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Catching up with some of my rss feeds found this nice little photo over at Flora Douvillea blog about Parisian Life:

Reminded me of a photo I took a few weeks ago at Coney Island:

A sort of visual association game Brooklyn’s answer to Paris but what’s interesting is the comparions go deeper. That wire structure towering outside the Brooklyn Cyclone’s MCU Park has, according to wikipedia, been named the Eiffel tower of Brooklyn. The comparions between Brooklyn USA and Paris FR go further as well. Grand Army Plaza

is also called Brooklyn’s Arc de Triomphe. What’s with the overlap? To my knowledge Manhattan doesn’t look for such parity. If it means beautiful structures to pretty up the place I guess I’ll take it.

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Lolcat novelty photograph image (via Chicken Crap)
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You’d be doing me a favor image (via big fun)
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Monkey’s eating Jello video (via Vitamin Briefcase)
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Which Paris?? image (via chicken crap)
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imagine waking up tomorrow… image (via PaperTissue)
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If they invented a way to have sex over the internet web comic (via a softer world)
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Tim Buckley image (via Nerd Boyfriend)
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This is one of the coolest pics I’ve seen in a long time. (via Near Future Laboratory)
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Quiet the lizard brain

Seth Godin: Quieting the Lizard Brain from 99% on Vimeo.

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Yellow pants [pics] (via Cup of Jo)

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BLDGBLOG: NAKATOMI SPACE [Pics] — interesting essay about how Die Hard can be read as a lesson in unconventional paths when traversing space.

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It’s actually been beautiful here on the east coast but here is a song that reminds me of rainy days. Good luck, Cali. (via hrrrthrrr)

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Joannagoddard on the disappearing Sea lions at Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco [Pics]

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Twitter Stalking (via Rocketboom)

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Popped Culture: Curious George Learns a Hard Lesson About Desire [Video]

Our most recent positing on Craigslist elicited an odd reCaptcha moment:

To add a bit of context: our posting on craigslist was for a room in our apartment. We were using my girlfriend’s computer. She is jewish. So the “random generation” was all the more to the point and bizarre in it’s hilarity. [The room is still available and open to one of any faith]

Perhaps her computer is just sending her messages in general. Here’s what iPhoto had to say about her:

Kim inspired me to dig through the archive to find the oldest digital photo of myself. This one comes from Christmas Eve 2003 when I would have been 23 (still older than Kim :/ ). I don’t even believe I owned a digital camera at this point so not sure where this came from. Though I still have that shirt and wear it often.

Ahhhh… digital nostalgia.. I like Kottke’s recent musings on it. Also Rocket Boom has a must read for any would be time travelers.

What I did yesterday. Didn’t fight but it was fun energy.

YouTube - Wall Street Pillow Fight 2009 Including Arrest

Pics also here and while you’re at it follow me on Twitter.

Video by Jay Rohrs. You should follow him on Twitter also.

I’m about a third of the way through Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and I’m starting to realize why Tom Robbins was recommended to me as an author to check out several years ago; thoroughly entertaining and completely up my alley. Aside from the convenience of having the book available for free on my bookshelf (ah the joys of living with a bookstore employee), one of the things that drew me to reading it was my remembrance of the 1993 movie starring Uma Thurman.

I haven’t ever seen it but needless to say I’m anxious to jump to it following finishing the book. What’s not to like? Keanu Reeves and Uma Thurman in their 90’s prime, John Hurt, it even has Roseanne (Arnold at the time) — and it’s directed by Gus Van Sant! This movie just seems too good to pass up. Poking around, however, all that I’ve been able to find were scathing reviews and this is coming from someone who reads ALOT of reviews. I don’t think I’ve ever seen something so terribly panned.

Check out the reviews on imdb. Ebert has nothing nice to say either. It has a 24 percent on Rotten Tomatoes — even Plan 9 has a 62 percent rating!

While blogging at my new favorite Brooklyn coffee shop, this strange contraption rolled up. The strange, large, bald man inside, dressed in all black proceeded to deliver a fresh load of coffee. The logo on the side says “Kitten Coffee.” I want to imagine that he somehow drove the thing from the eastern bloc.

Sources, however, suggest that it most likely driven from within the borough.