4 May 2008
You got a problem with that?
Why do New Yorkers seem rude? Joan Acocella has a few ideas (Smithsonian Magazine).
0 comments | culture, NYC, society |
16 Apr 2008
NYC MetroCard Bonus Calculator
I've had an extra 15 cents on my Metrocard since the fare changes and I've finally figured out how to bring it up to a $2 amount.
0 comments | money, NYC, subway, travel |
13 Apr 2008
Apartment Hunting
Jeff & I have been hunting for apartments the past several weekends — I’ve lost count of how many we’ve seen.
They’ve mostly been no-fee apartments so far. They tend to fit into 2 categories: a) way overpriced, tiny, with unnecessary stainless steel appliances (seriously, $2500 a month for a 1-bedroom that can barely fit a full size mattress and a 10×10 combined kitchen/living room?), or b) slightly more affordable, slightly larger rundown walk ups in sketchy areas.
We’ve started checking out broker’s fee apartments and they’re not much better. The problem is that we’re only looking on the west side to accommodate both our commutes and that’s an expensive area.
This whole process is very stressful and Jeff & I have been handling that stress in very different ways. Jeff vibrates with so much nervous energy I think he’s going to break free of earth’s gravity and I pretend I’m not worried and then can’t get a single night’s sleep.
We have until the middle of May to find a place, so I think we still have enough time to reconcile to the fact that whatever we pick is going to have serious drawbacks that we’ll just have to live with.
6 Apr 2008
Mobile IMDB
The other mobile version I had bookmarked doesn't seem to work anymore.
0 comments | mobile, movies, reference |
12 Mar 2008
The Swinging Pendulum: Housing Trends Over the Year | Columbia Spectator
Yeah! My first mention in the Spec and I wasn't raked over the coals.
2 comments | education, news, reslife |
7 Mar 2008
Dominick Cail Kingston
I’m an uncle! My baby brother, Andrew, now has a baby of his own.
I’m not quite sure how they came up with the name, but they plan on calling him by his middle name “Cail” (sounds like Kale). Maybe Andew & his wife have been doing too much texting?
2 comments | names, nephew |
7 Mar 2008
Numbers Guy: Are our brains wired for math?
For years I've been telling people I'm "numbers dyslexic" because I can do math but misread the order of numbers outloud. I've never heard of "Dyscalculia" before, but my problem doesn't seem to be a symptom.
0 comments | brain, education, math, neuroscience, NewYorker, science |
25 Feb 2008
Garfield minus Garfield
"Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life?".
0 comments | Comics, humor, mentalillness |
5 Feb 2008
Why you should still go out and vote for Obama even if they say Hillary is going to win your state…
So, Hillary is predicted to win New York state in today’s primary. Why then am I still bothering to go stand in line to vote for Obama?* It’s all about “proportional allocation.”
Unlike the winner-takes-all-delegates Republican state primaries, a Democrat can miss out on winning the popular vote but still get a sizable chunk of delegates. And there’s a hell of a lot of delegates up for grabs today (1,688 delegates from 22 states).
* I’m really not interested in getting into any “why I’m voting for Obama” discussions / arguments.