Entries Tagged as ‘Daily Oddities’

September 14, 2009

For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn

Police are trying to track down the psycho parents of a toddler who was ABANDONED in a stroller on an UES sidewalk after a fight. The only shred of evidence is a receipt for baby shoes (from H&M), never worn, which has since led to the arrest of the baby’s father for reckless endangerment of a [...]

September 14, 2009

Must See: Don’t-Stop-Non-Stop Gogol Bordello

July 23, 2009

Daily Oddities, July 23rd, 2009

We’ve got lots to talk about today, so lets get right down to the real serious stuff.
Globe: Things still really suck for EU little cousins Bulgaria and Romania, where infighting, corruption and graft are making it difficult to get anything done. Vote-buying, which we’ve mentioned before, is easy when your political power is less valuable [...]

July 23, 2009

Life’s a Beach!

Even though it’s anything-but-beach weather in the Sunset, I’ve decided we’re taking a slight detour through some beach related news today, so hang onto your Lotto visers boys and girls, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
It’s been a big week for Coney Island. As the beachfront neighborhood wears down it’s third last summer in [...]

July 20, 2009

I have Google Voice

social media, Google Voice, google, New York City, Silicon Valley, start-ups, freelancing, area-code

July 17, 2009

Daily Oddities: July 17, 2009

It’s another day in the neighborhood, and Oddities are all around us. In fact, I’d say it’s a banner week for weird.
Brooklyn:
Despite preliminary approval for the city’s first Wal-Mart, Brooklynites are still fighting the man, while the Man uncovers coaching documents for Chinese immigrants seeking asylum in the United States. Classic Man-hating gutter punks (so familiar [...]

July 13, 2009

OMFG I LOVE YOU BARNEY FRANK <3 <3 <3

Be the AWESOME you wish to see in the world, Barney. BE IT.

July 1, 2009

Top Ten NYC Sucks of June ‘09

There’s very few days of the week when I DON’T miss the fuck out of New York City, but if there was ever a time to leave, it seems like this June was it.
It all started with the endless, endless rain that swept the city from Floral Park to Coney Island and the George Washington [...]

June 29, 2009

My (BF’s) Best Friend’s Wedding

..was last night in Malibu, so we’ve been out of touch, but you can expect odditeis and the latest on all your favorite human rights violating, coup d’état engineering, firewalling world news. Don’t miss it!

June 18, 2009

OMFG, Heatwave in Oymyakon!!!

As some of you may know, New York winter turned me into a quasi-religious checker of weather.  And if you check the weather as frequently as I do, and especially if you’re checking it in New York, in the winter, you’re likely to get a little down. That’s why I also got into the habit [...]