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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Haiti: One Year Later

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Incredible that it was just one year ago that Haiti was rocked by a horrendous earthquake that toppled the country, destroying infrastructur...
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From Snowmageddon to Snowbigdeal

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The cruel alarm went off at 5 AM as usual, and it took another 15 minutes or so before 1010 WINS' Lee Harris announced, "drum roll ...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Stylites (Not to Be Confused with the Chi-Lites)

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January 11th is the feast day of Theodosius the Cenobiarch. He was a great ascetic of the Eastern Orthodox Church. In his travels, when he r...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

Closing Today: Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy and Germany, 1918-1936

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Adolf Ziegler, The Four Elements Ziegler's painting, highlighting the transition to the art of tbe Fascist era, was owned by Hitler and ...
Friday, January 7, 2011

Sega Introduces "Toylets" in Japanese Urinals

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Wired UK reports that: "Sega has announced that it's testing consoles called "Toylets" in urinals around Tokyo, which as...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Not from "The Onion" - University Professor Arrested for Suspicious Bagel on Plane

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A Florida professor was arrested and removed from a plane Monday after his fellow passengers alerted crew members they thought he had a susp...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Ohio's Brooklyn-Born Panhandler With the Golden Voice

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Ted Williams, Brooklyn-born Ohio resident, on hard times, has an amazing radio voice, which has resulted in his discovery and a possible new...
Saturday, January 1, 2011

The Numerology of 2011

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"For the last dozen years or so, there has been a dominating presence of both the 0 and 1 and the 1 and 2 patterns. These are numbers t...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

Reflections in an Unploughed Street

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A lame duck plutocrat Mayor who is detached from governing? Labor organizations covertly fighting budget cuts and staffing reductions by a p...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

The Ploughman Cometh

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The ploughman finally arrived on our street at about 9:30 pm...and so one phase of the Blizzard of Late 2010 came to a conclusion....

CODA: Snowmageddon, continued

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Incredibly, it appears the uptown Q isn't running on the normal Q/B line, it is running on the D line between Coney Island-Stillwell and...

Snowmageddon, continued

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Following oral surgery last week, I needed a follow up visit with my oral surgeon. Of course, the Q wasn't running, and the #3 train, wh...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Snowpocalypse Now

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After hearing the Mejor announce how all city offices were open even though many people decided to stay home, I once again had to come to gr...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Please Come Home for Christmas: Charles Brown

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The Eagles' version sung by Don Henley is an absolute treasure, but there is nothing like the original......

Winter Wonderland: Garrett Morris and Saturday Night Live Season One

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