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Babble On, Brother

One wonders if this Fox commentator really gets the joke. It's kinda hard to tell. I've long been a devotee of the Steely Dan web site, and their tongues are usually so far in their cheeks they're in danger of getting bitten off. Like

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News

TGIF?

I'm afraid we're not surprised by this, but at least everyone seems to be paying attention now: Queens Blackout May Last Through the Weekend And it only took four days of complaining! (Via █████.)

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News

Welcome to the Club

But sometimes our mayor is pretty funny, as in this bit from AM New York: "The sad thing is, this shouldn't have happened," Bloomberg said. "We don't know why, but the most important thing—make sure nobody dies or gets hurt and then

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News

Fort Tomahawk, The Bronx

What's that blocking traffic up ahead? Oh, nothing just a Tomahawk Missile. Heh heh. http://wcbs880.com/pages/59470.php (Via █████.)

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Cycling

Where'd You Get That Shiner, Floyd?

Via cyclist friend Colin, Patrick O'Grady starts asking important questions about the Tour de France: Beer Me, Floyd And that magical elixir called Shiner Bock gets a shout-out, proving that evil is not the only thing Texas exports.

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New York City

Conned Again

ConEd's statement: NEW YORK - Con Edison wants its customers in Northwest Queens to know that our crews are doing everything possible to restore power to its customers affected by the recent heat wave. The damage to our equipment was significant and extensive. We worked very closely with customers,

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New York City

Conned

No power until next week? So says Gothamist. Jesus!

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Podcasts

Municipal Voyeurism

I haven't even had a chance to listen to it yet, but my story "Observations from the City of Angels" is available now from the Escape Pod podcast, read by Stephen Eley! Listen now! Let me know what you think, and I'll do the

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Groove Hunter
Cd Mix of the Month

July's CD Mixes of the Month

My contributions to the July CD Mix of the Month Club were Groove Hunter and Groove Hunter 2. We were scheduled to meet at The Porch over on Avenue C, but it turned out to be closed for renovations and surrounded by a huge wooden fence. So we met at

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New York City

The 8% Solution

When you call ConEd today, they'll report an 8% voltage reduction in northwestern Queens. In our bit of Astoria, though, it's more like 8% voltage period. For a couple of days now, throughout the heat wave, our power has flickered from time to time. We had

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News

Stet Peeve

Never again would be too soon to hear the phrase "war-torn Lebanon" one more time.

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Cool

Human Space Invaders

Presented without comment, for the benefits of classic video game aficionados: http://www.pistolwimp.com/media/48474

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