Archive for August, 2007
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Put four d-bags into one apartment, and it won't take long for the bits to fly. For the past few days, the order has been a terrible Bill Cosby impersonation. (The name of our building superintendent is Rudy. This can't be helped.) Rudy. Theo. Ahmad Rashad. Jell-O pudding. Picture Pages. ...
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Sunday, August 12th, 2007
Here's my first official match in UCBW, where I take on the Orange Mime. Fun things to note: the "accent drift" during my promo, and how badly I botched the Reykjav�k Rack at the end of the match. I wish the video did a better job of capturing Tim's screaming ...
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Friday, August 10th, 2007
I don't smoke, for the record. Yeah, ok, when cigars were cool like ten years ago I puffed on maybe a dozen total, and I used to get drunk enough to bum a cigarette, but after five or six times waking up the next morning feeling like tiny cartoon mine ...
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
My roommates and I are all pretty obsessed with Yelp — reading it obsessively and writing reviews and refusing to go any place that doesn't "get good Yelp."
Thanks to the miracle of Web 2.0, I've got a little widget on the homepage of the blog that shows my Yelp reviews ...
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Very early this morning, New York experienced an extraordinarily strong thunderstorm, possibly tornadoes, fallen trees, flooded subways, overcrowded buses, and the MTA actually said to commuters, "the fuck, would it kill you to just stay home, we're fucked here, c'mon." Eyewitnesses on the news talked about rattling windows and swaying ...
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Hey, let's go on a tour of the new apartment!
Welcome to 109th St. between Amsterdam and Broadway, or as I call it, Calle 109. Look who's got a primo parking spot up on the right!
But enough local flavor, let's head inside. Behind this gate:
And down these stairs:
And behind this other ...
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Monday, August 6th, 2007
My second honeymoon with this city is officially over — I live here again. And I love this town.
I'm blogging right now from the laundromat around the corner. Laundry makes everything official.This morning, I walked my car for the third time since I moved back. It's really not that big ...
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Monday, August 6th, 2007
I'm auditioning for Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? this Saturday evening.
I know, why did it take me so long to come up with such a brilliant plan? Sometimes I wonder.
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Monday, August 6th, 2007
Roommate Jason Curtis, last night:
"Hey, when's the next FreshDirect order going out?"
I don't know, Jason. I just don't know.
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Friday, August 3rd, 2007
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