratford woman reported at 6:46 p.m. Monday that she gave $70 to an 18-year-old Marshfield man for the purchase of marijuana, but he did not return to the location with the merchandise or her money where they were supposed to meet in the 100 block of North Central Avenue."
"A 18-year-old Stratford woman reported at 6:46 p.m. Monday that she gave $70 to an 18-year-old Marshfield man for the purchase of marijuana, but he did not return to the location with the merchandise or her money where they were supposed to meet in the 100 block of North Central Avenue."
I keep thinking that, based on his current avatar, Stone's posts are Robert's posts. Then when I read them, I get a creepy feeling that the entire universe has unravelled.
QUOTE(Rose @ Jan 11 2007, 06:28 PM)
I keep thinking that, based on his current avatar, Stone's posts are Robert's posts. Then when I read them, I get a creepy feeling that the entire universe has unravelled.
You read Stone's posts ????
QUOTE(Rose @ Jan 11 2007, 01:28 PM)
I keep thinking that, based on his current avatar, Stone's posts are Robert's posts. Then when I read them, I get a creepy feeling that the entire universe has unravelled.
You are now another member of the club. Welcome.
QUOTE(Daisy @ Jan 11 2007, 12:43 PM)
Dude, on you they wouldn't be annoying. Its the whole package, you know.
Stone just bought a mac, grew a goatee, and got inked. Sounds like he could use the Vans more than I could.
QUOTE(Ron Johnson @ Jan 11 2007, 01:52 PM)
QUOTE(Daisy @ Jan 11 2007, 12:43 PM)
Dude, on you they wouldn't be annoying. Its the whole package, you know.
Stone just bought a mac, grew a goatee, and got inked. Sounds like he could use the Vans more than I could.
As long as he stays away from the faux-hawk...
QUOTE(macrosan @ Jan 11 2007, 01:34 PM)
QUOTE(Rose @ Jan 11 2007, 06:28 PM)
I keep thinking that, based on his current avatar, Stone's posts are Robert's posts. Then when I read them, I get a creepy feeling that the entire universe has unravelled.
You read Stone's posts ????
Can that be our little secret?
From my office window I just saw a cat run across six lanes of rush hour traffic going 60 mph. He made it!
i got a call yesterday from a cousin of mine who lives in seattle. hadn't heard from him in a few years. he was talking to his boss about new york, and mentioned that he had a cousin who lived there, and said my name; turns out we went to the same high school and were good friends.
the reason they were talking about new york is that my cousin's brother just moved here to do an internship. coincidentally, he's working at the same company i work for, five floors down in the same building as me.
the reason they were talking about new york is that my cousin's brother just moved here to do an internship. coincidentally, he's working at the same company i work for, five floors down in the same building as me.
Marshmallow peeps and Cadbury creme eggs on sale at the local CVS.
QUOTE(Liza @ Jan 11 2007, 12:47 PM)
From the Marshfield WI local:
"A 18-year-old Stratford woman reported at 6:46 p.m. Monday that she gave $70 to an 18-year-old Marshfield man for the purchase of marijuana, but he did not return to the location with the merchandise or her money where they were supposed to meet in the 100 block of North Central Avenue."
Hey, a variation on the old door-key clip. Ask me if you don't know.
Someone tried something similar on us recently. To show you what a hick-town we lived in at the time, they called saying A had won an elk hunting license (apparently very hard to come by) that we could claim after giving certain bank account information. If you know A you know the hilarity of him applying for an elk-hunting license. Though he did, with some annoyance, remind me that he had served his time in the Bundeswehr so I wasn't the only person in the family who knew how to shoot a gun. 
QUOTE
Dear Amazon.com Customer,
We've noticed that customers who have expressed interest in Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford have also ordered House of Meetings by Martin Amis.
We've noticed that customers who have expressed interest in Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford have also ordered House of Meetings by Martin Amis.
(For those who don't know House of Meetings is about the Gulag.)
I got that, too.
Someone whom I am about to interview for a fellowship says he decided to become a radiologist through watching Star Treck reruns (Dr. McCoy) while eating wintermelon soup in New Jersey.
He's in as far as I'm concerned.
He's in as far as I'm concerned.
QUOTE(g.johnson @ Jan 10 2007, 04:46 PM)
Someone whom I am about to interview for a fellowship says he decided to become a radiologist through watching Star Treck reruns (Dr. McCoy) while eating wintermelon soup in New Jersey.
He's in as far as I'm concerned.
Columbia (it is Columbia, isn't it?) is certainly lucky to have a man like you, driven by impeccably well-reasoned judgement.
I'm assuming, of course, that it does have a man like you and who is so driven.
QUOTE(Maurice Naughton @ Jan 12 2007, 03:26 PM)
QUOTE(g.johnson @ Jan 10 2007, 04:46 PM)
Someone whom I am about to interview for a fellowship says he decided to become a radiologist through watching Star Treck reruns (Dr. McCoy) while eating wintermelon soup in New Jersey.
He's in as far as I'm concerned.
Columbia (it is Columbia, isn't it?) is certainly lucky to have a man like you, driven by impeccably well-reasoned judgement.
I'm assuming, of course, that it does have a man like you and who is so driven.
It was Columbia a few years ago. Now it's NYU.
He's a liar and a fraud. Who can get wintermelon soup in New Jersey?
From a knitting blog I read -
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I feel like I've just seen an episode of the Twilight Zone. No doubt, many of you have received an email from Blue Moon Fiber Arts, the creators of Socks That Rock and my dear friends, outlining the recent troubles they've had. If you haven't heard, or you aren't part of the sock club, I'll lay it out for you. The first incarnation of the Rockin' Sock Club was so successful, Blue Moon decided to do another year. And this time it was PHENOMENALLY successful. So much so, that when payments began to come in for the club these last few weeks, the bank decided that it could not be a legitimate venture - there was no way that so many people would sign up for a "sock club" and that the only explanation was that it was a SCAM! The bank was so convinced about this "SCAM" they SHUT BLUE MOON DOWN. And decided that they would REFUND ALL THE MONIES COLLECTED. They did this without investigation, without listening to Blue Moon's pleas for mercy - they did it unceremoniously and with possible grave consequences for a fledgling yarn company started by one woman with a love of fiber and an obsession with color.
bunch of us were sitting around..a friend asked another to fetch a quire. nobody got it. except me. am i getting old?...er? i was also anxious to explain ream to them.
I admit, I wouldn't know how much a quire was.
Anywhere between $15 and $410 in New York.
QUOTE(Cathy @ Jan 12 2007, 01:32 PM)
From a knitting blog I read -
QUOTE
I feel like I've just seen an episode of the Twilight Zone. No doubt, many of you have received an email from Blue Moon Fiber Arts, the creators of Socks That Rock and my dear friends, outlining the recent troubles they've had. If you haven't heard, or you aren't part of the sock club, I'll lay it out for you. The first incarnation of the Rockin' Sock Club was so successful, Blue Moon decided to do another year. And this time it was PHENOMENALLY successful. So much so, that when payments began to come in for the club these last few weeks, the bank decided that it could not be a legitimate venture - there was no way that so many people would sign up for a "sock club" and that the only explanation was that it was a SCAM! The bank was so convinced about this "SCAM" they SHUT BLUE MOON DOWN. And decided that they would REFUND ALL THE MONIES COLLECTED. They did this without investigation, without listening to Blue Moon's pleas for mercy - they did it unceremoniously and with possible grave consequences for a fledgling yarn company started by one woman with a love of fiber and an obsession with color.
I smell lawsuit! There is little more fun in the world than suing banks....
The Boyfriend just came from checking our mail in the communal lobby of our apartment. Seems he bumped into an old friend that he knew from Europe who now also lives in our building! The world is way too small, my friends...
QUOTE(Wilfrid @ Jan 12 2007, 09:46 PM)
I admit, I wouldn't know how much a quire was.
1 quire = 24 sheets
1 ream = 8 quires
i distinctly remember buying paper by the quire from my school's book depot. i dont think anyone buys loose writing material anymore.
QUOTE(FaustianBargain @ Jan 12 2007, 06:26 PM)
QUOTE(Wilfrid @ Jan 12 2007, 09:46 PM)
I admit, I wouldn't know how much a quire was.
1 quire = 24 sheets
1 ream = 8 quires
i distinctly remember buying paper by the quire from my school's book depot. i dont think anyone buys loose writing material anymore.
This was the sort of shit I learned in primary school, like the length of a rod (pole or perch).
I assume, Wilfrid, that you still know the length of a chain.
QUOTE(g.johnson @ Jan 12 2007, 11:52 PM)
QUOTE(FaustianBargain @ Jan 12 2007, 06:26 PM)
QUOTE(Wilfrid @ Jan 12 2007, 09:46 PM)
I admit, I wouldn't know how much a quire was.
1 quire = 24 sheets
1 ream = 8 quires
i distinctly remember buying paper by the quire from my school's book depot. i dont think anyone buys loose writing material anymore.
This was the sort of shit I learned in primary school, like the length of a rod (pole or perch).
I assume, Wilfrid, that you still know the length of a chain.
i suppose that there are some advantages to being an ex crown colony. we only have faded remanants of your obviously perverted school system. half the things i learnt are either archaic or english or both. in effect, completely useless.
Bushels. Pecks.
The first 400 lines of the Aeneid.
The first 400 lines of the Aeneid.
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