Only In New York: November 2006 Archives

So I’m standing in (the pretty long) line at Fairway, and a woman of a certain age comes by, eyes the length of the line, exclaims “this is a joke!” and leaves.

It took nearly all my self-control to refrain from saying “No, a joke is when a horse walks into a bar and the bartender says, ‘Hey, why the long face?’”

And in other news, today’s Veterans’ Day in the US and Armistice Day in much of the rest of the world. Honor those who have fought on your behalf.

• アップル - Macをはじめよう - TV CM
  Because the world can’t get enough of Japanese geeks, here’s the Japanese version of Apple’s Mac/PC ads.
  (tags: apple advertising video japan Geek humor mac osx)
• Reykjavik, Iceland: Saegreifinn - New York Times
  Lobster soup in Iceland. Delicious.
  (tags: food nyt lobster soup)
• NE StatePaper.com - Innocent Girl Held A Week In North Platte Jail
  Not news: cops arrest wrong person. News: because she looks exactly like the right person.
  (tags: law Photos jail wrongfullyaccused crime)
• Immigration, a Love Story - New York Times
  Getting that green card isn’t as easy as just marrying an American, it turns out. Plus, the INS is slow and bureaucratic!
  (tags: nyt immigration ins law)
• Searchblog
  Comparing the poetry of DH Rumsfeld with Rumi.
  (tags: poetry funny politics rumsfeld)
• 2blowhards.com: “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle”
  Who knew that a stoner movie would turn out to be a critical examination of race, immigration, and assimilation in the US?
  (tags: haroldandkumar movie politics race)
• Navy Joins New York Effort to Free Ship Stuck in River - New York Times
  Now the Navy is trying to help free the Intrepid. They probably should have been involved from the start, I think…
  (tags: nyc nyt intrepid navy stuck mud)
• Déjà Vu - Movies - Report - New York Times
  How to make a very big bang for film.
  (tags: movies nyt sfx boom)
• BetaNews | Allchin Suggests Vista Won’t Need Antivirus
  Jim Allchin suggests that a new feature of Windows will make anti-virus software obsolete. Yeah, right.
  (tags: microsoft security software windows vista unlikely)
• mental_floss store :: Shirts
  Great shirts.
  (tags: shopping tshirts)
• searchmash
  Google’s laboratory for testing search result designs.
  (tags: beta design google web2.0 Search searchengine)
• Is a burrito a sandwich? Judge says no - Yahoo! News
  (tags: food funny legal news)
• SFist: District 4 RCV Breakdown
  Ed Jew, who’s Chinese, beats Ron Dumdum, who is apparently not, in a city council race in San Francisco.
  (tags: politics sf odd)

• Bruner Blog: Ways in Which Learning to Ride a Unicycle Is Like Sex
  (tags: unicycle bruner)

• New glasses on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  Kottke gets new glasses, asks for opinions, is overwhelmed by tidal wave of comments.
  (tags: glasses jkottke flickr)
• NewYorkology: A New York Travel Guide
  Amy Langfield goes Xmas shopping in NYC with a pair of 10-year-olds.
  (tags: nyc shopping xmas)

In the passageway above the 1/2/3 tracks at Times Square, a mime flirts with the passing crowds; in a curious sartorial inversion, a black bustier is worn over a white blouse. From the platforms below, the sounds of a two percussionists duet filter up; one, on a drum set, pounds out thunderous, frenetic hip-hop rhythms while his compatriot hammers out “Hava Negila” on steel drums.