Trailer: Treme (from the makers of The Wire)

This is going to be terrific.

DST Related Suicides?

* The number of serious heart attacks jumps 6% to 10% on the first three workdays after the start of daylight saving time, according to a 2008 Swedish study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

* Men are more likely to commit suicide during the first few weeks of daylight saving time than they are during the rest of the year, according to a 2008 Australian study in the journal Sleep and Biological Rhythms.

* The number of traffic accidents in the U.S. spikes on the Monday after the clocks move forward, researchers reported in the journal Sleep Medicine in 2001. Canadian researchers have pegged the increase there at 8%, according to a 1996 study in the New England Journal. In Sweden, it jumps by 11%, according to a 2000 study in the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention.

Daylight Savings Time Is Trying to Kill You « via Gawker via Gerry Canavan

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The New Yorker reviews The Tempest

So does the NYT. Both do the play better than I could do here.

And after having sat through last Friday night’s 2 1/4 hr performance (sans intermission), I have to say it was one of the best stage shows I’ve ever seen in terms of set, acting, and style. Then we were lucky enough to be there for a famous BAM artist talk/panel afterwards where even more light was shed on the process of playing out Shakespeare’s swan song. Loved it all.

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Originally Posted By thegreg

thegreg:

Spending the weekend at the Harry Packer Mansion in Jim Thorpe, PA. A murder mystery weekend at the bed and breakfast will go through tomorrow night and the weekend will conclude with another St. Patrick’s Day parade here on Sunday.

Greg is winning the weekend.

thegreg:

Spending the weekend at the Harry Packer Mansion in Jim Thorpe, PA. A murder mystery weekend at the bed and breakfast will go through tomorrow night and the weekend will conclude with another St. Patrick’s Day parade here on Sunday.

Greg is winning the weekend.

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Andrea’s taking me to see The Tempest at BAM tonight.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a professional stage production and even longer since I’ve seen Shakespeare. Very excited.

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The Pacific: Extended Premiere Trailer (HBO) (via HBO)

This Sunday night at 9pm - Find someone with HBO. This is going to be worth it.

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My Way - Abstract City Blog - NYTimes.com

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Originally Posted By libraryland

I prefer women with a past. They’re always so damned amusing to talk to.

Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan (via libraryland)

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Originally Posted By inothernews

Erin and I have our first date tonight, and it has to be perfect. Why? Because according to How I Met Your Mother, that’s the date that your kids are gonna wait patiently to hear about, and you better have a good story for them.

ANDY, The Office

(via popculturebrain)(via tallwhitney)(via thedeadline)

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jesslustbader asked: Pete, you're killin me with the tumblr-to-facebook posts. Is this phase almost over?

Fair enough and a good point. I never spend any time on Facebook so I am completely disconnected from what the experience must be like to have me as a friend and all up in your news feed from posting here.

No longer.

PS - Friend me.

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THAT LOOK!

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Andrea and me looking gorgeous, at an Oct. 3rd wedding last year at Central Park’s Tavern on the Green, just after a rainfall for patio cocktails. Beautiful.

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