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This article in the NYT magazine is very cute and should be read before it's locked away under the annoying passwords and subs needed.
And here's a question for That's Plenty, Can you name everything you've ever boughten at a Hot Topic? I bought a Rudimentary Peni 7" and this weird contraption, like reverse pliers, to get my old earrings out for when I visited my great uncle.
Looked like this, but silver, and basically had to put the metal edges in the hoop and squeeze and it would extend making the little ball drop out.
As it turns out, the mysterious mansion that is located on my old block on Gates Avenue in Bed-Stuy is called Gibbs Mansion. Probably owned by someone wealthy named Gibb in the 1850's, "the once-dilapidated mansion has been transformed into service-enriched housing for low-income community residents living with HIV/AIDS." Mystery solved!
Ah, reminiscing about Bed-Stuy architecture always brings me back to Broken Angel, featured in Dave Chappelle's Block Party for those of you who have never had the pleasure of living in Bed-Stuy. I've always wanted to see the documentary Broken Angel (1991) by Margot Niederland. Has anyone seen this?
At work today I had a problem connecting to the scanner. The error message told me that my computer was "unable to locate the TWAIN source." This prompted me to ask our IT consultant what TWAIN meant. As he could explain only TWAIN's function but not what it stood for, I was forced to consult Wikipedia to satiate my hunger for knowledge.
As it turns out, TWAIN is an acronym for "Technology (or Toolkit or Thing) Without An (or Any) Intelligent (or Important or Interesting) Name". This is my new favorite acronym.
What's your favorite acronym? Is it a recursive acronym?
Anyone have health insurance not from a spouse, parent or from work?
1) How many hours do you work a week?
2) Are you wasting your life?
3) Are you wasting your youth?
Last night I was involved in a heated discussion involving the word, "Methuselah". I repeatedly claimed that Methuselah meant giant monster, not unlike Leviathan. My adversary in turn kept changing the subject, trying to tell me what Leviathan means, even though I already knew (a biblical sea monster (often considered a big crocodile) and is commonly used as a synonym for large creature). Eventually I stopped arguing because I was too lazy to look it up and because my adversary clearly didn't care one way or another.
Well, adversary, and thatsplenty readers, I'll tell you anyway. I was pretty much right, but also sort of wrong. Methuselah is, like Leviathan, originally biblical. It is the name of the 969-year old guy. According to the Book of Genesis 5:27: "And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died." The word today can be used to refer a very old person, "I feel older than methuselah today. damn."
Methuselah is also the name of a 4700 year old tree in California. It used to be the oldest living thing in the world. Until they discovered a creosote bush was discovered that is thought to be 12,000 years old. But it doesn't even have a name, so it's probably a lie.
Tomorrow it's back to the old Alma Mater to see my remaining college friends bid Bennington farewell. However, I think I may have made a big mistake. In order to get a free commencement dinner, I committed to speaking on an alumni panel, offering suggestions and hints to graduating seniors. But as the day fast approaches, I'm starting to get a little nervous. I mean, how can I tell them that if they didn't pick up some sort of skill set at Bennington, it's kind of too late? How do you tell artists that you hope they like serving people coffee or answering phones? How do you tell them that if they didn't make any connections during FWTs, they should probably be prepared to whore themselves around for a few years? What can I say to them? Anyone? Anyone?
p.s. I'm also going to Bennington to buy Jim's moped. Maybe we can be moped buddies, Ryan? Mine's not a fire engine bike, but it is purple...and Dutch.
OOC any one have any insite into St. Kilpat's this year? Ya, know for old times sake..
Also, whacking day presents Snakes On A Plane trailer
Question Please tell me about your gentle mugging. I believe Sam, Dylan and Eric have all been mugged, ever so gently. Steven, have you? Is Milstein reading this? I think she may have coined the phrase.
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