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10 Apr 2010

Twitter Accounts Worth Tweeting About

I don’t normally support Twitter because I really can’t get behind our ever-expanding ADD culture and also because I truly believe that reading really boring half-thoughts about the minutiae of people’s days will give me early onset Alzheimer’s. (Though in truth, there are a few celebrity accounts that I somewhat

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10 Apr 2010

Dollar Dogs and More Dogs This Weekend at Golden Gate Fields

Events centered on canines always strike me as ludicrous, though, I’m not particularly fond of man’s ‘œbest’ friend I grant you. Unless, it was Goliath, of course, who seemed like an all right pup.  Then again, he could talk and give you advice. Anyway, if you like observing owners frothing

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10 Apr 2010

Free Talks & Stuff for Dangerous Minds

You have to keep learning to enrich your life. When all crap hits the fan (and I don’t know whether I have a lot of it or just a tiny fan, but it seems to hit quite often), you only have one thing to rely on, and that’s a dynamic

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09 Apr 2010

It’s Farmers Market Season in San Francisco!

Spring has sort of sprung, which means new Farmers Markets are popping up left and right! FarMars are every broke-ass’s wet dream; with the ample trading and bartering that goes on, you can easily feed yourself for a week on $20. And if the stands don’t take your mom’s credit

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09 Apr 2010

Things People Have Yelled at Me on My Bike in Brooklyn

When you take the subway in New York, you occasionally wind up having conversations with your fellow passengers about cougar attacks, their recent court appearances related to their unleashed dog, and directions for navigating the world after resurfacing. But when you’re navigating through the Burroughs on bike or foot, you

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09 Apr 2010

More Tips on Tipping to Ensure Friendly Service

Look, you’re a big kid now and chances are if you’re reading this you probably work or have worked in the service industry in some capacity in the past, so I’m not going to tell you how much you should or shouldn’t tip at restaurants/bars/coffee shops/hot dog stands/car washes. (Ashley

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09 Apr 2010

Air Guitar at Brooklyn Bowl

It is exactly what it sounds like and this year they’re promising that it’s gonna be really fun.  In fact their actual claim is that it’s going to be “30% awesomer.” Not entirely positive that this is quantifiable statement, but the only way to find out is to head to

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09 Apr 2010

An Ode to The Port Authority Bus Terminal

Bus terminals in any city are always special places. They are crossroads for all the grifters, drifters, deviants, dead beats and drug addled zombies who circulate through this country, from city to city, doing whatever the fuck it is that they do. The Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) runs with

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