Live Blogging The Hurricane: OH YEAH

5:50 p.m.: So, the wind is still whipping out there, and I’ve got some more pics from today. These are stolen from Ken and Julianna’s Facebook pages (See, Bloomberg? There was some looting during the storm). This is from their neighborhood in Peter Cooper Village on the East Side of Manhattan: Meanwhile, I was just [...]

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Obligatory Earthquake Post

Holy cow, you guys. I just lived (hell, most of the East Coast just lived) through my first decently sized earthquake. I have the day off today, and I’m sitting in my living room and all of a sudden I feel the wall behind me vibrating – at first I blew it off as the [...]

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10 Years of Blogging: Great Moments in Cubicle History

I’m lucky in that for the last ten years, at two different jobs, I’ve worked with some very pleasant and very funny people, the kind that make you want to come to the office every day. Seriously, it’s pretty pivotal to have at least a few human beings you like around you during however many [...]

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10 Years of Blogging: The Yankee Memories (Oh, Come On – You Knew They Were Coming)

What would this blog be without mentioning the Yankees, oh, several hundred/thousands (I can’t count) times over the years? Here’s just a handful of the good times: •This was the first post I ever mentioned a game – so close, Moose. So close. • Aaron Boone. Maybe my most favorite post of all, for its [...]

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Ten Years of Friends, Chick-fil-A, Yankees, Chickens and Some of the Most Quotable People I Know

Ten years ago today, I found out what a blog was. I was talking to my friend Chris, who’d told me he’d started one and I was like, “Can I do that? I can’t even keep a diary…” but figured I’d try it out anyway, and figured it would last, oh, two weeks. Now, this [...]

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Quote of the Day

“That FAT LITTLE F— is back!!!!!!!!!!! I saw him last night — and yelled at him!” – My mother on the return of a groundhog to my parents’ backyard.

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Just Me, The Gatekeeper, The Keymaster and Zuul

We’ve had some fairly creeptastic lightning in the last few hours, very Ghostbusters-esque, even. It seems like the storms stay just on the outskirts of the JC and then terrorize elsewhere, and if they promise not to circle back and start making a racket at 2 a.m. as most storms seem to, then that’s okay [...]

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At Least Something Worked Today

So, let’s not even discuss my failed attempt to get to tonight’s game. Three hours total on subways and no game to show for it is quite vexing, so we’ll leave it at that. Except: STUPID STUCK DOORS. AND WATER MAINS. AND DEBRIS ON THE TRACKS. Anyway. Earlier today, I noticed this in my Twitter [...]

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Only a Man-Eating Shark Was Missing. And a Sassy Old Person.

So, last night I took the ferry home, because in keeping with my nautical, seafaring roots, I enjoy a bit of salt air in my hair from time to time (and also it’s the quickest way to the JC from my office). As I was walking to the pier, I noticed all these barricades and [...]

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Most Appreciated Comment From Last Night

From an email from Steph, titled “The Hobbit”, referring to a certain diminutive second baseman: “Well, he was slamming his petite paws on the bench…”

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What’s Right With This Picture?

The only thing awesome-r than Nick Swisher putting out a kids’ album? When said album is beating out the works of The Disney Princesses, bitchez. Now, if only it could overtake Kidz Bop – that would be quite the coup… (And now I’m putting all my hope in Swish somehow getting the Yankees to do [...]

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On My Thing With Mascots

So, I’ve just tuned into the game, and one of the first things I see is the White Sox’s shaggy mascot (FYI: it is neither white, nor a sock) staring into the YES Network camera. It may have been the most darling thing I’ve seen all day (I do work in New York, you guys [...]

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