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it’s 2014, more or less

Posted on January 1, 2014January 3, 2014 by admin

in 2014 i’m going to do more

real articles. news aggregators don’t deserve my valuable online ad eyeballs. they only give you a synopsis then you end up having to link to the source anyway. career and digital media related articles/blogs/op-eds are guilty of giving you a whole heap of nothing and just happening to promote the author’s workplace in the last sentence.

improv. it was fun and a nice escape from the day to day.

shows/performances. these days i really have to make an effort to catch a show, be it music, comedy or the theatre.

beach bumming. i need at least 3 beach outgoings next summer and at least one in the cold months

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shrooms brought me here

Posted on November 13, 2013January 10, 2017 by admin

tonight’s dinner brought me out of retirement. it was that good. the backstory is too long for a facebook post, so here’s some stream of consciousness that you may or may not enjoy.

it all started with yesterday’s lunch. i ended up at the hibachi truck. the vegetable medley included mushrooms. the mushrooms had such a good taste! when i went to the store that evening i got chicken and mushrooms (among other things). when i got home i seasoned the chicken with terriyaki sauce, ground pepper, garlic powder and onion powder. this was after pulling that annoying white bone gristle thing from each strip, which left some of them sort of… not in tact. i decided this would be stir fry chicken and cut them into big chunks. i figured i could cook the chicken the next day and have dinner plus some left over to throw in the salads that i also made (go on with my food prepping self, i know, i know).

when i got home tonight i thought “hmmm, what shall i have for dinner??? i’m not really that hungry after having a heavy lunch, but when has that stopped me before?” so to the fridge i went. Continue reading shrooms brought me here

show me the money?

Posted on April 20, 2012November 3, 2016 by admin

here is a list of opening weekend, total domestic and total worldwide sales for black movies dating back to 1971.

most of the numbers are from thenumbers.com and the movie titles link back to the movie’s profile on the site. i added a few additional movies and filled in missing data where possible from boxofficemojo.com.

given this info, what is your prediction for the opening weekend of think like a man? Continue reading show me the money?

5 ways to fight crime without killing people

Posted on March 27, 2012March 29, 2012 by admin

i had written a clever intro for this blog post with calculations of how often george zimmerman called 911 in the weeks before killing trayvon martin. but then i found out that the 46 calls he made to 911 were over a period of 8 years, not 2 months. womp, womp. still, 46 is a lot of emergencies.

most of zimmerman’s observations, alerts and issues didn’t warrant a call to 911. they were more appropriate for what we here in new york would report to 311 (the things 311 handles). the daily beast compiled a summary of zimmerman’s numerous calls and you can see the complete history of calls here from the city of sanford. i must say, this small town has released way more information that i would have expected.

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the long walk (almost) home

Posted on March 10, 2012 by admin

it’s springtime! almost. spring officially starts on march 20th, but mother nature was kind enough to give us a preview today with temps up to 70 degrees! and with warmth like that, what new yorker can pass up an opportunity to spend some extended time outside?

i planned ahead and wore my sneaks to work. i also brought sweat pants to change into so that i’d be comfortable on my walk. the goal: walk from work in midtown east all the way home to bk. google maps said it would be a little over 8 miles.

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