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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Yay! I am 93% geek!
How about you?
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Get a Mac Santa Claus HD quality
I really like this MAc ad, and if you grew up watching the Rankin Bass Christmas specials during their first runs on network TV - gad, can that really have been 30-plus years ago?? - I think you will too. Of course, loving Mac can't hurt :-). Enjoy....
Monday, December 10, 2007
Michael at Target 2
Taken while Michael was walking around the photography studio, waiting to take pictures. I really, really love his voice...
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Trader Joes and our Conversion
So, yeah, yeah, I changed my mind.
When the Trader Joe's opened on 14th Street a few years back, I couldn't understand why everybody was making so much fuss over what I though to be a Long Island-based supermarket opening in the city. Ting and I even went in once and were not unduly impressed, which made the adulation for the place on the part of some customers all the more unfathomable.
Flash forward a few years. Now Michael is here. Now things have changed.
Today we woke up early, thanks to a full-on sonic assault from Michael that began at 6 AM and went on until 7:45, when we surrendered and crawled out of bed. We had to get breakfast and so we decided to combine that with a trip to the new Trader Joe's market on Woodhaven Boulevard and Metropolitan Avenue, which is only technically a Forest Hills location. We got a Q23 in time, made it to McDonald's, and afterwards walked the three blocks to the TJ's, which shares the space with an (as yet still unopened) Michael's crafts store and a Staples and is one parking lot away from Sports Authority and Home Depot.
We were floored. It was as if scales had fallen from our eyes. The place was moderately crowded but was filling up quickly at 10:30 on a Sunday morning. We began to inspect for food and prices.
The key word was "organic." Trader Joe's has a LOT of organic foods, a lot of vegan and vegetarian-friendly products, and all of the items we looked at today were for sale at unit prices that trounced those for comparable fare at C-Town, Key Food, Trade Fair, the Natural, Amish Market, and Organic Forever.
In short, we had a lot of fun, loaded up with 2 insulated bags and 2 paper shopping bags, and left. And yes, we now know that TJ's is based out of Monrovia, CA.
In sum: we will be back, although the lack of a car will make it tricky. It is that compelling. Now it may just be the "new store" factor, although I earnestly hope not. The other stores I mentioned above, in particular the Natural, need a quick boot in the pants to wake them up to this new competition. I can definitely see people who live on the Forest Hills Gardens switching, to say nothing of the folks who are coming in from Middle Village, Maspeth, and Glendale.
So yeah, we changed our minds. I, for one, welcome our new supermarket overlords. All hail Trader Joe's!
When the Trader Joe's opened on 14th Street a few years back, I couldn't understand why everybody was making so much fuss over what I though to be a Long Island-based supermarket opening in the city. Ting and I even went in once and were not unduly impressed, which made the adulation for the place on the part of some customers all the more unfathomable.
Flash forward a few years. Now Michael is here. Now things have changed.
Today we woke up early, thanks to a full-on sonic assault from Michael that began at 6 AM and went on until 7:45, when we surrendered and crawled out of bed. We had to get breakfast and so we decided to combine that with a trip to the new Trader Joe's market on Woodhaven Boulevard and Metropolitan Avenue, which is only technically a Forest Hills location. We got a Q23 in time, made it to McDonald's, and afterwards walked the three blocks to the TJ's, which shares the space with an (as yet still unopened) Michael's crafts store and a Staples and is one parking lot away from Sports Authority and Home Depot.
We were floored. It was as if scales had fallen from our eyes. The place was moderately crowded but was filling up quickly at 10:30 on a Sunday morning. We began to inspect for food and prices.
The key word was "organic." Trader Joe's has a LOT of organic foods, a lot of vegan and vegetarian-friendly products, and all of the items we looked at today were for sale at unit prices that trounced those for comparable fare at C-Town, Key Food, Trade Fair, the Natural, Amish Market, and Organic Forever.
In short, we had a lot of fun, loaded up with 2 insulated bags and 2 paper shopping bags, and left. And yes, we now know that TJ's is based out of Monrovia, CA.
In sum: we will be back, although the lack of a car will make it tricky. It is that compelling. Now it may just be the "new store" factor, although I earnestly hope not. The other stores I mentioned above, in particular the Natural, need a quick boot in the pants to wake them up to this new competition. I can definitely see people who live on the Forest Hills Gardens switching, to say nothing of the folks who are coming in from Middle Village, Maspeth, and Glendale.
So yeah, we changed our minds. I, for one, welcome our new supermarket overlords. All hail Trader Joe's!
Friday, November 09, 2007
The Mafia's 10 Commandments
Discovered in the Sicilian hideout of a Mafioso, the Mafia's 10 commandments:
1. No-one can present himself directly to another of our friends. There must be a third person to do it.
2. Never look at the wives of friends.
3. Never be seen with cops.
4. Don't go to pubs and clubs.
5. Always being available for Cosa Nostra is a duty - even if your wife's about to give birth.
6. Appointments must absolutely be respected.
7. Wives must be treated with respect.
8. When asked for any information, the answer must be the truth.
9. Money cannot be appropriated if it belongs to others or to other families.
10. People who can't be part of Cosa Nostra: anyone who has a close relative in the police, anyone with a two-timing relative in the family, anyone who behaves badly and doesn't hold to moral values.
1. No-one can present himself directly to another of our friends. There must be a third person to do it.
2. Never look at the wives of friends.
3. Never be seen with cops.
4. Don't go to pubs and clubs.
5. Always being available for Cosa Nostra is a duty - even if your wife's about to give birth.
6. Appointments must absolutely be respected.
7. Wives must be treated with respect.
8. When asked for any information, the answer must be the truth.
9. Money cannot be appropriated if it belongs to others or to other families.
10. People who can't be part of Cosa Nostra: anyone who has a close relative in the police, anyone with a two-timing relative in the family, anyone who behaves badly and doesn't hold to moral values.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Here, bunny bunny! Here, RABBIT!
This is just too cool to ignore (from Gothamist:)
This is absolutely astounding. It comes from a British advertising firm, and it adds more credence to my theory that a lot of the best and brightest minds in the world are going into fields like advertising - this video not only demands creativity, but smarts. Nice, nice job.
This is absolutely astounding. It comes from a British advertising firm, and it adds more credence to my theory that a lot of the best and brightest minds in the world are going into fields like advertising - this video not only demands creativity, but smarts. Nice, nice job.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
This is very sad (Martha Vega)...
My mother's home attendant, Martha Vega, was murdered yesterday:
Martha loved my mother very much. A deeply religious woman who never had children and was cursed (or blessed) with a powerful maternal instinct which she applied to everyone around her, she showered my mother with maternal affection - therapeutic for both of them, I think, especially since my grandmother's death. My mother adored her. Now I don't know what to tell Mom when she notices that Martha will no longer be there. I am so sorry she died so young (48). Her loss will be felt by all of us.
RIP, Martha. We will miss you.
Sad. Sad. Sad.
Martha loved my mother very much. A deeply religious woman who never had children and was cursed (or blessed) with a powerful maternal instinct which she applied to everyone around her, she showered my mother with maternal affection - therapeutic for both of them, I think, especially since my grandmother's death. My mother adored her. Now I don't know what to tell Mom when she notices that Martha will no longer be there. I am so sorry she died so young (48). Her loss will be felt by all of us.
RIP, Martha. We will miss you.
Sad. Sad. Sad.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Michael on Father's Day...
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Originally uploaded by rapnyc.
This was the most extraordinary moment for me. Ever. We went out to lower Manhattan for Father's Day, originally to head to the swimming pool, but we found that the pools would not be open till the end of June. We went to Seward Park instead, which had sprinklers running full blast, and we all got wet. Michael was in my arms when all of a sudden he just turned into me, wrapped his arms around my neck and just stayed there. We must have stayed like that for five minutes, and the whole time, the thought kept running through my mind: this is my son. Nice Father's Day...
Friday, June 15, 2007
So here we are at the end of the year...
...school year, that is. I am still going to Lehman with just 2 or 3 classes left, plus that goddamn thesis thing looming over my shoulder. My job is OK, I think, but I am growing restless there too because of growing issues there.
Home is great, though. Ting is a great mom, I am learning to be a good daddy, and Michael is blooming into a really sweet little boy who likes to play and be held upside down by his ankles, and whose current passion is slapping the hell out of an electronic bongo drum that teaches numbers and letters in both English and Spanish while a salsa beat plays in the background. Oh, and it has lights too! Cool!
This is a current Michael and Mommy:
So I really am thankful for everything about my family. Having a child is the best feeling in the world.
Home is great, though. Ting is a great mom, I am learning to be a good daddy, and Michael is blooming into a really sweet little boy who likes to play and be held upside down by his ankles, and whose current passion is slapping the hell out of an electronic bongo drum that teaches numbers and letters in both English and Spanish while a salsa beat plays in the background. Oh, and it has lights too! Cool!
This is a current Michael and Mommy:
So I really am thankful for everything about my family. Having a child is the best feeling in the world.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Rorschach!!!
Ok, not really. But it IS a test photograph that Watchmen director Zack Snyder is showing to studio suits in order to get them hot for the project (and then, presumably, up the budget. Hooray.) I like it very much; Rorschach was flat out my favorite character in the story, and he is one of the main three characters, so I am glad he is the first one we so far.
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