Absurd Singularity

Good article on Jersey City in this week's New Yorker.

Pretty sharp analysis, if you ask me. But I don't live there. What do you think?

What makes Jersey City attractive to tenants—the fact that it is shiny and new and free of the messiness of New York or, for that matter, Newark—is the very thing that condemns it to a kind of terminal banality. Cities are heterogeneous by their very nature. They are built around public places, the most important of which are streets, and they are resistant to too much order. Great cities are eccentric and surprising. The only quirky thing on the whole Jersey City waterfront is the immense octagonal Colgate clock next door to the Goldman Sachs tower. The clock is left over from the days when the site was a factory complex.

at someone else's expense. =)

I guess reading a copy of The Anarchist's Cookbook while on a plane would be an even bigger no no.

Sheesh, like an actual suicide bomber would be WRITING IT DOWN? What, did the fellow passenger think just cause the guy was Japanese that he was getting ready to go kamikaze on their ass?

Who says it was a misspeak? ;-p

Just kidding, but it is a bit amusing.

"Cocaine's a helluva drug." At least he's been immortalized in a gut-busting The Chappelle Show skit. Not without its repercussions of course.

Anybody see this month's Chicago alumni magazine? There's a great article inside:

* TRUTH TAKES THE LID OFF CAMPUS LEGENDS
Are Fermi's notes radioactive? Do Pierce's rooms violate U.S. prison codes? Does anyone leave campus with a 4.0? Here are the facts behind Chicago's most popular legends.

Reading an article at Salon on the events in Najaf when this quote by a 26 year-old Iraqi student/fighter caught my eye:

"I am fighting to defend my leader, the Imam Ali and my religion. We will do anything to stop the Americans. They have sex and drinking and other things, and we don't want this."

WTF? They don't want sex and drinking?!? And they call themselves men. ;-p

yet so funny. Quicktime required. NOT work safe. Unless your coworkers don't mind profanity and the dreaded "N" word. Lots of it. But it's not everyday you get to see preppy white boys gettin' all offensively ghetto. And I guess you won't find it that amusing if you're a diehard Republican. Or maybe you will, who knows? And it's more for those of us living in or near NYC.

Oh, happy Friday the 13th!!! Good day for AVP!!!!! =)

Since this is a blog -- this was kind of an interesting article. Here's more if you want to read more.

Regardless of the fact that the whole premise behind this program is a little wacky, it does seem like anyone can take advantage of it. If not, how does one provide credentials on being a peaceful political activist in town for the RNC? So as long as you go pick up a pin from the NYC Visitors Center and print out the "Peaceful Political Activists Savings Card" from the website, you should be ready to go.

Well ok so I didn't really go anywhere, just been a bit preoccupied the past week to post anything. Anyway, hopefully should have a few entries lined up for the next few days. In the meanwhile, go and check out the new iMac G5! Not my cup of tea but still pretty neat.