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Category Archives: new york
NYC Triathlon 2008
I did the New York City Triathlon again this year, it was fun, but tough. I didn’t train as much for it this time, especially the swim, but I did ok. This year Joanne, Mom, and Dad all came to … Continue reading
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Bias incident
We’ve had a series of “bias incidents” at Columbia recently. In fact, there have been enough for the Columbia Spectator to create a nice timeline of them, which doesn’t include the most recent one. In October, right around the time … Continue reading
Haircut for less
I just got my hair cut. The cut was free, but the cab ride down there at the last minute cost $20. Looking at the haircut, I guess I came out just a little bit ahead. I went to the … Continue reading
Watermelon lobotomy
Recently we had a party at our apartment and I wanted to do myself one better than last year’s lychee bubbletinis. So in addition to making tapioca pearls and this time soaking them in a dilute honey solution to give … Continue reading
NYC Triathlon
Last Sunday I raced in the New York City Triathlon. It hurt, but was a lot of fun. It was an olympic distance race, so the swim was 1.5km down the Hudson, the bike was 40km up and back on … Continue reading
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Jury Duty
I had jury duty in New York City last week and it actually wasn’t too bad. It started off with a rather humorous video narrated by Ed Bradley and Diane Sawyer. The humor mostly derived from the inordinate portion of … Continue reading
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Oliver Sacks
Back before I got busy with the end of the semester and the beginning of the summer, I attended a talk Oliver Sacks gave at Columbia. His book An Anthropologist On Mars shaped the way I think about the human … Continue reading
Tarzan for less
On Friday, Joanne’s manager at work was trying to get tickets to see Tarzan for Saturday night. As she was checking out, she noticed that the total was $10.25 per ticket, including a $1.25 facility fee and $9 ticketmaster service … 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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