Before the staff shake-up, the mood of Steve Harrison’s team was either gloomy or deluded, depending on which one you spoke to and when you spoke to them. Impossible as it seemed, there was no middle ground. Harrison had a puncher’s chance, and this was accepted as an indisputable fact. Yet, as [...]
So I was doing a little googling this morning and found a link to the now universally lauded Randy Pausch’s final lecture, which is fittingly titled “Last Lecture” with a subtitle that I do not immediately recall (I think it had something to do with childhood dreams). At any rate, if you’re bored, go [...]
The Rockaway Peninsula finally gets a proper 50’s diner at Beach 116th between Newport Avenue and Rockaway Beach Boulevard. There is a lot of municipal parking in the area, but bring some quarters as the lots are not free–at night (after 7pm, I believe) the meters are not in effect. Parking on [...]
As you will notice soon enough, I’ve decided to 86 the story-a-month thing in favor my old blogging style. Anyway, dear reader, for your entertainment pleasure, here are a few pics I managed to take with my iphone while I was in AC. No, I will not be buying the new 3G iphone!
Here are a few I’m reading, or have already read this summer.
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, by James R. Hansen
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories, by Ernest Hemingway
Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami
This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff
