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Have to be at the airport at some horrible hour of the morning tomorrow (dad is also traveling, 1.5 hours before us…and he’s our ride).

Back to NYC on Thursday…

The NYT does some investigating and finds out where a majority of the spontaneous umbrella vendors get their supplies from–B and B photo

Literally when it starts to rain in NYC these guys appears outside of the subway stations with their goods.

Anger: NYC Market Charges ‘Energy Surcharge’

The market in question is the grossly overpriced to begin with Eli’s (3rd Ave and 80th).

/Trader Joes ftw!

Oh, the UWS…

This video of the McCain for Manhattan group parading through a street fair this past weekend is just priceless.

Obviously, McCain does not poll well amongst UWSers who enjoy attending street fairs.

Feh…the annual GA meeting is this week, meaning city-wide headaches.

Thank goodness I work on the West Side of town

Very creative article title in the WSJ the other day (I’ll find the link later)

This poll result though, has to be an anomaly…

Shock Poll: Jews Now Favor McCain in New York, 54-32

I’ll assume that most of those polled were not residents of the Upper West side?

Even with 14% either undecided or voting other, those are some suprising numbers. My un-educated guess would be that McCain is scoring higher with the more religious demographic than Obama. The main topics would probably be Israel, charter schools, his “maverick” reputation, etc.

The ultra-orthodox Jews in Williamsburg don’t seem to be too happy with some new bike lanes going through their part of town.

The main culprits: Hipsters.

Now the ultra-orthodox Jews in question are the extremely insular (could one say “xenophobic”) Satmar sect.

Now this pits two not too popular groups against each other. But in this case the Hipsters may have the advantage–as the Satmar’s need to realize that if they’re gioing to be in Williamsburg, they’ll have to adapt to their new neighbors.

Mayor Bloomberg is proposing windmills ontop of large buildings and structures like the Empire State Building and Brooklyn Bridge.

Aside from the logistics of getting the windmills up–how much power do windmills actually generate? Probably not enough to meet most of the power needs for these buildings/structures.

Don’t think this plan will get too far…

Mind Hack’s takes a look at the MIT and Brandeis alumnas turned terrorist doctoral thesis titled: Separating the components of imitation and a latter paper which she authored.

It’s a shame that Brandeis happened to cross paths with this sociopath.

Personal trainers at one Manhattan gym are apparently charging $110 a session for a Wii Fit based workout.

Mind you, the Wii fit costs $80 on its own.

Why people would waste their money like this I don’t know, but it’s their money, so let them do as they wish.

Personally, I’m sticking to the heavy iron.
(Yes, today was a deadlift day–pulled sumo for the first time in almost 6 months). Deadlifts+squats ftw! (oh, rows, pull-ups too!)

This time it’s courtesy of the Jewish Week. In an article on tough times for social service agencies as a result of the economic downturn, the author writes:

Gov. David Paterson announced this week that New York State might be in for the biggest fiscal crisis since the 1970s, suffering, like New York City, from declining Wall Street revenues. (Conservatives blame overspending more than the poor economy for the current mess.) He said the budget deficit had risen by $1.4 billion in the short time he has been in office.

Last time I checked, most of the small handful of Conservatives here in NY were sayings that the State was spending too much and that when a downturn hit, we’d be in trouble. These same people are well aware of Wall Street’s downturn as well. How many articles in the Post were saying just this?

It does not help matters that Albany spends more and more every year without any sort of restraint. Albany…feh…

A new study has shown the growth of chain establishments (banks excluded) in NYC

Suprisingly, Dunkin’ Donuts tops the list with the most locations! Followed soon after by Subway McDonalds and Starbucks respectively.

It’s surprising to see so many Dunkin’ Donuts locations–one would think that this town is taking a page from Boston! (Although DD’s coffee is better in NE than in NYC).

Then there’s the #5 store, Duane Reede, which well, their service is horrible but it’s their convenience that makes them profitable.

And of course the one chain store not in the 5 boroughs is Wal-Mart (stupid protesters).

Woman “sling shot” from machine at gym

Honestly, I feel bad for the woman, and the cheap shots that the Post took at her for her weight. That’s not right. Hopefully in spite of this indicent, the woman will at some point return to going to the gym.

On the topic of the abductor machine…men should virtually never be seen on one (save for very certain exceptions). Squats and deadlifts will work the hips better than anything else. Then more squats (and or a variation)! Sure they’re “harder”, but the challenge is worth it.

/loves squats //leg days rule ///after leg day….well….

This should be mandatory reading for any tourist coming into NYC via any major port of entry (LaGuardia, JFK, Penn Station, Port Authority): How not to be a douchebag tourist in NYC

The Post is reporting a fishy smell down at the South Street Seaport.

Seeming that the Fulton Fish Market has since relocated much further north (Bronx), no one knows the origin of the smell.

Meanwhile, still no answers to the syrup like smell phenomenon

I can forsee the push for a move like this now by the City’s health commissioner Nurse.

South LA to ban new fast food restaurants

NYT daily cost to go up to $1.50

That’s more than a cup of coffee at a local bodega! You’d likely get more benefit out of the coffee too!

The mayor of the Jersey Shore town of Belmar is under some flack for writing a satirical newsletter about the Staten Island weekend-crowd.

Upon review of the mayor’s writings versus the type of people he was referring to.

The mayor wins.

Last night’s police shooting happened….down the street from me!

The deceased was a knife welding man with psychiatric issues, who didn’t obey police orders to drop the knife. Apparently he had assaulted his girlfriend (who was his roommate) and a cabbie tipped off the police. The police took the girl back to her apartment to get some clothes and money, and it all went downhill from there.

Needless to say….I slept through it all. (Granted, it also all happened indoors).

I first heard about it via an email from my sister this morning while at work. When I left for the gym this morning, there were news trucks from the three major networks (WNBC, WABC, WCBS) all with their antannas up. I didn’t know what had happened–and I figured there was probably some publicity stunt taking place at the diner which they were parked outside of. (I was wrong).

Meanwhile, the street is totally back to normal this evening–as if nothing happened.

NYT Staffers are told not to have bumper stickers…

Fair enough, but seeming that this is a Manhattan based newspaper:

a) how many of them actually have cars? b) If they have a car, isn’t it a nice model that they wouldn’t want to tarnish with a bumper sticker?

/Just Saying