Wow, Americans really are that overweight. They expect shoppers to need insulin breaks (Tanger Factory Outlet Center)
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Wow, Americans really are that overweight. They expect shoppers to need insulin breaks (Tanger Factory Outlet Center)
Brooklyn bagels! Bagels and Brooklyn! Bagels, baby! (from @melanarchy long ago)
A forward from Neil in non-octupley-quoted form:
I love this movie and this character and this actor. “They’ll see everything. They’ll see the Big Board!”
“Mr. President, I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops.”
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
The US Census has published block-by-block data. This interactive map on the NY Times site shows the distribution of racial and ethnic groups in NYC. Below is my white, yuppie neighborhood (Boerum Hill):

The public housing project just south of me is glaringly obvious:

Makes one think a bit…
Ze Frank is much smarter and interested in understanding things in the world than I am. It’s somewhat shameful that I get my (very tiny portion of the total) world news and current events from comedians like Ze and John Stewart :P
I just got an email from Yelp that reminds me I have no life. I need grad school to end! Only about a (hellish) week left of this term though, so if you want to join me in searching for beer gardens in Brooklyn/Manhattan, drop me a line.
Now that it has finally stopped raining every day, it’s time to re-emerge from hiding and enjoy the rest of summer! And what’s the best way to do that? By drinking outside, of course! So slap on a sundress or suit up in seersucker, because this week we’re hitting up the best Brooklyn spots for imbibing outdoors!