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It’s true

We’re getting married. Ain’t that a kick?

ICE your next of kin

Here’s a simple idea: In your cell-phone address book, preface your emergency-contact person with the letters ICE (in case of emergency).
[Link: ‘ICE’ Cell Phone Plan Would Help Rescuers]

Boobs and the bird

Another reason I love New York: As nice as the boobs are, it’s the reaction of the guy at the next table…
(If you’re at work, catch a clue from the word boobs, okay? Thanks.)

Chertoff tells straphangers, Just die already*

Michael Chertoff, director of Homeland Security, back-burnered, yesterday, the task of protecting mass transit from terrorist strikes, saying the onus falls on local government. Chertoff’s reasoning? A plane-as-weapon might kill 3,000 people, whereas a bombing in a subway car would kill “only” 30.
Now, while I recognize that government officials perform a complicated calculus when […]

Cocktails on the patio

cocktails on the patio, originally uploaded by Jenblossom.

Squeeze 1 1/2 oz lime juice into a 9-oz. glass. Add 1 1/2 oz gin and 1/4 tsp sugar. Stir. Fill with ice and seltzer. Garnish with 1/2 lime shell. Enjoy on patio of your choice.
Recipe adapted from Internet Cocktail Database (cocktaildb.com).

Une petite victoire

For the past couple of years, I’ve been trying, off and on, to learn to read French. If you were to subtract all the “off” time from those couple of years, you’d probably find I’ve spent about two or three months in daily study, and that study has focused almost entirely on learning to read […]

Subway etiquette

I propose a deal. If I’m so dumb or so desparate for a seat that I actually sit in front of a subway map, I’ll gladly move my big ol’ head over so that you can read the map, and I’ll avert my eyes so I’m not watching you read the map.
However, I do think […]

The Dueling Covers of Queen Loana

I’ve been reading recently about Eco’s new novel, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana. The premise is simple: a bookseller awakens to discover he has forgotten his wife and children but not the hundreds of books he’s read. He then retreats to his childhood home and tries to reconstruct his memory by sifting through the […]