“Yeah, a 7:15am flight from Paris to Warsaw, followed by a 3 1/2 hour layover before flying back to New York sounds fine!”
—Things that sounded like a great idea when making travel plans, but not so good at 2am the night before departure…
October 2010
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Upper West Side Bike Path on City Map is a 'Mistake,' Official Says (DNAInfo) →
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The feud between bikers and non-bikers seems to be growing increasingly heated. There is much debate about the entrances to the greenway at west 72nd, and this article includes a quote from a cyclist who is unhappy (as I am) with the “cyclists must dismount” signs that have appeared recently:
“He and other cyclists say they weren’t consulted about the dismount signs. They say they’re being punished for the actions of a few reckless cyclists who race by pedestrians and cause problems.”
This is true, but what did he expect…for someone to knock on his door and ask if they could put up the signs? There are community board meetings three times a week that are open to the public and publicized online. If you are going to grumble loudly about how everyone is doing you wrong in your neighborhood, go there and grumble about it. If you don’t want to go, you can’t complain later that no one ever told you what was going on.
This is right outside of a dog run, and I think that must have a lot to do with the sign… While most cyclists are great and polite and all that good stuff, there were always a chunk who rode like bats out of hell coming out of that tunnel and were dangerous.
Things going on in Paris...
So, keewee10 and I are here for 11 days, and here’s what’s happening:
- Protests over President Sarkozy’s desire to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. They were estimating that around 1 million people protested yesterday. There were (and still are) constant sirens all over the city.
- As a result of these protests, there are union worker strikes and fuel shortages, as a result of this, we didn’t know if our flight would get off, though it seemed on Monday that long-haul international flights were fine (and they were).
- There’s also transit strikes, forcing us to get from the airport to our hotel via the normal RER B3, but then to have to change to a packed Metro at rush hour with our luggage, thereby becoming those people we hate in NYC.
- There are also fuel shortages, and apparently 1/3 of all gas stations on the country are either dry or running low, which means our planned 2-day-trip to the Loire Valley is scrapped.
But, the food and wine are good, and the coffee and crepes are plentiful…
TV Coverage of the East Village Cemetary Explosives
Right now, NY1 is carrying a live press conference with NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, and they’re crediting WABC (aka, channel 7) for the feed.
If I flip over to channel 7, One Life to Live is on.
Incidentally, nobody else is covering this either. CBS has The Young and the Restless, NBC has coverage of the Columbus Day Parade, Fox has Swift Justice with Nancy Grace. Channels 9 and 11 aren’t any better…
Barnes & Noble Fail
I went into the soon-to-close Barnes & Noble at 66th & Broadway today, looking to get a couple of books for the upcoming honeymoon. I’d decided before going in that I was finally going to succumb and start reading the Stieg Larsson books. Among other things, I grabbed “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” being pretty sure that was the first in the series, and went up to the register.
Me, handing the Larsson book to the cashier: “This is the first one in the series, right?”
Cashier, looking puzzled: “I don’t know…”
(Seriously, I know I should have known it too, but this is someone who works in a bookstore and this is a book that’s been on the New York Times bestseller list for well over a year.)
Cashier, turning to another cashier: “The number one on the top means this is the first one, right?”
(The #1 at the top actually said “#1 National Bestseller.”)
Other Cashier: “Sure…”
I wasn’t thrilled that this location was closing, but maybe now I’m beginning to think differently. Now I know why I really want a Kindle, so I don’t have to deal with people like this.
SHUT UP. You're not buying a car.
“I’m really considering buying a car, it may be cheaper, come out cheaper buying a car,” Reed said.
Unless by some miracle, you can buy a car, then pay for gas, insurance, and parking for $1,248 a year, you’re lying through your teeth.
These people are completely fucking clueless.
I don’t know. I mean, he could get this sweet Jag for $20 if he acts fast…
(And yes, I just spent 5 minutes of my life that I’ll never get back searching cheap-ass used cars online to make this joke.)
“
I like you
And I know why.
I like you because
You are a good person to like. I like you because…
When I tell you something special
You know its special
And you remember it
A long, long time. You say:
“Remember when you told me
Something special?”
And both of us remember.
When I think something is important,
You think its important too.
I like you because….
I don’t know why
But
Everything that happens is nicer with you.
I can’t remember when I didn’t like you.
It must have been lonesome then.
I like you because because because
” —http://ilikeyou.rediffblogs.com/ (via lrusso)
Funnily enough, keewee10 and I actually chose an excerpt from this as a reading for our wedding ceremony, which is a mere 12 days away as I type this. Imagine my surprise when I opened Tumblr to find this at the top of my dashboard…
