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Tag Archives: stupidity
Sour Grapes Rant
I’m in the midst of Annie Proulx’s Close Range: Wyoming Stories, from which comes the short story “Brokeback Mountain.” The stories are typically stark and beautiful, although sometimes the bitterness and bleakness get to be a bit much. (As they … Continue reading
Smoke ’em if you got ’em (and if you’re rich, white and drunk)
The Wall Street Journal today ran a great front-page piece on the hookah bars in Queens, which are coming under pressure (who are the “neighbors” that are complaining???) since they illegally permit smoking. The hookah bars do not qualify for … Continue reading
What’s going on? What the HELL is going on???
And I ain’t seen nothin but trouble baby Nobody really understands, no no And I go to the place where the good feelin’ awaits me Self-destruction in my hand. –Marvin Gaye, 1971 Billboard sighted on Flatbush Avenue, just north of … Continue reading
Overheard in email…
steelbrassnwood: Sometimes the attributions are as good as the quotes on Overheard In NY: Because Mr. Cruise is Clearly Well Balanced L. Ron Hubtard: Do you have stress? Man: I live in New York, what the fuck do you think? … Continue reading
The Tragedy Of the Communal
At this point, it seems fair to ask exactly when the intelligence in “collective intelligence” will begin to manifest itself. Blogger Nicholas Carr, talking about the badly written and frequently inaccurate Wikipedia in his skeptical article about the community-driven “Web … Continue reading
Take the Lamb. The Ghini is off.
Looking for a good way to waste $188,000 on something incredibly ugly?
New Orleans Storm Relief: The Prequel
The disgracefully inadequate federal response to Hurricane Katrina is not the first time New Orleans’ requests for help have received a less-than-adequate response. In addition to the Bush administration’s opposition last month to funding coastline restoration, the administration also dragged … Continue reading
(Almost) All Electronic
A friend signed up recently to receive her Citibank credit card statement online rather than via postal mail. Seems to make sense, right? Saves paper, saves postage. However, since signing up, she’s received every month a letter in the mail … Continue reading
Secure Music Initiative, S.I. Ferry Style
Whatever you do, don’t let the terrorists in the Music Entertainment Room! (This door is on the main deck of the Andrew J. Barberi, one of the super-sized generation of boats that were introduced in the 80s. On October 15, … Continue reading
Journal Live Again
LiveJournal’s outage yesterday seems to have been fixed, but not before prompting an avalanche of adolescent snottiness from the Slashdot crowd. Perhaps the funniest comment was one that could have applied to the gamers and geeks on Slashdot as well: … Continue reading