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Always a Bridesmaid

From a Times article about the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The members of Van Halen to be inducted are the brothers Alex and Eddie Van Halen; the bassist Michael Anthony; and David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar, who have replaced one another as the band'

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Mail

Undeliverable

It must be a year now since we moved from our old place. Last week we received a whole mess of holiday cards, automatically forwarded from our old address, from folks who apparently didn't get the memo about our change of address. Today, though, I got word from

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Manhattan

More on the Gas Smell

Gothamist has a roundup of reports on the Manhattan gas smell. Turns out my wife is one of the (numerous) folks who called 911 this morning to report it.

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Books

No, I'm Not Getting a Kickback

I love to read, but I'm not the sort of reader who is willing, like some, to walk down a street or subway platform absorbed in a book or magazine. Greg van Eekhout, though, has forced me into that mold twice in the past 24 hours, the bastard.

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Manhattan

What's That Smell?

There are a lot of sirens racing to and fro in midtown, maybe in search of the source of this mysterious smell that's hanging around: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/08/nyregion/08cnd-odor.html http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=

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Food

You Know ... Fry Sauce!

One of the stranger things about Utah fast-food joints is the ubiquity of a condiment known simply as "fry sauce." I didn't exactly realize how strange it was, though, until I moved out of Utah. An alert reader (sadly anonymous) of this blog brought a

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Ella-tion 2007 12-Month Calendar
Calendars

Ella-tion 2007 12-Month Calendar!

It took █████ and me a little longer than we had planned this year, but our 2007 12-month Ella calendar is finally available for purchase at the terribly reasonable price of $15.95, with shipping options as low as $1.91! Get yours today and have ❦ellapup hanging on your

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Food

Will Second Ave. Steal to Third?

Possible good news for hungry New Yorkers, and for certain out-of-towners of our acquaintance. The late Second Ave. Deli may be making a comeback in Murray Hill. The New York Sun has the story. That's not far from my office. Oh, I'm salivating! (Via

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Dumb Stunts

Subway Safety for Dummies

Speaking of which, I have a subway-tracks story of my own, though I was no hero, believe me. I had lived in New York only about two years when I let someone do something stupid. It was late at night and I was waiting for the train on a

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Manhattan

Hero Between the Rails

This brief article from the New York Times begins by asking who hasn't thought about what you'd do if you fell onto the subway tracks. I've certainly wondered, and more to the point I've wondered what it would be like to press

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Books

R.I.P. Coliseum Books

Damn, this is a shame, and damn, I wish I'd known sooner: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/nyregion/31coliseum.html

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Art

On Art

Actually, when one works, one comes to a solution much more quickly than when one sits and thinks. —Jasper Johns, quoted by Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, December 11, 2006

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