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Hope in the Unlikeliest of Places

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

I know that I may bend in the direction of the naysayer on this blog sometimes. As in, the city only gets it wrong, we’re dirty, we build too many buildings, New Yorkers are assholes, etc. But, every once in a while I find something that is so great and positive and triumphant that it [...]

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Howlies In the Studio

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Hey all, good friends of Medium Happiness, Howlies are hard at work on their to-be-named debut LP. For those of you lucky enough to have caught them at Piano’s a couple of months ago, our eagerness should come as no surprise. The Howlies play a cool blend of early rock n roll and modern garage [...]

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Dear Mr. David Weprin and Mr. Tony Avella

Monday, April 7, 2008

This is the transcript of an email I sent to two of the clowns who have been some of the most vociferous opponents of the Congestion Pricing Plan.
Mr. Weprin and Mr. Avella:
As a purportedly educated people the two of you should be ashamed of your parochially mindless and outspoken stance against the congestion pricing plan.
Seriously, [...]

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Shut Your Mouths Congestion Pricing Opponents

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Sorry to beat this ad nauseum, but the local, loud-mouth New York City politicians, even on the day the congestion pricing plan passed, are still squawking about how the plan will hurt the middle class and poor from the outer boroughs. What’s missing? As usual, the congestion pricing put downers have not provided any qualitative [...]

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Frank Bruni You Filthy Son of a Bitch

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Quit Kibitzing and Pass the Gribenes, Frank Bruni, Second Avenue Deli
“All The News That’s Fit to Print” my ass.
This morning a friend forwarded me a New York Times review of the new Second Avenue Deli written by well-known food critic Frank Bruni. Something about this article made me uneasy. Then, I figured it out! There [...]

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Finally Someone is Telling the Truth About the Proposed New York City Congestion Pricing Plan

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

“Congestion pricing fairest for the poor”
Anyone who challenges the notion that New York City would benefit from congestion pricing has a fucking screw loose. There are way too many cars in Manhattan: it’s caustically dirty, unsafe to bike, and unsightly. One of the biggest sticking points of the plan has been the alleged insensitivity toward [...]

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Don’t Ever Complain About Your Morning Commute Again

Monday, January 28, 2008

I love it when a snow storm is poised to strike the NYC Metro area and the local newsies really grab hold of it and drum up the inclement weather fear for the millions or so of people that commute each weekday morning. First off, it’s not that bad, snow is kind of a nice, [...]

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