Monthly Archives: March 2007

Impostors

Recently, there has been a great upsurge in the use of the name “mim”. A few weeks ago I ran across this flyer on the street, wondering who this MIMS person could be. Jon Werberg forwarded me this village voice … Continue reading

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Music Labeling Game

I just launched a website: MajorMiner’s Music Labeling Game. From the intro: The goal of the game, besides just listening to music, is to label songs with original, yet relevant words and phrases that other players agree with. We’re going … Continue reading

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Shooting follow-up

To follow-up on my last post about the shooting in the Village, I just wanted to thank everyone for their kind wishes, in person, in the comments to that entry, and on the phone. While thinking about all of this … Continue reading

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Greenwich Village Shooting

Last night I went to hear my friend Mitch’s band, which was playing in NYC for the first time at the Lion’s Den. As we were standing outside the bar, on the west side of Sullivan Street, a guy walking … Continue reading

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Ms Fish

I’ve had a fish tank at my parents’ house for a long time, but my last fish just died recently. She was a silver dollar fish, and I believe that she was around 13 years old. That’s 13 people years, … Continue reading

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Bourne Ultimatum outside my apartment

This weekend they were shooting some car chase scenes for the Bourne Ultimatum outside my apartment. Check out the pictures I took. Last Saturday they closed off 26th street from 8th ave to Broadway to film some cars driving down … Continue reading

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Doctor Zhivago

I just finished reading Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, which I really liked. I liked the fact that Yurii Andreivich (Zhivago) was both an artist and a scientist. I enjoyed the depth of the philosophical discussions. I felt like I … Continue reading

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