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Dude Builds McMansion on Top of a Tenement...

On the Sea

We drove up to the house, and it was HUGE.  We’re right on the basin on the island, and every...

An e-mail showed up in my inbox today.  I call this...

To Remember Dora...

Last week, I learned that my friend Dora committed suicide.  I haven’t really been able to...

My girlfriend yelled at me for not updating every day.  That’s because my computer was away...

Happy Lunar New Year!

Joyce: Did I wear this to Floyd's class last week? (Shows off dress.)
Brecklyn: No, you wore black. Oh yeah, it's the holiday...
Joyce: SHIT! I'm wearing white on the New Year! (runs away)
Brecklyn: Uhh...
Joyce: White is the color of death!
Brecklyn: Yikes.
Joyce: (from room) Good thing I also have this dress in hot pink!

Google is Cute and Asian today.  Probaby because they have so much stake in the Chinese market (see...

Sample from Jan Von Holleben’s really cool...

Giants Win Superbowl!; NYers Get...

Here’s a story on Gothamist about the post-Superbowl antics of Giants fans, let loose...

“Fashion Week! Where my WOC at?”

The fashion industry, in my opinion, can be divided into classed sectors: those that market to women...

Divad's Cuba Travelblog: Staying Out of...

“At the very moment… that we have torn down our elevated...”
— Lewis Mumford, The New Yorker...

What is Our Urban Space?

I’ve run away back to the sticks of Massachusetts; it’s so funny because I’ve...

New Plan for Getting Rid of Gowanus...

Bhutto's NYTimes Obit

“This is an absolute disaster for Pakistan. Pakistan is...”
— Max King, London-based...

Global Outrage over Bhutto's Assassination...

“Trying to be smart is expensive.”
— In St. Mark’s Bookshop.

from Amazon. First in a January whirlwind of East...

The Full Force of Black Pain by Vijay...

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Thom Yorke and David Byrne on the Real Value...

“It’s finals week, and here’s a poem…”

In Childhood by Kimiko Hahn

things don’t die or remain damagedbut return: stumps grow back hands,a head reconnects to a neck,a...

What's the deal with the A train "beatdown"...

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Korg Kaossilator

In 93:
Joyce: Oh my god, I found the coolest video on YouTube.
Katie: What?
Joyce: This portable synthesizer thing, they posted about it on Gizmodo.
Sara: What's Gizmoodoo?
(Plays video embedded below)
(As is playing...)
Sara: Oh my god, JOYCE, this. is. Horrible.
Katie: Turn it off, turn it off!
Erin: That sounds like death!

quick notions of home

if you are lucky enough to have a home, do you really own it? or is it that others own it through...

we cut dragon fruit for my piece about cihan.  funny to...

INCULCATE

to teach and impress by frequent repetitions and admonitions.

The United Nations of Brooklyn (NYTimes.com)

“Your silence will not protect you.”
— Audre Lorde

this means shelf life.

if anything, this will be the beginning of a lot more something.