In the 2.0 world, if a person sees a difference between Page Six Mag and the NYT Mag, I think they’re projecting a world that no longer exists. Yeah, NYT’s mag is older and was once huge, but who cares anymore? A video of a monkey drinking people’s half-finished drinks gets a bigger circ than NYT mag does now by a long shot.
There are no winners anymore.
- Points don’t matter in Trivia Night, because everyone loses.
- Those jerks upstairs were definitely cheating. We were too, though.
- It may only be considered ‘cheating’ if you get caught, but it’s definitely only awesome if - after getting caught cheating - you still get a $20 discount off of the final bill.
- Iceland is the westernmost country in Europe, all AC/DC sounds the same, and no one knows what Jessica Tandy looks like.
- The United Nations’ list of top 10 vegetables grown worldwide (by tonnage) does not - and did not - include Terri Schiavo. I still think that it should have counted as a correct answer, though.
A few weeks ago Frank Bruni made a list of his favorite neighborhood restaurants, in response Aziz also made his own list, after I saw both I thought, “Oh, nice, I agree with most of that.” The part that I didn’t agree with was the fact that they both had The Little Owl on their respective lists, a restaurant that I had only been to in the past by making morning reservations a few weeks in advance, the kind of thing that isn’t exactly what I think of when thinking casual and neighborhoody.
That being said, tonight I went with a friend at around 7:30, put our names down, walked around the west village for a quick second, and we were sitting at a two-top by 8pm. I’m sure luck had a lot to do with it, but I guess I was wrong in being overly-daunted about getting seats there.
So if you’re looking for a bite in the west village, hop on over The Little Owl for a great meal, also, make sure you get the grilled duck appetizer (over a bed of arugula with balsamic, truffles, almonds, and parmesan) because it’s really really great.
My other neighborhood casual restaurant list would probably look something like this:
Schiller’s
Minca
Prune
Cafe Habana
Flea Market
Momofuku Noodle Bar
Il Bagatto
Grand Sichuan
Lure
Yama (downtown)
26 Seats
The Little Owl
A couple of odd things have happened over the prior months. One, Tumblr has taken off as a singular application phenomenon almost unlike any I’ve ever seen in the past. Rarely does a web application pick up this many users this quickly unless it is something destined to become a core web application. Two, it’s been very noticable that Gawker, one of the most prominent blogs, has been taking quite a bit of credited and uncredited content from various Tumblr users. (I cite “uncredited content” because, given the circumstances in individual cases, it’s most likely that Gawker editors discovered the content in question from a lone Tumblr user who mentioned the concept for the first time earlier in the day) The idea I’m presenting here is not that they actually did it (or that they are fair or unfair in their attribution habits), but that they clearly CAN do it.
toomuchawesome:madeinthedark:via thisrecording
My favorite $240 Worth of Pudding.
Mine is “Goddamn this sideways house!!”
this just made my day.
The Mets will host “Mets at the Movies” tonight at 7:00 p.m., at the following three Clearview Cinema locations:
For more info on buying tickets, click here.
gillianmae:IFC Channel OKs Three Henry Rollins Specials
The hour-long documentaries — Uncut from New Orleans, Northern Ireland and South Africa — follow Rollins to those controversial locales as he explores their political and cultural issues.
What a strange, strange character he has become.
Per Marco’s advice, I have simplified my theme. I hope you enjoy it. Personally I read most tumblrs in my dashboard, unless i’m a new follower of theirs. In those cases, I go back on their own site to read their older posts.
I call it the “getting to know you” phase.
Marco and his lovely girlfriend gave me some great relationship advice last night as well. Its called the one week rule. You have exactly seven days to bring up anything that bothers you to your signifigant other in a relationship. If you fail to bring it up in seven days, you can’t use it against them.
This is a great way to stop passive aggressive behavior and instead of holding things in, get them out of the open and deal with it.
Brilliant man, that Marco!
We’ve added some theme variables to accompany the new externally hosted MP3 posts. You can now add a download link for externally hosted audio, and display any Audio post’s play count.
this sign is hanging in front of a huge empty lot a block over from my apartment in downtown Jersey City. I love how the neighborhood is evolving!
so, there’s a huge building set to be built in this lot, and this sign caught me off guard while walking by today… a little bit of mocking the ghetto?
if it were up to me the “retail stores” in the lobby would be: a genuine Italian deli (just transport one directly from Bensonhurst please), a clean well lit laundromat, a bike/skate shop (with a big rollerblade section), and a doggy daycare so I can work there part time and play with the dogs.
welcome back to tumblr, marc!
marc and i are going on an epic nordic adventure this summer which will be documented here on tumblr. stay tuned.
marthalilian:emilyposts: (via jeralyndwile)
I am oh so very excited to make these. I’ve been doing more cooking — for myself and my houseguests. It’s definitely rewarding. Though I wish I had a dishwasher.
nice.
On a scale of 1-Extra Hard, how difficult would it be to make my own bookshelves?
*Also note, I have no tools.
making them is the easy part, making sure you properly and securely anchor them into the wall is a whole nother story.
I have a horrible habit of striking a pose in photos. Examples below:
call off the dogs, i found her with a little help from lee.
Arcade Fire “My Body is a Cage” and Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West……one of my fav mashups.
gillianmae:IFC Channel OKs Three Henry Rollins Specials
The hour-long documentaries — Uncut from New Orleans, Northern Ireland and South Africa — follow Rollins to those controversial locales as he explores their political and cultural issues.
What a strange, strange character he has become.
STRANGE?? What the hell is that supposed to mean. The dude is FIERCELY intelligent. Smart in the way thats scary cause he wasnt formerly schooled, and taught himself through self disciplined reading and learning. Is the dude supposed to be beating up moshers into his 40’s and 50’s?? Punk into poetry into social anthropology seems like a natural progression to me.
im with you nudawn, i just loved the picture. rollins rules.
While I always appreciate hearing the news from John McCain, he should explain to the American people why almost every single promise and prediction that he has made about Iraq has turned to be catastrophically wrong, including his support for a surge that was supposed to achieve political reconciliation. While John McCain offers his poor judgment in supporting George Bush’s war and a failed foreign policy that has left us less secure, I will continue to make the case for a new foreign policy that deploys all elements of American power — including tough, principled and direct diplomacy. It’s stunning that in such a lengthy written statement, John McCain could not articulate a single new idea that hasn’t been tried — and failed — over the last eight years
