Archive for November, 2007
Pre-Thanksgiving Stuff
A somewhat productive weekend - about halfway in the 50000 word National Novel Writing Month project.
Otherwise a sadly lazy Sunday. Watched Kylie Kwong on Discovery Home channel. As noted in a past FC post, I can’t get over her Australian accent. This particular episode I watched had her cooking noodles with her [...]
Posted: November 20th, 2007 under Brooklyn.
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Objects Are Farther Than They Appear
The billboards in Vegas make it seem that each casino is right there right where you can grab it. But that is not true - it is always a struggle to get from one to the other, or even to find the exit. A property that is “on the other side of the block” [...]
Posted: November 18th, 2007 under En route.
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A Mid-November Pre-Thanksgiving Friday/Saturday
“The Death of E-Mail,” as this Slate article notes? No way! I still e-mail. I love e-mail. E-mail, don’t go away… (ok, yeah, I’m being facetious. Just a tad; darn teenagers think they rule the world with fads and dropping e-mail for Facebook and MySpace).
Readings: just finished reading former [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 under Brooklyn.
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Groundwork, or Why Costo for Travel
Made it into Vegas early Wednesday. Perfect 3 point on-time landing with American Airlines. New for Vegas this year - all of the car rental companies are now in a new Rent-A-Car mall. There is only one bus for all rental car companies that take you there. Literally, it is a mall in reverse - [...]
Posted: November 15th, 2007 under Las Vegas.
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Post Veteran’s Day Stuff
On a serious note: on Tuesday, I had attended the tail end of the NYS/NYC Bar Associations’ rally at 60 Centre Street in support of the Pakistani bar’s situation, the event of which I had noted in a previous blog post. I’m not exactly sure of the media’s coverage of City Bar’s approach (Sewell [...]
Posted: November 15th, 2007 under Brooklyn, Manhattan.
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