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11.09.09

Making Fun of My Apartment Sideposts | View Comments
The Decline and Fall of the Bachelor Pad [via NYTimes.com]

Tagged: apartments, bachelor pads, fuck this shit i live in a bachelor pad, Manhattan, new york, New York City, NYC, recession
07.11.09

There are Only Four Phone Booths Remaining in New York City Sideposts | View Comments
Apparently, there are only four phone booths remaining in New York City...that's just absolutely nuts (but then again, do phone booths have iPods, cameras and that other awesome shit in them?) [via SCOUTING NY]

Tagged: cell phones, Interesting, Manhattan, New York City, not THAT inteteresting but there's been less interesting things in the world I'm sure, NYC, observations, phone booths, scouting ny
06.05.08

Fuckin A Man…. Life, NYC, Pictures | View Comments
Cigarette pack tax hike of $1.25 takes effect in New York City New Yorkers started paying the highest cigarette taxes in the nation Tuesday with the latest $1.25 spike per pack that officials expect to bring in $265 million a year. The average pack in New York City, which also taxes cigarettes, is now around $8.50. Smokers will be paying $2.75 per pack in state taxes, a jump from the previous tax of $1.50. Before the new tax, the average price of a pack of cigarettes was $5.82 statewide, and about $8 a pack in New York City, which levies its own ...

Tagged: Life, New York City, NYC, Pictures
04.29.08

Flashing Space Lights Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Learning, Life, Pictures | View Comments
The "Night Lights" map was the first world map of the nighttime Earth, using data compiled by NASA and NOAA:

Tagged: crazy astronaut shit, nature, New York City, Pictures, Science, space
03.15.08

Pee and Poo Funny, Learning, Life, NYC | View Comments
This post was intended to celebrate this incredible country and the incredible holiday created on today's date: Steak and BJ Day. But, in the process of celebrating writing about today's joyous holiday (created as a response to the unfairly female-dominated Valentine's Day and celebrated exactly one month later: on March 14th), I became aware of the unfortunate news that the Steak and BJ website is down, diminishing much, if not all, of the credibility of my piece. In fact, I can no longer confidently even say that it exists. So, today, rather than speaking of this new, ...

Tagged: $5 bill, Apple, currency, feces, holiday, New York City, pee, Poop, shit, steak and bj day, valentine's day, waste, Website
02.24.08

Empire Stizzle Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Learning, Life, NYC | View Comments
I forgot to put this up when I found it, and that sucks because it's the best site ever: what color is the empire state building.

Tagged: Empire State Building, New York City, NYC
02.20.08

Mother Moon Dances Tonight! Fancy Tickling, Hot Shit, Learning, NYC | View Comments
Unless you've been living under an un-nerdy rock of late, you should know that a total lunar eclipse will be on display tonight for almost all of North America. Since it will be the last opportunity you have to see one for another three years, I would seriously advise you to take out them binoculars and telescopes, and peer out into the Eastern sky between 10 and 11 this evening. Even those of us living in super-light-polluted New York City will be able to join in on the ...

Tagged: Apple, Manhattan, Nerd, New York City, Sports