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hot on twitter. best seat? in order.
Through Time, and Time Again
Christmas Recycles
One Year’s Tree
Is another’s Yule Log;
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31135/how-did-slipping-banana-peel-become-comedy-staple
Jim was the first person I know to mention meteorologist Jeff Masters, who I've followed ever since (like, almost 20 years).
At the end of the month Dr. Masters is leaving his company Weather Underground, which was absorbed by the Weather Channel and then IBM (!) and will be blogging at Scientific American.
It's the weekend...
HB for AW
Yesterday was International Sloth Day, so I'm just getting around to posting this.
https://patch.com/new-york/ditmaspark/skunk-spotted-prospect-park-what-may-be-first-time
RIP R Hunter
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robert-hunter-grateful-dead-dead-889788/
No real surprise, but the actual numbers are staggering:
North America has lost 3 billion birds in 50 years
damn I hope you Canadians have been living beyond your means
rip second wave (2002, please) blogger, mark kleiman.
Remembering my father, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Time flies.
RIP Mad Magazne
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mad-magazine-winding-down_n_5d1da141e4b04c48140eed2e
dont go away mad, just go away
anybody ever go to the jane hotel? saw some comedy-type monologue show interspersed with a couple of songs last night. couple of the performer were good including the one i went to see, others not so much. but i was fortunate to get one of the last seats in the balcony though it was on a low couch and i had to spy the acts through the ironwork railing and occasionally fronds from a large plant. place definitely has a wes anderson vibe only slightly creepier. the room was cool though. here it is on its best day bathed in natural light. probably 25% shabbier in reality which is fine by me.
whats this place go for? 2, 300 grand?
Hogging the blanket? The endless carousing?