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Fried Oreos, to me, represent the pinnacle of American achievement. The cultural infrastructure required to support this exotic weaponization of food stretches far and wide and confesses the nature of our collective spirit: forget heart attacks and malfunctioning internal organs; the only real death to worry about in the Land of the Free is a … Read more

You can always find bottles. That observation comes from a man who juggled wine bottles at the intersection of East Houston and Chrystie on Saturday. Richard would have been juggling traffic cones, like he was in this video from Bowery Boogie, but they were stolen overnight. I’ve had lights stolen off my bicycle on 41st … Read more

Summary This video is one of many off a YouTube channel, Fast.Forward, offering “quick perspectives on the changing face of marketing.” In it, Jim Lecinski, the managing director of U.S. Sales for Google argues the importance of speed over perfection when it comes to releasing marketing materials. I translate that as, “If you’re a storyteller, … Read more

The story: Rep. Maloney’s Husband Dies on Tibet Trek

1. Siren 2. Influence 3. Reflect 4. Spectre 5. Fall 6. Onward

If buttermilk biscuits are your god, then your holiest of pilgrimages must lead you to the Clinton Street Baking Company and Restaurant. Map: 4 Clinton Street (between East Houston and Stanton). And a life is unlived unless these menu items have been embraced, the first couple in conjunction with the biscuit: The maple butter, ordered … Read more

Until a video camera is embedded in my skull and turned on or off with the flick of a thought, I will be making do with http://qik.com/flyingflashlight.