December 22, 2024

 

Christmas 2024

 

 

 

Brooklyn Christmas Bird of the Year: Red-Shouldered Hawk

 

Red-shouldered Hawk is not common in the city but as a regular winter visitor may be encountered with the good fortune of the season, like this one perched on a south Brooklyn streetlamp.

January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924!

rickey henderson dies at 65. was my favorite non-met though technically a met as he played for them as well as the yankees. will always be an oakland a long after there will be an a in oakland.

Eric J Smith Writer's Studio, Ct.

Schwarz at Theodore

Who knew ? Chia pets

Just ordered the big MoMA book on Judd. Should arrive before Christmas.  Will report back soon

did not see the pamela anderson third act coming. no pun intended.

Does "funnily enough" ever sound right?

Watching soilent green on TCM. Possibly for the first time. 

“While these cameras are ostensibly intended for traffic, they also serve to acclimate us to the idea that constant monitoring is an everyday part [of] life in the city,” Kolman writes on the website. “No matter the target of this surveillance, it’s clear from looking at the map that most New Yorkers get unconsentingly captured by the lens of at least one camera—if not several—every day.

so busy with my stupid spy shows i missed the one happening in real time. this is a good read on syria.

was about ready for a new pair of hikers moreso after i stepped in dog shit and the cleanup took off more than just the dogshit. still wearable but i started looking. i was hoping for something other than the merrell moabs which are fine and you can usually find a good deal on them ive had two pairs but they are kind of drab but serviceable. when ive gone away from them i usually end up with something too stiff, ya know, for actual hiking, and i probably did the same again  but i found a good price on these today $76 (!!!) so i figured id give them a go. not my first color option but thats what was available. even has free returns. i did check to see if the seller was legit and according to reddit they are.

NY sports concession history