September 2009
August 2009
Question: Brooklyn Blogs
What ‘Brooklyn’ (local events, listings, news, etc.) do you read/check/subscribe to regularly?
Thanks guys! There’s an organization I’m working with that I’m trying to spread the word about and wanted to know who to talk to in Brooklyn.
Reblog with your first job and age you started...
onemoretimewithfeeling:
1happyst:
biteofpythias:
Grocery store produce department. 14 yrs.
JJ’s Sports Bar. Morning cleanup. 12 years old. Job sucked (for obvious reasons), but got all the free fountain Coke I could drink.
Besides babysitting (starting at 13), I worked at my dad’s golf store - Bobick’s Discount Golf. No, my last name is not Bobick. It’s so much cooler than that. Oh, and I...
“Julie Myerson is a British author. She had a teenage son. He started smoking...”
– Killer British Weed Makes Kids Go Loco, Moms Write Books - Drugs - Gawker
subway intervention
lauraemily:
I stepped on to the Q train this morning and saw two individuals who appeared to be former opiate addicts (once you work in substance abuse for oh, let’s say 2 weeks you just…know). I stood close to them and listened in on their conversation for about 30 seconds before one of them mentioned that their current doctor wouldn’t prescribe Suboxone (the pharmacotherapy intervention that...
“Seniors are like the American West. They depend on government and then say they...”
– Julian Zeilzer (via azspot) (via apsies) (via think4yourself)
Reminder:
antikris:
If you’re going to have a post work, pre work, or even just a cocktail for no particular reason tonight, do it on Ave A. Here are some of the bars I know for sure are participating in giving 50% of their profits to the family of slain bouncer, Taz Pagan…
Drop Off Service, Planet Rose, Forbidden City, Common Ground, Habibi Lounge, Superdrive, Destination Bar
See you tonight!
For...
60ish LITERARY EUPHEMISMS FOR MASTURBATION →
meaghano:
(via frakintosh)
1. Blurbing yourself
2. Burying the lede
16. Giving your narrative a Faustian theme
17. Having a strong opinion in your writing workshop about the power of symbolism
32. Paying extra for the hardcover
40. Proofreading the galleys
45. Reading poetry aloud
49. Shooting your own author’s photo 55. Stocking the remainder table
3. Challenging Alexander Pushkin to...
“So … talking endlessly on Fox News about your opinions on enhanced...”
– Cheney May Not Cooperate With CIA Interrogation Probe — Daily Intel — New York News Blog — New York Magazine
Infinite Summer comes to a close [for me]
Read: 93.4% [916/981] - or 65 pages / 15 endnotes.
The end if nigh. And then I’ll immediately start again at page 1 (or so I hear)
How difficult can it really be to delete all of the pictures off your iPhone? Because 2 years in, I still dont’ know.
“Here’s an example of the phenomenon in action. I worked for a nonprofit media...”
– Five Key Reasons Why Newspapers Are Failing, pt. 2 | Politics & Media | SPLICETODAY.COM
“I didn’t have an easy childhood (who ever does?). I grew up super-poor, welfare,...”
– Junot Diaz
Great interview by Omnivoracious.
(via printedandbound) And even better book.
“he is/was one of the few writers who can crawl into my brain and whisper to me....”
– : i love vonnegut.
“If valid, the study has important implications for interpreting risk-taking in...”
– Study, via Are Risky Teens Really Just Horny Little Adults? | The Awl
This study intrigues me because I was totally one of those “teens who are less cool likely to engage in such behavior” (as Balk puts it), and now sometimes struggle in relating my comparatively “safe”...
“The question “What are your ten favorite books?” is always a trap because no one...”
– Kevin Guilfoile, Infinite Summer » Endnotes
Some well-known book cover designers talk about... →
kayfabe:
(via kottke)
Watchnickdouglas:
Hulu - The Graduates
I’ve been a big fan of Ryan Gielen’s ultra-indie film “The Graduates” since I got a copy last year. I saw one of his homemade screenings at the Astoria Beer Garden this spring. Now the movie is free on Hulu. Congrats Ryan!
To watch.
Joystiq's review of 'Batman: Arkham Asylum' →
danhacker:
I was already planning on picking up this game on Tuesday, but with praise like…
“Batman: Arkham Asylum is unquestionably the best licensed game I’ve ever played.”
If that doesn’t sell skeptics on this game, I don’t know what will.
My friend Jon just said: its amazing. its one of the best games ive played.
May be the next game I buy.
“Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn’t work? You...”
– Random Thoughts from People Our Age. (via nowwhat)
Pimp my cat
noraleah:
Peter emailed me this response to a Craiglist ad offering our fantastic FREE COUCH, which is accompanied by a photo of Wilkes lounging on it:
Hi, I don’t want your couch (although I’m sure it’s lovely), but I have to know- is that gorgeous cat on the couch a maine coon or norwegian forest cat? i have a tuxedo maine coon and i’ve always wanted an orange one. Yours is absolutely...
“It really feels like the end of the world. In science magazines there are...”
– Long Player With D. R. Adams: Gorf, The End Of The World, And The Legacy Of Danzig | The Awl
Ryan Adams’ first column for the Awl, starts out good and keeps building.
“Trying on pants is one of the most humiliating things a man can suffer that...”
– Larry David (via thirdgrowth) (via josh)
