February 2012
10 posts
the way we eavesdrop now
Last early evening, I was coming home and noticed that a (now former, I think) Real Housewife of New York was standing and having a phone conversation on the street just outside my door. I walked into my apartment and over to my window overlooking the street, which was open. From my perch one floor above, I could see her entire face and hear every single word of her conversation (which was about...
economic/jerk indicator
If I’ve learned anything from an impulsive Craig’s List search RSS feed I forgot to delete three months ago, it’s that everyone in the NY Metro area thinks they can charge full retail price minus $50 for a 2-year-old Crate and Barrel Petrie sofa with stains on it. And that all of these unbelievably confident people appear to be male.
the stages of city life
Stage 1. Confirming whether someone you see across the street is your friend by looking at his or her bike.
Stage 2. Confirming whether someone you see across the street is your friend by looking at his or her dog.
Stage 3. Confirming whether someone you see across the street is your friend by estimating the age of the child in his or her stroller.
(I can’t say what’s next because...
This New CBS Show, "Person to Person"
CBS has a new show on at 8 PM on Wednesdays called “Person to Person” and I watched it last night, and it’s so weird: Charlie Rose and Lara Logan sit in a New York studio and look at a huge screen, which displays a celebrity walking around his or her house with a remote camera crew, showing them their stuff. It’s basically “Cribs,” but the celebrities (last...
Any excuse to mention "Idiocracy"
One of my favorite lines from the movie I’m forced by our culture to remember nearly every day:
Joe: “I don’t understand. Why me? Every time Metzler says ‘Lead, follow, or get out of the way’ I get out of the way!”
Commanding Officer: “Yeah, when he says that, you’re not supposed to choose ‘get out of the way.’ It’s supposed to...