Year: 2022
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TWTW in 2022
The top stories from 2022.
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Funny thing about MetroNorth
After catching an epic Phish concert at MSG on 12/29, I took the MetroNorth from Grand Central to meet my cousin to see Dark Star Orchestra at the famed Capitol Theater in Port Chester. I’ve never been to the Cap but have heard numerous tapes of legendary shows from this venue so I was looking […]
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Hunterisms
In honor of tonight’s Dark Star Orchestra concert at the famous Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY (which I’ll be visiting for the first time), here’s a list of Robert Hunter lyrics that I found in an old notebook. If you’ve listened to the Grateful Dead, you’ve heard these lines over and over again, embedded […]
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Incident in English 177
I took a course at UC Berkeley called The Literature of Philosophy in which we would spend hours debating philosophical constructs and how language was used to express an idea. Out of all the things we debated, one of the most memorable was a particular lecture from which my notes, after all these years, still […]
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New Yorkers Stick Together
New Yorkers face all sorts of hassles that come with living in the big city. Whether it’s the daily breakdown of the subway or a parade blocking your crosstown taxi, these is always some minor inconvenience that comes with living in a vibrant city. The day-in-and-day-out of millions of people rubbing shoulders, fulfilling their dreams […]
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When the New Jersey Nets came to Tokyo
Going through some old boxes during the holidays I came across this old press pass which has a funny story behind it which I’ll share for posterity. In 1996, the then New Jersey Nets came to Tokyo to play against the Orlando Magic. The NBA was reaching to Japan to expand awareness of the sport […]
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The week that was
Russia deploys the circus to the front lines, bitcoin tulips and the bird site saves a penguin.
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The week that was
Donald Trump trading cards, the firehouse fire and a flash fish flood in Berlin.
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ChatGPT Fun
I went to today’s State of the Word presentation in person (woohoo, so nice to attend in-person events once again!) and one question was about the dreaded “build-to-launch gap” where you build a website for a client and then it takes them months to post anything into the beautiful container you built for them. There […]
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The week that was
Florida man challenged by Georgia man and Ye’s dual awards