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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:59:53 GMT

The Beekman

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:22:25 GMT

Latest/Greatest photo of The Beekman

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P'Town

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:03:05 GMT

Yay, I'm off to Provincetown for the weekend. I'll take a camera.

I Was Young Once

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:42:30 GMT

This is what happens when you're gay in Georgia in 1978:

One of the signs of the apocalypse is when you hear your cutting edge favorite songs from the recent past in a slot machine:

Gray Day

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:42:37 GMT

It was a gray and rainy day in New York today.

I took my morning picture of the Beekman:

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I usually snap an afternoon picture too but I got out from work late and the Sun had set.

The Friends of Mr. Cairo

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:16:01 GMT

I barely remember this song but I also remember that I used to request it on WRNW radio when it first came out. It's called The Friends of Mr. Cairo and it's a collaboration by Jon Anderson of Yes and Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou who goes by the stage name Vangelis. Vangelis is probably best known for the soundtrack of the movie Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner. Also well known was his album Heaven and Hell which was selected by Carl Sagan's producers to be the background music for Cosmos. Come to think of it, maybe it's Jon Anderson who needs the career recap more here.

Peace

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:51:40 GMT

Wow! That was unexpected.

Congratulations to President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Love

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:40:13 GMT

Didn't love it.

I think my expectations were too high going in. The highlight for me was the strong start with Eleanor Rigby and later on, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (LSD). Although visually exciting, LSD was a letdown conceptually. They should have gone full Acid trip with that. I was disappointed with the While My Guitar Gentle Weeps segment of the show. The song has a big finish which was dropped. I then lost interest after that.

Love isn't a bad show but Ka, Mystere and O are all much better.

Just Flew In From 'Vegas, Boy! Are My Arms Tired!

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:18:00 GMT

I took some pictures while I was in Las Vegas. This one is of David:

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I'll spare you the hours of scrolling and put the rest behind the cut:

Here is the Red Rock Casino and Spa on the western edge of Las Vegas.

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The Red Rock Resort is pretty but I think the M Resort and Spa in the South is prettier.

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The Red Rock Resort has some very interesting lines.

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One of the reasons for the trip out to the Red Rock Resort was to get cash from the HSBC that the Google map was showing on my Google phone. I have an account at HSBC and didn't want to pay the $3.00 ATM fees that the other banks were charging. So we burned $6.00 of gas in search of the promised HSBC. It turns out that HSBC doesn't have any branches in Las Vegas. They only have a very nice looking call center ( with no ATM inside ). You'd think that if they're going to hire people in Las Vegas to answer their phones, HSBC would give those employees some perks like no fee checking at a local branch or something. Nope, no bank, just a call center.

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We rented a Mistubishi Galant from Hertz. That's about all I have to say about it.

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The Lobstermania slot machine actually plays the B-52's Rock Lobster during the bonus round.

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We left the Red Rock Casino and then ventured west on West Charleston Blvd into the hills just west of Las Vegas. About three miles out, we saw signs for a desert spring so we went to take a look.

The sandstone mountains were pretty in person, these photos make it look like a construction site by comparison.

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To a North Easterner like myself, "Springs" has a different meaning, this thing that they referred to as a "Spring" was a standing puddle. If you stepped into it, you might get your ankles wet, a little.

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The scenery was pretty though.

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Back in town, this was the view from my hotel room. If you ever stay at Paris Las Vegas and you get a room with a "P" after the number, smile, it's a good one. This is the view from 724p.

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There's No Place Like Home

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:55:37 GMT

New York New York, Las Vegas

One of the things I noticed when I first walked off of the plane last night was the air. There is water in the air here on Long Island. It's moist. I think I like moist.

FED

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:38:26 GMT

The solution is simple. Pull all of the census workers from the flyover states. Make certain that no census worker risks their life by venturing into an area where they might be the target of conservative hate. Then in Congress, in 2012, each of the flyover states will then be reapportioned one and only one congressman in the House of Representatives per the census taken in 2010. You don't count if you can't be counted.

It's as simple as that.

The Beekman

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:38:43 GMT

It grows, like a mushroom, except less mushy:

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Rachel Maddow Interviews A Conservative

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:05:13 GMT

Rachel Maddow interviews conservatives when they agree to appear on her show. Today she got a good one, Frank Schaeffer who wrote "Crazy For God". The interview starts at about 6 minutes in but the whole clip is a h00t to watch.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/32886436#32886436

Some highlights:

"Fifth column of insanity"
"Can Christianity be rescued from Christians"
"I think 'Beyond Crazy' is a better explanation"
"These people are standing on a hilltop waiting for 'The End'"
"We have a village idiot in this country, it's called fundamentalist Christianity"
"A village can not reorganize village life to suit the village idiot"

It goes on and on! I need to memorize this!

Sad

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:36:52 GMT

Hotel of Doom

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:17:30 GMT

The 105 story North Korean Hotel of Doom, which has never opened is getting a face-lift. The crane on top still hasn't moved going on 18 years.

Now that's lipstick on a pig.

The Weather Is The Suck

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:01:46 GMT

It's coming right for us, a full-on Nor'easter. Tomorrow, umbrellii will be useless. Quite a contrast to the lovely weather that we had eight years ago.

Keith Olbermann Makes Fun Of Glenn Beck

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:48:18 GMT

Keith Olbermann makes a funny at Glenn Beck's expense. Keith used to just point out the stupid, now he's openly mocking it. He's having too much fun :)

Beekman and William

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:52:05 GMT

Beekman Street and William Street Before ( thanks to Googlemaps ):

Beekman Street and William Street After ( thanks to Googlephone ):

Notice that the streetlight has been replaced.

The Beekman

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:19:57 GMT

The Beekman Tower from a far away perspective. As you can see, downtown Manhattan tends to eat up its skyscrapers:

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Or one can hunt around for a better perspective before snapping a photo, this is from the start of the street upon which the tower stands and after which it is named:

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Running Over A Squirrel

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:06:06 GMT

Convert the Unwashed Heathen Hoards

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:00:52 GMT

And groove to the techo-pop soundtrack

Douchebag of Liberty

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:13:37 GMT

The traitor Robert Novak is dead, we mourn, not really.

A Highlight Of Novak's Career

Chrome

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:44:50 GMT

I made the chrome extra shiny today

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1977 Mercedes 450SL

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:46:41 GMT

Got one in all of its baby-shit brown glory:

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A Reason To Avoid Churches

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:58:07 GMT

Nothing that will give you nightmares, unless seeing someone dancin' for the Lord gives you nightmares:

Thanks to Jesus' General for finding that gem.

Oh, and by the way, Sarah Palin doesn't actually write the stuff in her own Facebook page even though the notes that show up there reference "Me" and "My" as if she did.