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September 10, 2009
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Happy Happy thoughts this morning everyone!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 9:19 AM
Ya'll see the article about Amy Sohn today?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/garden/10sohn.html
The couple is considering having a second child, in which case they will need a larger apartment and will most likely move to the south Slope or Windsor Terrace, a familiar migration, Ms. Sohn said. “As you have more children and life gets more expensive,” she explained, “you get priced out and move south.”
Posted by: denton at September 10, 2009 9:21 AM
Kens, you sound like Mr. Rourke from Fantasy Island.
DEE BLOG, BOSS, DEE BLOG!!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 9:22 AM
cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/cute-kitten-sleeping-in-radiator.jpg
you all know i'm a dog person but that is a darned cute cat pic
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 9:23 AM
Please Amy Sohn, don't move to WT or South Slope. Keep going South, like New Jersey, where you belong. In the endless "branding"of Brooklyn, few have disgraced the Brooklyn name than Amy Sohn. Like you don't have the money and -have- to move South.
Gross.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 10, 2009 9:29 AM
They love the radiators!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 10, 2009 9:30 AM
From the Brooklyn Lit schedule Sunday...
12:00 p.m. Faux Society. Amy Sohn (Prospect Park West), Robert Dunn (Meet the Annas) and Laura Albert (Sarah) talk about the real people and fictional characters who inhabit the societies represented in their work. Moderated by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez.
Posted by: denton at September 10, 2009 9:32 AM
Denton,
I'm having a wee bit of trouble picturing Amy Sohn dealing with a gut reno of a sagging Greenwood Heights frame and getting her veggies at the CSA.
Oh, sorry. I'll stop talking house on the OT.
Posted by: slopefarm at September 10, 2009 9:32 AM
I saw a woman on the train this morning who looked like Sa...... nevermind.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 9:35 AM
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Brownstoner drinks, tonight, at the Brooklyn Inn. Give a shout if you think you can make it.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 9:35 AM
DH - Were you rocking the MC Hawking on your commute this morning?
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 9:36 AM
Being the good Northerner I am, I like the house cool and usually have the A/C on. For the limited amount of summer she spends at home, Mrs. C ends up freezing and needing a blanket. Do all women feel the cold more than men? Is it due to the fact I'm 180 pounds and she's around 115?
Does anybody else engage in air conditioning wars during the summer with their other halves and/or kids (and/or pets)?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 9:37 AM
Dee Boys, Boss, Dee Boys.
Where are the young ones at? Any here?
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 9:39 AM
My sister, who is very petite (maybe 105 pounds soaking wet) always battles her kids and other half, who is 6'4" and 250 pounds to keep down the A/C.
So in her house, the A/C war is 3 to 1 against her, so she's always wearing an extra layer in the summer. She said she's the only person she knows of who is actually looking forward to menopause and getting hot flashes!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 9:40 AM
Couger is funny, albeit a bit lacking in the spelling department.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 9:41 AM
Haha Lech - unfortunately i got home late last night and didn't get a chance to update the ipod. I'll be busting out mad rhymes tomorrow mornign for sure.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 9:41 AM
Biff;
This is a constant issue between Mrs. Benson and me, but the situation is the opposite of yours. I have a high tolerance for heat and could almost do without AC. My wife, on the other hand, would run the AC until October. She always feels hot.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 9:43 AM
Let's not get into another tedious gender war today. Biff, you're probably offending someone with the air conditioning discussion. How about a show of hands for who is going to be at the Inn tonight?
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 9:47 AM
Sorry lech - no can do re: Inn - it's also the start of football season!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 9:48 AM
Hola peoples! Lehcacal, I'm in!
I hate a.c. and only use it when my asthma is threatening to kill me.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 9:48 AM
I might be able to drop by to Brooklyn Inn but after 8. Have the NHS orientation to go to tonight. Anyone else sign up for the classes?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 9:48 AM
I wish I could tolerate the heat. I would love to be more green and just open the windows and be happy with a nice breeze. I try not to rely on the A/C too much. I love the fall, when the breeze is cooler and I can air out the joint better.
I never understood when people would complain about temperatures in the 70s in NYC in the summer and then say it was a beautiful day when it's in the mid-90s and humidity is 98%. Who are these people? I'm about to pass out from the heat and they're lovin' it. I feel sorry for the ortho Jews in NYC in August with their black suits and hats on.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 9:49 AM
Biff,
While I'm a cold person at heart. My body is HOT!
Btw - How old, or should I say young are you?
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 9:49 AM
Biffy, we got another one who thinks you're dreamy.
Couger, he is not a cougee material unless you're a Puma.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 9:52 AM
Wait...where is the Brooklyn Inn? Can I get there via bus?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 9:52 AM
Lech, I'm in for tonight. If you don't see me around here tomorrow, send out the search party. Mrs. C. should be the prime suspect.
What time will you be there?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 9:53 AM
It's a yes for me for the Inn.
Posted by: jessibaby at September 10, 2009 9:53 AM
My husband and I are pretty much equally match temperature wise (I have some padding).
What I can't fathom for the life of me are the women who wear wigs in the summer!!! I can't even stand to take my hair out of a ponytail because of it sticking to my neck in the humidity. I can't fathom how they can wear a wig.
This is going to sound so gross but every time I see them I immediately think of the stench when they go home and take it off after sweating in it all day.
Arghhhh...I can't!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 10, 2009 9:55 AM
quote:
Please Amy Sohn, don't move to WT or South Slope. Keep going South, like New Jersey, where you belong.
sorry, but that cheesy slag and her lame family wouldnt last one week in the Jerz.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 10, 2009 9:56 AM
Are any ladies going or am I horning in on a sausage fest?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 9:56 AM
Biff, am sure Mrs C and your sis will appreciate the shout out with weight deetz..
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 9:58 AM
My arrival time is totally dependent on work - I would guess I get there between 7 and 8. I'm knocking on wood that I don't get hit with anything that keeps me here tonight.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 9:59 AM
Duh! Fathom much THL?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 10, 2009 9:59 AM
Oh, didn't see Jessi's yes. Ok...I wont be alone :) Arkady, Cobble, you in?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 9:59 AM
CG, Brighton, Bitter?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 9:59 AM
hereletmegooglethatforyou
The Brooklyn Inn
148 Hoyt St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
at Bergen St.
It's one block from Smith Street in what I guess is Boerum Hill.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 10:01 AM
I like to feel the warm breeze of summertime...of course the really humid times I also like to sleep rather than melt.
I'm in for tonight, what time?
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 10:01 AM
Thanks Kensin for the info.
And how old are you?
Me wants Cougee!
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 10:02 AM
I'm in but probably closer to 8. Brighton will likely make an appearance after yogooey.
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 10:03 AM
"Couger, he is not a cougee material unless you're a Puma."
It's worse than that; I'm not cougee material unless you're dead.
"Biff, am sure Mrs C and your sis will appreciate the shout out with weight deetz.."
Hmmm, so would posting the results of their last pap smear be considered TMI?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 10:04 AM
Brooklyn Inn is on Bergen and Hoyt. It's a short hike from the atlantic terminal trains and 1 block from the F/G at Bergen street.
Biff - maybe you're hot and she's cold b/c you're a bit more hirsuite(sp?) and she is not. :)
Snappy - not sure about tonight. Will be out but may stop by on my way home. Can't find my ipod in my bag though, and am worried that I lost it so may rush home to hopefully find it sitting on the table. I hate that! Will worry periodically through the day. sigh.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 10:04 AM
I've come to believe that tolerance for heat is part "psychological conditioning".
I'm always amazed when you look at photos of NY in the 20's,including Coney Island. Folks are dressed in a suit, and no one looks like they are sweating it. On the other hand, folks wear shorts and tank tops today, and they look exasperated.
BTW, here is another "Benson trademark": I almost NEVER wear shorts. I put on shorts perhaps once or twice a year, when I go to my brother's shore house. You will never see me walking around Park Slope in shorts.
My reason is simple: many people look gross in shorts. I wish they would look at themselves in the mirror before they step out of the house. How could I advise them not to wear shorts, if I don't do the same?
I know, I'm strange.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 10:05 AM
THL, you just havent had the right kind of wig!!! ask 11217 to borrow one of his summer wigs.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 10, 2009 10:06 AM
plusas
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 10:06 AM
Nope, sorry Snappy, have pre-existing dinner plan with a friend from out of town. Besides, I don't think I would enjoy it much with some of the hostility-hangover from yesterday.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 10:07 AM
hirsute. i should have just said furry. but them maybe i am presuming wrongly. come to think of it, haven't seen the biffers in shorts or whatnot, so i have no idea. i'm getting him confused with the gertler again.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 10:07 AM
"You will never see me walking around Park Slope in shorts."
Thank god for small favours. :-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 10:07 AM
"haven't seen the biffers in shorts or whatnot, so i have no idea."
Thank god for big favours!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 10:08 AM
Oh :(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 10:09 AM
All right... I'll check back in later for the details of tonight. Later all!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 10:10 AM
benson, I know exactly what you mean but I think there must be something to be said for our bodies adjusting to different weather (blood thinning and thickening, perhaps?)
I remember having no A/C at all growing up and have no recollection of problems sleeping due to the heat (yes, it does get very hot even in Toronto in the summer). I think many of us/our bodies have unfortunately come to rely on A/C and have a lower tolerance for heat. I'm trying to wean myself off the A/C by turning it on less, setting it at a higher temp, etc.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 10:11 AM
I rarely turn the a/c on, it's got to be 85 and humid. Sometimes Pork Slap comes home and tells me it's cooler outside than in the apartment.
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 10:12 AM
Have to run errands today. Maybe I'll check back in later.
Play nice!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 10, 2009 10:13 AM
A/C is great - but hasn't been necessary this summer. There was maybe a week where I wished I wasn't too lazy to put mine in. Other than that, fans and open windows have been sufficient.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 10:13 AM
Bitter, your presence alone makes any place a little bit cooler.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 10:14 AM
many people DO look gross in shorts and thank god summer is almost over. there was nothing grosser looking then men in very short shorts this year. ick. SO femme.
i like it to be as cold as possible. i love the summer because i love the smell and feel of air conditioning. i sorta hate the in between times when it's too cool for AC but still hot and uncomfortable. like today.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 10, 2009 10:15 AM
Hi, Folks.
I understand you were talking about me yesterday.
[wink]
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 10:17 AM
Bitter, your presence alone makes any place a little bit cooler.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 10:14 AM
Damn skippy. I cry ice cubes.
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 10:17 AM
I prefer no a/c - used it about a week this summer. What I don't like is when people keep the house colder in the summer than they tolerate in the winter before turning the heat on.
I'm planning to make it this evening - may have a problem but hope not.
Posted by: Arkady at September 10, 2009 10:19 AM
"Besides, I don't think I would enjoy it much with some of the hostility-hangover from yesterday."
CH, nothing like a coupla glasses of wine in person to get over these things...
Posted by: denton at September 10, 2009 10:21 AM
I'm in for the Inn. Can't wait to meet you, Mr. Lechacal.
[wink]
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 10:22 AM
i cant STAND heat in the winter either. my first apartment had NO heat and i LOVED it!!! and still kept the window open. i just like it crisp and cool, not warm and toasty.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 10, 2009 10:23 AM
My different bfs tolerate the heat /cold differently but there doesn't seem to be any racial or geographic stereotype. I've had a few from the hottest areas in the world but I've never had anyone from Alaska. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 10:23 AM
Denton, does that mean you're buying a few beers for Rob ;)
Posted by: jessibaby at September 10, 2009 10:23 AM
Benson:
I think the weather has gotten worse in the NYC area. I remmember summers being hot, but not as humid and gross and stifling as they are now.
Posted by: gemini10 at September 10, 2009 10:25 AM
I can see Alaska from my house, and we never use aircon there. Todd runs hotter than most [wink], but I won't allow it. I wear the pants in my family [wink].
[wink]
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 10:26 AM
oh brother
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 10:28 AM
gemini10, how long is your perspective??? If you lived here in "brownstone times" with these layer upon layers of Victorian clothes I think you'd say differently. These days when people like yourself run around scantily clad they have a different perspective on temperature. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 10:28 AM
I'm sure you're right, denton.
BH and I have dinner plans with an old friend from out of town. That part won't change, my current feeling might — with time. I think I'm off 'Stoner events awhile.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 10:29 AM
"I remember having no A/C at all growing up and have no recollection of problems sleeping due to the heat (yes, it does get very hot even in Toronto in the summer)."
Biff, I remember growing up in NY in the mid-1960s during a terrible heat wave and drought, and being on the top floor of a six story walk-up, with one window overlooking an airshaft. Definitely had trouble sleeping!
Altho Mrs. D is much smaller than me, we're about the same tolerance, we like it cool at night, altho we can do without during the day for the most part.
Mrs D is Latina, and used to have a higher heat tolerance than me, we when she gave birth to da kid on American soil, she seemed to have become a true gringa and we became about the same.
Posted by: denton at September 10, 2009 10:30 AM
"Denton, does that mean you're buying a few beers for Rob ;)"
I'd be happy to buy him a forty :-)
Posted by: denton at September 10, 2009 10:31 AM
Gemini;
Funny, but my feeling is just the opposite. It seems to me that summers were hotter when I was a kid. For instance, I remember August being one, long hot month. Now it seems to me that the hot weather breaks around mid-August.
Did you just move into the lower number streets between 4th and 5th Ave? We must be neighbors then!! I live right across from Washington/JJ Byrne Park.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 10:32 AM
cobble...how about next week????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 10:32 AM
I grew up in DC w/o a/c & it was tolerable if you had a decent fan. But kids have different sensibilities from adults.
Posted by: Arkady at September 10, 2009 10:34 AM
Sorry folks, I need to pass on tonight's gathering. I know how many strings lechacal and benson had to pull to arrange for Sarah P's appearance. Sorry to miss it (although that winking is driving me crazy). Bx, I hope you've got some good cornermen(cornerpersons? -- it's a boxing term) if you go and things get nasty.
Posted by: slopefarm at September 10, 2009 10:36 AM
I would make the observation that when I get out of the train at Fulton Park and walk up Stuyvesant Ave, it is definitely cooler there than where I entered the train in Manhattan. The lack of heavy traffic, towering buildings and the heavy tree coverage in Brooklyn makes a huge difference.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 10:36 AM
Wife turns on A/C all the time vs. me viewing it's not necessary most of the time (but I keep opinion that to myself). Young son sweats all the time though
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 10:37 AM
There's no worse place to live in NYC than Chinatown during a heatwave, especially when your room has no window and is in a 6th floor walk up.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 10:40 AM
The Champettes never have A/C on in their rooms. They're happy with a fan going at most, but we haven't used even that this year - then again, they weren't here for the hottest days. They also like sleeping only in their tighty whities, so that helps.
What about the "grown ups" here? Silk pajamas? Flannel pjs? Au naturel? I'm usually in boxers and a tee, but the tee comes off almost immediately (because I'm warm, not because Mrs. C rips it off). I don't use covers either in the summer.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 10:40 AM
I'm surprised there's not more posting on the triangle thread
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 10:40 AM
before anyone answers biff's questions, telling the OT if one sleeps au naturel is TMI!!!
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 10:42 AM
DH, no window? were you in a rooming house?
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 10:44 AM
I prefer to have the AC on and be under the covers. Whether or not I wear anything depends on whom I'm sleeping with and how many times....
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 10:44 AM
[Unzips tent flap (Note to self: Remind Cobble and Chet to buy WD-40 for the zipper)] [Yawns] [Stretches] [Pats CGar-dog's head] [Sniffs] [Sniffs again] What's that I smell? Bacon and cheddar scones!! Cobble, you shouldn't have! But, I'm so glad you did! And thanks for letting me sleep in today. I couldn't sleep at all with the ruckus going on here yesterday.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 10:45 AM
CG_ups, I think providing a picture as evidence of that would definitely be TMI!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 10:45 AM
COBBLE!!! OPEN THE DOOR!!! WE'RE LOCKED OUT ON THE DECK!! And I want a scone. And coffee. C'mon, even the cat is inside. I'm beginning to feel like Fred Flinstone out here.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 10:47 AM
CGar, you back from vaca?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 10:48 AM
(Sorry, Flintstone)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 10:48 AM
Hey Kens! Did someone say drinks?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 10:50 AM
Yes Benson I did!!! it's kinda fun around there, or at least it's all new to me, are you a new transplant to that part of Park Slope?
Dibs - welllll good point, perhaps if I had to wear those high collared dresses and boots etc in the dead of summer I would feel differently.
I guess I don't remember all the humidity as a kid, but then again I lived on Long Island near the Sound for most of of my young life..
hahahaha
Posted by: gemini10 at September 10, 2009 10:51 AM
Yup. Drinks at Brooklyn Inn. I may make it after 8 but not 100 percent sure. Seems like a few people are coming out.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 10:52 AM
All natural all the time...
Posted by: denton at September 10, 2009 11:01 AM
CG'd- sent you an email :-)
slope- Not going. Have an event and frankly, I'm feeling like cobble does.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 11:01 AM
Huh, what's that tapping sound? OOOOH. Hi Fred, I mean CGar, I was on the phone. Did you want to come in, per chance?! ; ) Say, it's a little cool out there today? BH got some WD-40 for for zipper, but he didn't want to wake you.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 11:05 AM
Cobble, I just sent you a strongly worded email about that pesky zipper!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 11:06 AM
DH, bummer you can't make it out tonight. I just sent you an email btw.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 11:12 AM
Expert - You asked about URL companies. I use NewTek - used to be Crystal Tech. My needs are modest but I've noticed they're used by some heavy hitters.
Posted by: Arkady at September 10, 2009 11:13 AM
Gemini;
I' ve lived there for 4.5 years.
The park is really a nice place: chock full of kids and dogs! My favorite place is Cafe Regular, on 11th Street between 4th and 5th. It's bit far away, but it is worth the schlepp because they have the best coffee in Brooklyn, IMHO. I'm not crazy about the crowd that hangs out there, but then again, I really don't fit into the PS scene all that well anyway.
I suppose it's a bit heretical for me to go to Cafe Regular, as one of my uncles is a partner in the "Brooklyn Bread" place on 5th Ave and 6th Street.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 11:13 AM
Dirty, you can't break the streak now... I promise to get into a scuffle with a bouncer.
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 11:15 AM
Looking forward to meeting you at last, bitter ;)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 11:17 AM
What is everyone e-mailing each other about????
Hmmmmm, methinks that there is "Brownstoner" politics going on....camps forming......strategies being hatched. Intrigue!!
Alas, I seem to be out of the loop on these machinations.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 11:17 AM
"What is everyone e-mailing each other about????"
You.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 11:19 AM
benson - only if you come to the Brooklyn Inn tonight will the truth be revealed to you!
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 11:20 AM
benson...you can email me and we can talk about things Republican like Bourbon Presbyterians, seeersucker suits, wingtips and the stock market. DJL135e54@yahoo.com
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 11:20 AM
benson, sometimes there are things that are too off-color even for the OT. lechacal2008 at gmail and I have a wicked nasty joke for you.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 11:21 AM
you and me both, benson. we're like the first losers to get voted off the island on survivor b/c we're not part of an alliance.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 11:21 AM
I was going to say, what do you do, email each other all day??
I'm feeling CH- and bxgrl-ish, a little annoyed right now with certain aspects of Brownstoner.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 11:22 AM
OK, i was just looking at some guy's profile on silverdaddies and he's into "mummification." WTF is that????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 11:22 AM
But, CG_ups, I thought you and Max and the CGar-dog and I were in the same alliance? ; )
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 11:23 AM
"What is everyone e-mailing each other about????"
You.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 11:19 AM
I thought I felt some daggers in my back!!!!
;-)
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 11:24 AM
CGar, you've spent so much time in that darned tent, I'm picturing you to look a bit like Grizzly Adams, am I right?
; )
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 11:24 AM
"OK, i was just looking at some guy's profile on silverdaddies and he's into "mummification." WTF is that????"
I bet being tightly wrapped up in ace bandage material or something...
Posted by: denton at September 10, 2009 11:24 AM
We are CGed! phew. i'll always have the doggy people. :)
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 11:26 AM
CGar, I just emailed you a new rider for your lease! While we supply the tent, you must now maintain the zipper!
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 11:27 AM
you and me both, benson. we're like the first losers to get voted off the island on survivor b/c we're not part of an alliance.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 11:21 AM
CG_ups, you can cook so you'll be kept on the island till near the end
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 11:28 AM
"DH, no window? were you in a rooming house?"
it was a super old tenament - i had to walk through an internal alley to a staircase in the back (which was outdoors) - i did have a window, but it was super small and overlooked the staircase. When opened, stagnant air and rotting fish would waft in. Ah, the wonders of downtown living!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 11:28 AM
Is that with or without embalming, denton? Is there an XXX version of Night in the Museum? Amazing to see DIBS stumped in this arena.
Posted by: slopefarm at September 10, 2009 11:29 AM
"CGar, you've spent so much time in that darned tent, I'm picturing you to look a bit like Grizzly Adams, am I right?"
bitter, It's worse than you think...there is plaid involved. ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 11:29 AM
Being a true capitalist, I'd like to say that I'll join any alliance that makes the highest bid.
Do I hear 2 cents for my loyalty???
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 11:29 AM
"OK, i was just looking at some guy's profile on silverdaddies and he's into "mummification." WTF is that????"
I thought that meant he's into cougars. Although given it's a gay site, wouldn't it be daddyfication?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 11:30 AM
cobble, I think CGar's tent is "button front 501 style" not zipper. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 11:31 AM
"stagnant air & rotting fish" - sounds like Montague Street.
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 11:32 AM
cripes dibs, there's other plenty of non-crazy fish in the sea. don't know what it is except that it sounds like you should avoid that one! :)
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 11:32 AM
"cobble, I think CGar's tent is "button front 501 style" not zipper. :)"
Well, how would I know! He's the one that keeps complaining about the darn zipper!
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 11:33 AM
"Do I hear 2 cents for my loyalty???"
Only if it's government subsidized, and I get a tax write-off.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 11:34 AM
ROFL, Cobble, I didn't realize you saw what I was wearing when I left for work today!!
and, bitter, you're in Brooklyn Heights, so in my mind's eye you look exactly like Patty Duke in her cougar years ; )
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 11:34 AM
Benson, that's not loyalty but bribed relationship
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 11:37 AM
CGar, oh jeez, Patty Duke in any of her years is NO GOOD. And her cougar years...is that Neely O'Hara era? (rhymes)
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 11:39 AM
for 2c, that makes benson a cheap hooker, eh? :)
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 11:39 AM
Anyone know anything about FAS 157?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 11:40 AM
dh - you looking at a fair value loan book?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 11:43 AM
DH, you're the only CPA here
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 11:43 AM
Patty Duke won an oscar at 10 years old for her role as Helen Keller in the Miracle Worker.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 11:44 AM
Awesome, a discussion on accounting principles. I've been waiting forever for this!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 11:47 AM
"dh - you looking at a fair value loan book?"
haven't had to deal with valuation of investments for a long while - but if my brief skim of FAS 157 is correct, certain stuff should be carried at FV rather than cost now?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 11:47 AM
i love patty duke! they're couuuuusins, identical cousins in every way! so cute. nick at nite. good stuff.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 11:49 AM
"DH, you're the only CPA here"
That's not true, M4L. He's just the only one here who will admit to it.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 11:49 AM
Anybody who pays for sex, loyalty and friends is a sad, sad man (or woman).
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 11:49 AM
depends on what you're looking at. securities held for investment? yes. securities held to maturity? no.
disclosure. i am NOT an accountant.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 11:50 AM
Does anybody remember "The Patty Duke Show"???
I liked the show, but always felt that there was something incongruous about it. The show was supposed to be set in Brooklyn Heights,and they did sometimes include outdoor shots from the Promenade. Yet Patty's house was a typical 1960's suburban ranch home straight out of Middle America. It was just weird.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 11:52 AM
Biff, when I say CPA - it means someone whose certification is still active. So unless you've been keeping up with the annual courses, your CPA is in hybernation mode
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 11:54 AM
"Anybody who pays for sex, loyalty and friends is a sad, sad man (or woman)."
Color me sad...
But as mentioned before, we all pay for sex in one way or another. Although it's never cost me as little as two cents. I must be hanging out with only the classy dames.
Posted by: Sad sad little man at September 10, 2009 11:55 AM
"depends on what you're looking at. securities held for investment? yes. securities held to maturity? no"
cool - that helps, thanks. brb, need to pwn my boss.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 11:55 AM
SSLM, a good dinner for two is usually more money than what might be left on the nightstand.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 11:59 AM
DH, please be careful pwning your boss. He/she still has the power to give you the ultimate pwm!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 11:59 AM
"Anybody who pays for sex, loyalty and friends is a sad, sad man (or woman)."
Well, you're partially right DIBS. (Did I say that out loud?)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 12:00 PM
I'm sorry, but Patty Duke's house was sooooo NOT in Brooklyn Heights. Perched atop a hill with a sprawling suburban lawn out front?!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 12:01 PM
DH, why aren't you IFRS? I think I asked you last time we hung out but we were too busy pwning hipsters for me to focus on accounting.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 12:01 PM
How much do you pay to get mummified?
Posted by: denton at September 10, 2009 12:03 PM
"DH, why aren't you IFRS?"
we should be, and that's why i was hired. don't get me started on the hybrid bs they are doing now.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 12:05 PM
hey folks,
bxgrl,
I think Tatum O'Neil won an Oscar at 8 for Paper Moon.
she's had a few problems since. too bad.
mummification?
I think that's a fetish where they wrap you in toilet paper and poke you with things up the nose. lol.
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 12:05 PM
Sad sad little man, are you my former running mate?
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 12:08 PM
[wink]
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 12:09 PM
In ancient Egypt, cats were oftentimes mummified.
http://www.solarnavigator.net/egyptian_cat_mummies.htm
Wo knew we could tie this discussion of mummification fetishes to cats!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 12:10 PM
dibs,
you should see the Egyptian exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum,
they have a mummified cat there.
great exhibit, and I've been to the Cairo museum.
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 12:13 PM
Cats were gods back then - as they are today.
Posted by: Arkady at September 10, 2009 12:13 PM
No, Sarah. But I might like to spend a few days as a prisoner in a Hanoi jail!!!! :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 12:14 PM
the ROTD reads "Pork Slap Ale House" if you look quickly
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 12:15 PM
Legion- I remember that. Anna Paquin won an oscar too when she was also 10 (I think she was 10). Love the Toilet paper idea. Great repurposing of a common household product :-) Not sure about the things up the nose.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 12:15 PM
"How much do you pay to get mummified?"
They charge an arm and a leg. Actually, they charge by the arm and the leg. Whatever it is, it's apparently an ungauzedly amount.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 12:16 PM
it does, Dirty! I love it!!!!
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 12:16 PM
"it's apparently an ungauzedly amount."
groan...Bad Biffy, bad!
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 12:17 PM
haha bitter - it would be hilarious if Pork Slap pork slapped the bouncer at the Pork Slap Ale House
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 12:18 PM
Biff :-o. You really missed your calling, you know.
Arkady- mine are not gods. They are tyrants.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 12:19 PM
You can find me on silvermommies.
Waiting to pounce.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 12:19 PM
DIBS, where's Hanoi?
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 12:21 PM
Now that I'm back, I'd like to belatedly thank my surrogate posters (Prez Biff, Cobble) and those PLUSAs who kept me apprised of events on the OT so I was pathetically sure not to miss anything good (I don't want to compromise their identities so let's just call them "Deep Throats") and especially those of you who kept an eye on my e-wife (that bxgrl is promiscuous - benson, snark, patrick stewart; it's a good thing I have a good e-nup).
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 12:22 PM
must be lunchtime.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 12:29 PM
I think the rule of thumb is, and correct me if I'm wrong Cobble, that if nobody posts after 10 minutes in the OT, the most recent poster is dubbed the TKOTD (Threadkiller of the Day), which is appropriate since they temporarily TKO'ed the thread.
CGar was close with 7 minutes of silence after his last post. Close but no CGar, as it were.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 12:33 PM
Hey, DH, I'd hate to see you leave the City, but of the cities you mentioned the other day, I could see you really loving Austin - great music scene, a very young and hip (pun intended) city given U of Texas. My sister lives there, and I'd be happy to put you in touch with her if you're interested.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 12:34 PM
DH, yes it is and I'm reading up on G-Men's injury stuff to see if the O-Line starters are all back or not
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 12:34 PM
If DH moves to Austin, I suggest he change his name to Purdy Hipster.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 12:36 PM
Thanks CarGar - I don't think I'm going anywhere, just get crazy ideas in my head once in a while.
M4L - Thank god for football season, getting sick of watching the yankees spank everyone. do you think the broncos are gonna play marshall this weekend?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 12:38 PM
Biff, like Raleigh & Atlanta, there's a ton of northern transplants in Austin so I'm doubting they say "Purdy" there
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 12:38 PM
haha biff - or dirty_south_hipster.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 12:39 PM
Isn't Austin just Park Slope South, anyway?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 12:41 PM
Phew! That was close. I don't want to be the TKOTD.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 12:42 PM
CGar, TKOTD twice in the same day!!! PWNED
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 12:53 PM
TKOTD?
no problemo,
what did everyone think of the Presidential speech last night? (he said wringing his hands in anticipation)
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 12:54 PM
Uh oh...that was 10+ minutes, CGar.
I think, upon further reflection, the time limit should be 30 minutes before someone is awarded (pinned with) the TKOTD. Cobble, please make a note to update the Manual, but not before Independent Risk Management provides their approval for the change.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 12:55 PM
DIBS, I figure I might as well embrace my TKOTDom. I come back from vacation, and everyone flees. Was it something I said?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 12:56 PM
dh, I don't see how they can't play Marshall. Talk about a division in a flux.
Posted by: DeLepp at September 10, 2009 12:56 PM
biff,
you need to call for a quorum to make those changes, no?
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 12:57 PM
DeLepp, you like football? I think you might have just solidified your first place standing as my man crush (unless Snark discloses a love for ice hockey and Indian food).
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 12:59 PM
DH, I would bet Marshall plays - ie not like they DONT need his help
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 12:59 PM
Seriously DeLepp - good job broncos, piss off your two best players (cutler- traded, marshall- temper tantrum)
AFC west seems up in the air.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 1:00 PM
bxgrl,
the Piano was a really good movie,
I could have done without the full frontal shot of Harvey Keitel though.
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 1:01 PM
"you need to call for a quorum to make those changes, no?"
Legion, I just called the aquarium and they're all on board. While the seals, jelly fish and sharks were unanimous in their support, it was difficult getting the octopus to agree, but with a little arm twisting (ok a lot, he does have 8 of them, after all), he consented.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:01 PM
Re AFC West, was or is there any doubt the bolts heavy fav to win it EVEN if cutler & marshall were happy & still on the team
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 1:03 PM
Biff....I'm not a big fan of curry but we had some wonderful Nepalese curry last night, much different from Indian curry.
The last time I had nepalese curry was in Goa over 10 years ago. Do you know of any places in NYC???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 1:04 PM
Uh oh, someone just called claiming their was something "fishy" about that PLUSA Policies and Procedures Manual change. I hope my approval rating doesn't "tank".
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:04 PM
ding, ding, ding, Good heavens I grew up on a lake and played hockey all winter long. You can have indian food.
AFC should be as nutso as ever, Chargers will stumble out of the gate, losing by a point or two in last 3 seconds of the first 4 games.
Big question is whether Al of Raiders will finally end up in assited living.
Posted by: DeLepp at September 10, 2009 1:04 PM
m4l - the chargers have been dissapointing since they fired marty a few years ago. they have the most talent but always get off to a terrible start. also depends on LT staying healthy.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 1:06 PM
biff,
"....I'd like to be..
under the sea..
in an octopuss' garden,
in the shade...."
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 1:06 PM
AFC North is stacked though - watch out for cincy if carson palmer is back to his old self
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 1:08 PM
DIBS, I'm not sure of where to get the best Nepalese food in NYC. There is a Tibetan restaurant on Cortelyou: Top Cafe Tibet. Kens/Snark, either of you been there?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:08 PM
Hey What...are you there????
Did you see the two tremendously successful Treasury auctions today???? BWAHAHAHAHA
PWNED again
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 1:09 PM
don't know about top cafe tibet but there's a good tibetan place on 3rd avenue and ~30th street in manhattan. the name escapes me, tibetan kitchen maybe? i like it.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 1:10 PM
"Big question is whether Al of Raiders will finally end up in assited living."
I met Al Davis a year or so ago and he looked like he was close to needing life support then. He took almost 15 minutes to walk 15 feet to his limo. I don't see how he can be involved in the Raiders franchise much longer.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:10 PM
CG_ups, are you referring to Tibetan Kitchen?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:12 PM
DH;
Why are you thinking of leaving NYC? Lifestyle change? Improve your career prospects? NYC weather?
Before you make any jump, you've got to understand what is driving your need for change.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 1:13 PM
Cafe Himalaya on the UES isn't far from where I used to live. It's pretty good too. Go for the food, not the atmosphere!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:14 PM
Poor Al, he still seems to have the passion for the game, just running low on the gray matter. Wonder if his "handlers" are working towards an exit.
Posted by: DeLepp at September 10, 2009 1:15 PM
Isn't there also a good Tibetan or Nepalese place in the 50s, west of 8th Avenue? I'll see if I can find the name.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 1:15 PM
Benson - it's more of just frustration with the cost of living in the city and salaries being stagnant. the other night, after a quick scan of jobs in my industry around the country - i noticed i could move somewhere where my salary would remain the same and i could decrease my housing costs significantly. of course, i have family here and other extraordinary circumstances that will make it hard to leave (plus, i like it here). but sometimes seeing what is out there makes you question whether NYC is the end all.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 1:22 PM
DH, Palmer will help on O but D has been the more persistent problem. Coach would've been fired if not for fact owner is cheap (ie doesn't want to pay remaining yrs on contract plus hire another coach)
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 1:23 PM
"There is a Tibetan restaurant on Cortelyou: Top Cafe Tibet. Kens/Snark, either of you been there?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:08 PM"
It's nice. Quite a small place but good eats and cheap.
Definitely not a destination place but good for grabbing something en-route elsewhere (especially as it's right next to the subway entrance).
Posted by: the chicken at September 10, 2009 1:26 PM
Tsampa in the East Village also looks good.
DH, you should seriously consider going to Asia. You have very transferrable skills and would do very well there. You're also young and mobile enough and without too many attachments keeping you here, other than your immediate family of course. The current economy also might make it a smart move at this time. I have a number of friends who did the ex-pat thing in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, etc. who loved it. I'm sure DIBS would concur.
(Of course, selfishly, it would also give me another friend there and a reason to go visit!)
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:28 PM
DH - I went through that three years ago. In January 2007 I moved up to Connecticut and bought a beautiful 5000 sf old brick home on an acre and a half in a leafy suburb. Took a job as an in-house lawyer for an insurance company, working much fewer hours for pretty much the same pay. Bought a grill and some deck chairs and other trappings of suburban life. And within 7 short months we had sold the house and moved back to Park Slope and I took my old job back.
I'm still seriously considering a move to Vermont, but that's more of a long-term project.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 1:29 PM
Stop the presses!!
"Ellen DeGeneres joins judges' table on American Idol"
For the record, I can't stand AI. I think it's helping promote everything that sucks about the music industry these days.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:32 PM
Biff,
You are quite the active punster this morning. You smoked Cgar twice, and you were on quite a roll with the mummy jokes, though I'm glad you wrapped that up a while back. And I like the way you fin-essed the aquarium theme.
m4l -- hope you are shorting today, given the Biff index.
P.S. I think Congressman Wilson owes Legion a coke.
Posted by: slopefarm at September 10, 2009 1:34 PM
dibs, i think the Dow is up three or four percent just since the what left!
Posted by: denton at September 10, 2009 1:34 PM
oh lord- whatever biff has is infectious. Now slopefarm is down with it :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 1:37 PM
DIBS--seems the what has a different take on the treasury. What a surprise!
http://asshathill.blogspot.com/2009/09/tick-tock-tick-tock-treasury-begins-to.html
Posted by: wasder at September 10, 2009 1:37 PM
Biff, after your performance at Ellis, I think you'd be a perfect AI contestant
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 1:37 PM
So the ewife finally checks in. God only knows what she's been up to. [As if I'm in a position (re-write?) to talk]
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 1:39 PM
Biff and Dave, Cafe Tibet wasn't anything worth raving about. It was ok but wouldn't say great. Then again, I am not a good authority on authentic Asian food of any sorts. Maybe WonTon knows a good place?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 1:39 PM
CGar - Are you coming out tonight?
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 1:39 PM
lechacal not a very good time to leave work
Posted by: bitter_bubble_buyer at September 10, 2009 1:40 PM
slopefarm, yes, I've tried to "scale" back the marine humour.
CGar, the only way I would be on AI is during the extra annoying shows at the start when they show the truly horrific singers.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:40 PM
Yeah Biff - i'd love to go to asia, but it seems like something that would be easier to do getting transferred within a multi-national company rather than interviewing for jobs based over there. maybe i'm wrong though.
Lech - that's what i'm scared of, moving somewhere and hating it right off the bat.
Just getting restless as i'm not really meeting the long-term goals i've set. although its through no fault of my own, sometimes you need to be more proactive than reactive.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 1:41 PM
Count me in, lechacal.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 1:41 PM
DH;
I think we all go through that from time to time. The only way to figure it out is to try another locale. In my case, it was the Bay Area for a couple of years. I came back. In my case, the prospects for engineering are DECIDEDLY better outside of NYC. Virtually everyone I know from college lives in areas like NC, CA, and parts of NJ. I decided to come back, and knew the career hit I would be taking in doing so.
Only you can figure it out for yourself. My only advice would be that if you decide to try out a different place,rent first.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 1:42 PM
"CGar - Are you coming out tonight?"
I thought CGar came out a long time ago?!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:42 PM
Slopefarm, biff derivative hasn't been profitable for me recently (correlation deteriorating fast) so closed out position
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 1:42 PM
"CGar, the only way I would be on AI is during the extra annoying shows at the start when they show the truly horrific singers"
That's just what I had in mind, Biff! ; )
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 1:43 PM
I always planned to live in NYC for ten years and see where I was then (year 7 now). I have gotten the city bug pretty badly now, also lots of projects that keep me busy (granted not always totally fun but mostly they are). I'm from a small town so it's new to me.
lechacal, Vermont is very livable - Northern New England can really change your personality so watch out!
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 1:43 PM
lechacal, DH, I think I told you guys my whole "sell the house, leave the City, head for Vermont" tale. Made it as far as the Boston 'burbs (renting only, thankfully) with the intention of heading to Burlington after a year. After 3 months (living on the edge of a nature preserve, mind you), I couldn't wait to get back to Brooklyn, and I had to get my fix from Law & Order re-runs!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 1:46 PM
M4L, you were too general with the Biff derivative. You need one that more closely correlates specifically with my firm. In other words, as my posting on the blog increases, so does the positive performance of The Death Star. As I start focussing on work, you can be assured that The Death Star will begin to falter.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:47 PM
DH, don't let the banker give you false hope. Expat gigs are for big front office rev folks or big back office exec. Unfortunately for us lowly back-office worker bee number crunchers, expat gigs are a pipe dream. Only angle is if somehow you got yourself onto some special assignment to implement some financial system thingy (ie conversion to IFRS)
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 1:48 PM
jester, I hope you'll forgive me for the Law & Order re-runs! You going tonight?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 1:48 PM
lechacal how were you able to go inhouse and make the same coin?
Posted by: bitter_bubble_buyer at September 10, 2009 1:49 PM
C Gar- you just got home and you're going out again??! No wonder I turned to others. And don't expect me or the dog to wait up, either. (note to self: Call cobble so she can commiserate with me).
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 1:50 PM
lechacal how were you able to go inhouse and make the same coin?
Posted by: bitter_bubble_buyer at September 10, 2009 1:49 PM
his "stare" gets him a ton of shit
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 1:51 PM
"Expert - You asked about URL companies. I use NewTek"
Thanks, Ark. Will check them out.
I asked this question late in yesterday's OT. I'll ask again.
Anyone have a website? Who hosts it? Are you happy with them?
Doing some research now. Anyone familiar with FatCow for hosting?
Posted by: Expert Textpert at September 10, 2009 1:51 PM
DH;
Since you are a CPA, have you ever considered opening your own business? I have a friend who opened his own accounting firm, geared towards small businesses, and he does very well. He then branched out into managing small properties, like meddical offices.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 1:52 PM
bxgrl, you're a fine one to talk! Should we discuss your professions of love for Snark here, or wait for counseling?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 1:53 PM
M4L, admittedly, the ex-pats to whom I referred do fall into the "big front office rev folks or big back office exec" category, but I would have to think all levels of accounting jobs are in demand in most places, especially somewhere like China, with such great potential for economic expansion. I can't say this with certainty, but would definitely pursue it if I was in DH's position.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:53 PM
Expert, a lot of people I know are happy with GoDaddy. I've used GoDaddy in the past as well but not to create and host anything professional.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 1:53 PM
well - thanks all for your advice and listening to my semi-annual 'my life sucks' tirade. not surprisingly your responses were alot more useful than my friends who say 'yo bro, nyc is where it's at!!"
now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 1:55 PM
Oh, sure, Kens, now you post!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 1:56 PM
Biff, tons of Asian talent is repatrioting back home. Tons of home grown talent too. back office accounts are not high paying gigs. language hurdle. Not saying it's impossible but just want to "keep it real" for my boy DH. BTW, not sure if DH would like the warm beer that's popular in some of the spots in China
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 1:57 PM
DH, I think you need to discuss this over a Jameson shot and can of Pork Slap tonight.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 1:58 PM
"Anyone familiar with FatCow for hosting?"
FRESH!!!!!!
I've never been insulted like this before!
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 1:58 PM
"lechacal how were you able to go inhouse and make the same coin?"
I'll tell you all about it if your're at the Inn tonight. Personal details I'm happy to share in person but not on this board.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 1:58 PM
Biff, I can spin the bottle for you if you haven't decided on your own gig
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 1:59 PM
Cougar, do you pay young guys for sex???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 2:00 PM
CGar, no worries, I watched L & O: Criminal Intent the other night, two of 'em back-to-back, they were pretty good. Still hate the regular show though.
Yeah, I'll be there, I love bars set on quiet residential streets. Such ambience. Might have to go back to my policy of only two at B'stoner gatherings though.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 2:01 PM
"Biff, I can spin the bottle for you if you haven't decided on your own gig"
I'm not sure what that means and am afraid to ask!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 2:01 PM
Personal details I'm happy to share in person but not on this board.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 1:58 PM
Yeah, me too.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 2:01 PM
"Cougar, do you pay young guys for sex???"
This nicely dovetailed from DH's thoughts of pursuing a career change...
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 2:02 PM
Kens,
No to GoDaddy (bad reviews).
Now if it was Who's Your Daddy, I might be interested.
Posted by: Expert Textpert at September 10, 2009 2:02 PM
Benson - that's definitely a goal down the line once I gain some more industry experience. I would need to have my sh*t together if I hoped to do something like that in NYC, as it's a big pond with alot of big fish. Another reason why moving to other cities is more appealing, as it might be easier to find a little niche.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 2:02 PM
"DH would like the warm beer that's popular in some of the spots in China"
love warm beer actually. the room temp cask IPA at DBA is the shizah!
what time are you guys getting to brooklyn inn tonight? i might stop by for a drink before kickoff
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 2:05 PM
"Cougar, do you pay young guys for sex???"
Possibly and Dirty Hipster does need a new career.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 2:05 PM
"Cougar, do you pay young guys for sex???"
Possibly and Dirty Hipster does need a new career.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 2:05 PM
I can believe that lots of Asian folks are headed back home.
I work for a Japanese company that does alot of business in both the US and SE Asia. We are seeing no pickup in economic activity in the US, at least so far. On the other hand, business in China is really picking up again. Their stimulus program seems to have worked more effectively (or, at least, more quickly) than ours.
It's getting such that the US office is almost completely "off the radar" to the folks in Tokyo. They are totally focused on our Chinese and SE Asian offices.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 2:05 PM
"Cougar, do you pay young guys for sex???"
Possibly and Dirty Hipster does need a new career.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 2:05 PM
"as it's a big pond with alot of big fish."
Enough with the aquarium references already! :-)
"Another reason why moving to other cities is more appealing, as it might be easier to find a little niche."
I have a little niche and she's adorable. Although, I would love it if she fought a bit less with my nephew.
Is "Who's Your Daddy" a website that competes with silverdaddies.com?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 2:06 PM
lechacal not only am I not going to a get together at the INN I am not coming back to this anti-semetic website ever again! Some idiot posting that Hitler should have finished the job on the Broadway triangle thread and nobody says anything including the administrator! Screw this
Posted by: bitter_bubble_buyer at September 10, 2009 2:07 PM
And obviously I pay 3X the going rate.
What the ef with the triple post.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 2:07 PM
Couger, you just triple posted something that I had already said. Epic fail!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 2:07 PM
DH;
Don't sell yourself short. IN NYC, all it takes is some moxie. Frankly speaking, my friend is no bolt of lightning, yet he does well. You're young and single - strike while the iron is hot.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 2:08 PM
I like Lunarpages, expert.
C Gar- it is a meeting of the minds with snark :-). But ours is a true passion -I just haven't figured out for what yet ;) I'm thinking wine, art and lavalieres. (Got your email. Let me know)
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 2:09 PM
"you just triple posted"
I've already been triple posted. Aaaah, to be young again!
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 2:09 PM
BBB, don't let one assinine racist asshole ruin your day. there's none of that here in the OT.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 2:12 PM
BBB;
Ditto what DIBS just said. Don't let him win.
Mr. B, where are you on this?
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 2:13 PM
yeah benson - you're right. guess now is the time to take some chances as no wifey and kiddies to worry about
on another note - williamsburg triangle thread is getting nasty.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 2:13 PM
I just lost it on the triangle thread. If you don't see me around for a while, you'll know why :o).
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 2:15 PM
Couger, you have an itchy trigger finger.
That's what he said.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 10, 2009 2:15 PM
"And obviously I pay 3X the going rate.
What the ef with the triple post.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 2:07 PM"
"Couger, you just triple posted something that I had already said. Epic fail!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 2:07 PM"
And Stiff Biff. We 'gasmed at the same time. How old are you?
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 2:16 PM
Anyone for joining in on the triangle thread. Someone calling himself "Crooklyn" just said "Hitler should have finished the job." Nice.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 2:17 PM
just saw the williamsburg triangle thread. why doesn't someone shoot an email to Mr.B since there is no flag comment option. i'm sure he'd take the comment down if he knew.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 2:18 PM
brighton!!!!! i hate it when you're busy.
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 2:19 PM
"Big question is whether Al of Raiders will finally end up in assited living."
Al Davis grew up in Flatbush and graduated from Erasmus Hall High School. He could probably STILL kick ass on at least 1/2 of the male posters here!
Posted by: East New York at September 10, 2009 2:20 PM
bitter- come back. Kens and dave and I posted as soon as we saw it. Mt. B doesn't read every post but if you email and complain he'll do something about it.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 2:21 PM
didn't foxy brown go to erasmus hall?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 2:21 PM
My craigslist posts always get flagged for removal. I think it's the inclusion of the "$" signs.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 2:21 PM
bxgrl, I'll let you know as soon as I know. I'm inclined to blow off (re-write?) all but 2 of them for you ; ) Where's MM hiding these days?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 2:23 PM
Couger, you are on the prowl!
Unfortunately, I am not cougee material (way too old), but would be happy to play wing man for DH and Kens. I think they fit more into your desired demographic.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 2:23 PM
Couger, how much you $$$? It's a tough economy out there people.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 2:27 PM
i'm a cheap date - u can pay me in canned beer and vanilla dutch masters
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 2:29 PM
has anyone asked Mr. B about a flag function on posts? obviously that would bring his attention to stuff like the w-burg triangle thread and would be nice for getting rid of the idiot who posts to the forum with those sneaker and crappy clothes sales.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 2:30 PM
"Couger, how much you $$$?"
The younger the more dollar signs.
No minor's, please.
I wouldn't mind a miner though. One that knows how to go deep in...ah, never mind.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 2:32 PM
"Biff, I can spin the bottle for you if you haven't decided on your own gig"
I'm not sure what that means and am afraid to ask!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 2:01 PM
stay, go, re-negotiate,.... your death star gig
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 2:33 PM
I've emailed Mr. B.
Posted by: Arkady at September 10, 2009 2:33 PM
MM has a freelance job for the week that has long long hours.
arkady- me too.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 2:34 PM
Phew, that was fun. What is it about Williamsburg that gets everyone's knickers in a twist? :-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 2:36 PM
Arkady, me three.
(and I asked him to join us tonight if he can...two birds with one stone)
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 2:37 PM
Tx, bxgrl. Good for MM. Do you know if she got my email?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 2:37 PM
brighton!!!!! i hate it when you're busy.
sorry, bitter. one of us has to make the dough-re-mi in the bitter beoch family.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 10, 2009 2:39 PM
"two birds with one stone"
And no, for all you Brits out there, that wasn't meant to start another tedious gender war!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 2:40 PM
I think she said she did, Cgar. Sorry- I'm still verklempt (sp.?) over the Triangle thread. Well, I did say I thought it would become all about Jew, Black and Hispanic bashing. ust disgusting.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 2:42 PM
i'm a cheap date - u can pay me in canned beer and vanilla dutch masters
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 2:29 PM
"vanilla dutch masters"???????? I've lost all respect for you. I'll bring you a Zino or a davidoff next week.
Canned beer I can deal with.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 2:42 PM
"What is it about Williamsburg that gets everyone's knickers in a twist? :-)"
Jewish men are HOT!
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 2:43 PM
"Jewish men are HOT!"
Couger, have I got a kosher cougee for you!
Kens, come on down...
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 2:45 PM
beoch, will I be making your acquaintance tonight? ; ) I visualize bitter as an elderly Patty Duke (hey, she visualizes me as Grizzly Adams), so that must make you her twin Kathy?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 2:46 PM
"Couger, have I got a kosher cougee for you!
Kens, come on down..."
Let's play:
Question #1 - How old are you?
Quesiton #2 - Would you mind if a woman paid for the date?
Question #3 - At the end of our date, how will you make me purr?
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 2:49 PM
kens,
A bunch of us have your back on the triangle thread. Outrageous.
Oy.
Posted by: slopefarm at September 10, 2009 2:49 PM
"kens,
A bunch of us have your back on the triangle thread. Outrageous."
Kens,
I'll have you on your back. Delicious.
Get out of that triangle and come into my circle.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 2:52 PM
Boy- can Mr. B ban everyone? Jeez.Please.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 2:54 PM
my goodness the OT is positively lurid today! I'm blushing.
Posted by: herkimermaid at September 10, 2009 2:59 PM
herk, did you get my e-mail?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 3:01 PM
Wow, weird afternoon. Nazi's on one thread, a whore on another.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 3:02 PM
herk, are you going to Brooklyn Inn tonight?
Lechacal, who has confirmed so far?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 3:02 PM
My rant of the day:
I'm sure Mr. B has noticed that there are 300 some comments in the OT today, 3 for the COTD and less than 20 for the HOTD.
Even a thread about Park Slope garnered less than 30 comments.
This website has become nothing but a jerk off session for a bunch of people who should be talking over gmail chat.
No offense, but I'm sure Mr. B ain't pleased.
I could contribute more I suppose and not be a hypocrite, but the posts seem less and less interesting and the commentary is so sparse that it's like talking to oneself on half the threads.
Any suggestions or are you all fine to take this website down the tubes?
Posted by: 11217 at September 10, 2009 3:03 PM
K I am back! wooooooosssaaaaaaaa wooooooosaaaaaaaaa
Question #1 - How old are you?
It's in my profile and will be that age for 3 more weeks
Quesiton #2 - Would you mind if a woman paid for the date?
I am an old fashioned type but if it's a cougar/cougee relationship then probably wouldn't
Question #3 - At the end of our date, how will you make me purr?
I do work a toy company
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 3:04 PM
benson, indeed.
I feel like I'm in the Kit Kat Klub and Liza Minnelli is about to make a grand appearance. Come to the Cabaret, my friend...
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 3:05 PM
benson, she's offering to pay. That doesn't make HER a whore.
She may be a woman but still have to defend her right to a good time with NSA.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 3:05 PM
11217 come out tonight to Brooklyn Inn.
I kind of think you're right but there has been a bunch of very controversial topics recently and not that much real estate porn so maybe that's why. I mean, if you look over at the forum threads, people are still asking and giving great advice.
I found a couple of great guys to put in bid to redo our building lobby and most likely we found the one that we're going to hire. Herki, I call Martin as per your recommendation but he came down, took measurements and disappeared and never put in a bid. what gives?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 3:08 PM
Darn, I was off the mark with the lyrics. It's more like:
"Life is a Cabaret, old chum, Come to the Cabaret."
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 3:08 PM
11217, Mr. B announced that there are 1,500 Twitter followers as of yesterday. I hardly think that we're taking this site down the tubes. Why don't put on your blonde wig and slink back under your rock.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 3:10 PM
Couger- you can have Kens and biff but I must remind you C Gar is mine. That said, please show him a good time but send him home in time to walk the dog. Um....not too good of a time. :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 3:10 PM
I love the Inn! I've had many a fun and boozey evening there. Thanks for sending me a heads up about it (must check that account more often). I'll try to make it but wouldn't be able to get there 'til a little later... what time were people planning on getting there?
Posted by: herkimermaid at September 10, 2009 3:11 PM
Message received from Mr. B:
"Can u let people know that I'm uit of the office and will ban Crooklyn upon my return?"
No need to send him more emails on that topic.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 3:11 PM
Sounds fun, Kens but tonight is Fashion Night Out. I'm gunna be partying it up at some of the Fashion week events and parties tonight.
Check it out...it's gunna be a fun night in the city tonight!
http://www.fashionsnightout.com/timeline.php
Posted by: 11217 at September 10, 2009 3:13 PM
11217, care to comment on the wallpaper in the HOTD???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 3:13 PM
Oops, Mr. B said he was "out" of the office. "uit" was my own spelling based on how Canadians pronounce the word.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 3:15 PM
just catching up. SUCH A busy day. ..it's a lot cooler being a failure career and relationship wise in nyc than almost anywhere else in the country tho dipster! that's how i look at it! hahah. it's also more justifiable. people always say people come to nyc to make it big and make money, but it's equally one of the best places to be if you just wanna coast and be insignificant and live life with more of an external locus of control whereas your failures really are not your own, it's just that you are surrounded by too many people trying to be the greatest.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 10, 2009 3:16 PM
Dirty, why aren't u going nuts on Fashion Night Out? Lots of drunk girls...your age (no offense, Couger).
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 3:16 PM
herk, I'll probably get there around 7pm. A few people said 8pm. (If you have a better email address, email it to me for future reference)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 3:16 PM
I've just finished painting the wainscoting below the island. Now I'm j=having a peanut butter sandwich break.
there, no mention of things sexual or racist.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 3:17 PM
dh - headed to freemans tonight but in case it is an ubercrowded shitshow you know of anywhere else nearby that's reasonably mellow? preferably bars that serve food, though straight up bar is fine too. thanks!
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 3:19 PM
hey Kens -- I'll be in touch with Martin this week and will mention about your job if you want. And if you're at the Inn tonight I'll tell you in person what I suspect is going on (don't want to post personal info on the OT!). It's nothing bad at all, but once you know I think it'll make sense.
Posted by: herkimermaid at September 10, 2009 3:19 PM
"there, no mention of things sexual or racist."
Or even sexist! I'm impressed! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 3:20 PM
I use dotster to host a few websites, quite happy and they have good tech support.
Posted by: denton at September 10, 2009 3:20 PM
oops, scratch that, loreley is across the street! :) geebs, i totally don't know manhattan any more.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 3:20 PM
Expert in Williamsburg thread - hilarious. But sick.
Posted by: jessibaby at September 10, 2009 3:21 PM
I don't know, DIBS, the things you can do with peanut butter . . .
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 3:21 PM
DIBS, just for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4&feature=fvw
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 3:22 PM
CG_ups, I love loreley. Great spot. Have fun.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 3:22 PM
Is peanut butter sandwich break code?
Hey everyone. How awesome is the weather today? I have every window open and it's fantastic. I even had to wear a jacket when i went out.
Heaven
Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 10, 2009 3:23 PM
Benson, Watch it! Who are you calling a Nazi?!?!?!? :-)
Kens, you sound positively charming. Well, actually the toy part does.
"but he came down, took measurements and disappeared"
Fear not my little cougee, I would never do that to you. I'd stay down there and keep measuring.
"Lots of drunk girls...your age (no offense, Couger)."
None taken. I don't need to be drunk to talk to a hipster.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 3:23 PM
C Gar- you emailed Herk? Behind my back? :-)
(damn. where did I put the virtual wedding band from benson?)
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 3:23 PM
freemans is running a special, $5 specialty cocktails and $5 apps. woohoo! :)
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 3:25 PM
CG, love the mac n cheese at Freemans, that stuff is like crack to me.
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 3:25 PM
You know, I hate to say "I told you so", but I knew where that Billyburg triangle story was going to go the minute I saw it. Here is what I posted when I first saw it this morning:
"Such are the fruits of NYC's political system that still thrives on a toxic combination of overweaning government and a racial/ethnic spoils system"
With the emergence of "post-ethnic" NYC in the Bloomberg era, this is not as prevalent as in the past, but at one time, this was ALL NYC politics was about, and it still lingers in some quarters.
My grandmother and uncle lived in a housing project in Canarsie for 39 years. The project was divided between two ethnic groups that shall go nameless, and my folks belonged to neither. When my grandmother and uncle decided to move out, they merely informed the NYCHA. They were visited by a member of one group, who asked why they were not given a heads-up, so that "we could make sure that we got one of our own in here".
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 3:27 PM
I've lost track of everyone who has confirmed. A probably incomplete list is:
- Snappy
- Biff
- Jessibaby
- me
- Kensington
- Benson
- beoch
- bitter retort
- [infinite jester?]
- C-Gar
- maybe CG ups depending on some stuff
- Arkady I think
Make believe guests include:
- Cougar (coming for Kensington)
- Sarah Palin [wink]
Did I miss anyone?
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 3:28 PM
bitter, no jelly and definitely NO banana.
peanut butter, like chocolate should remain in its purest form, unspoiled by the addition of any, well, additions.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 3:28 PM
Strictly platonic, bxgrl, rest assured
THL, the CGar-dog (with all her fur) and I are LOVING this weather! How are you feeling?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 3:29 PM
wow I love being inadvertently part of a virtual love triangle. It's so much more exciting than my real life. Thanks guys!
Posted by: herkimermaid at September 10, 2009 3:29 PM
peanut butter and jelly without the jelly makes me sad. :( sort of like this guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHYAgqkEwRc
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 3:30 PM
"beoch, will I be making your acquaintance tonight? ; ) I visualize bitter as an elderly Patty Duke (hey, she visualizes me as Grizzly Adams), so that must make you her twin Kathy?"
We'll see, CGar. Not sure if Bitter Half will let you anywhere near me/us after that "elderly" crack.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 10, 2009 3:31 PM
best sandwich ever? the BLAT! BLT with avocado baby!
bitter, agreed on the mac and cheese! it's deadly good. mmmm. that better be on the specials! :)
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 3:32 PM
"Cougar (coming for Kensington)"
Why is everyone misspelling my name???
It's with an 'E'!!!
'E' for Eager
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 3:32 PM
couger is cracking me up.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 3:35 PM
I thought the "E" was for elderly.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 3:35 PM
Why do I get the fucking brackets?? I said I was coming.
(sorry, just love swearing)
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 3:35 PM
Pretty good today. Had an iffy moment in the meat section at BJ's but overall much better. Thanks CGar.
The cats are going bonkers from the blowing wind whipping in through the windows. They're tearing around like crazy doing that "I must be in the other room right.....NOW!" routines replete with ears back, sideways jumping runs, tails all puffy. It's insanity.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 10, 2009 3:35 PM
I aim to please, herk
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 3:36 PM
Sorry infinite - was going from memory and couldn't recall whether you rsvp'd. Consider yourself unbracketed.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 3:36 PM
Thanks couger, now fess up, which PLUSA are you?
Herki, thanks. We will probably go with another person but wouldn't hurt to hear from Martin and see how much he priced the job at. He seemed like a great guy though.
Biffy, that's for relaying Mr. B's message.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 3:37 PM
you're in the box jester! [] what did you do this time?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 3:37 PM
E for Eager, funny!
Biff, do u have a mancrush on Pork Slap? (even without proper ID?)???
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 3:37 PM
I meant thanks for relaying the message. oopsy
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 3:37 PM
8,433 comments on the cover thread on Huffington Post: que?
I prefer my blogs local.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 3:37 PM
"Had an iffy moment in the meat section at BJ's"
Some re-writes don't even need to be re-written.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 3:37 PM
Least he didn't use my real name.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 3:37 PM
Cougar, I want to meet you so we can exchange stories about younger guys, thoughts about how much to pay for what services and favorite underwear. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 3:38 PM
I'll be there with lipstick on, and my bff Katie Couric.
[wink]
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 3:39 PM
"I thought the "E" was for elderly."
Hey, watch it!!!
And your comment is coming from the self proclaimed old gizzer himself.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 3:40 PM
herk- I thought you canceled the clambake lst week becuase you had a date. I thought at least you were having fun offline even if the rest of us aren't.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 3:40 PM
zoink. does biff want to be the meat in a bitter pork slap sandwich?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 3:40 PM
"Biff, do u have a mancrush on Pork Slap? (even without proper ID?)???"
If you're talking about the beer, then I will answer with a resounding "yes".
If you're talking about your other half, while I do think he's a great guy, I can't say I'm mancrushing on him, valid driver's license or not.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 3:41 PM
xoxo see you tonight CarGar'd (as the Dallas theme music wafts through my head...)!
Posted by: herkimermaid at September 10, 2009 3:41 PM
OK, OK. I admit it. I am Couger.
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 3:41 PM
"I aim to please"
Coming from a man, those words are music to my ears.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 3:42 PM
phew. don't forget the winks, those have been cracking me up without fail. i dunno why, but they get me every time! :)
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 3:43 PM
"zoink. does biff want to be the meat in a bitter pork slap sandwich?"
As long as I'm the meat and not the bun, that means I'm still hetero, right?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 3:43 PM
zoink. does biff want to be the meat in a bitter pork slap sandwich?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 3:40 PM
maybe a Dirty pork slap sandwich.
(wink) sorry, sarah.
Posted by: bitter retort at September 10, 2009 3:44 PM
I could dress up in drag as a Couger.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 3:44 PM
So some PLUSA is posting under 3 names? Holy moly and I thought I have a cushy (spelling?) job.
note to self: go to the toy box and load up on toys for tonight.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 3:44 PM
Thanks, CG_ups. Coming from a funny gal like you, that means a lot.
[wink]
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 3:45 PM
"Biff, do u have a mancrush on Pork Slap?"
I wouldn't mind seeing someone crushed by a Pork Slap!
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 3:46 PM
So the list is:
- INFINITE JESTER - DEFINITELY FOR SURE
- Herkimer
- Snappy
- Biff
- Jessibaby
- me
- Kensington
- Benson
- beoch
- bitter retort
- C-Gar
- maybe CG ups depending on some stuff
- Arkady I think
Make believe guests include:
- CougEr (coming for Kensington - double entendre of the day)
- Sarah Palin [wink]
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 3:46 PM
"As long as I'm the meat and not the bun, that means I'm still hetero, right?"
Not necessarily
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 3:47 PM
lechacal,
just a suggestion,
female posters might consider showing up to your gathering dressed as Sarah Palin.
would make for an interesting night.
especially after a couple of beers.
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 3:47 PM
As long as I'm the meat and not the bun, that means I'm still hetero, right?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 3:43 PM
Biff, that would make you the top.
I could dress up in drag as a Couger.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 3:44 PM
Dave, remember, I am not your type.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 3:47 PM
maybe a Dirty pork slap sandwich.
(wink) sorry, sarah.
I am very uncomfortable with this kind of talk. In Alaska, Dirty could be a grandfather.
[wink]
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 3:47 PM
"OK, OK. I admit it. I am Couger."
But I am NOT Sarah Palin
[Wink]
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 3:48 PM
"So some PLUSA is posting under 3 names?"
[Oy] Oh, I'm so shocked, this NEVER happens.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 3:50 PM
SARAH, GET YER SHAMELESS FLOOZY SKANK ASS BACK HOME RIGHT NOW!!!! HAVE YOU NO SHAME, WOMAN??
Posted by: Todd Palin at September 10, 2009 3:50 PM
CG ups, BTW, you seem like you know your way around the kitchen. Why not pick up extra dough as a private chef? You will probably like it and it's a nice chunk of supplemental income.
I read a story (NY Times?) a while ago how a chef was hosting private dinner parties at her house and charging like $80 bucks or so for a 3-4 course dinners for 12 people or so and had very good success doing it.
You might even have clients set up from PLUSAs salivating over your food already.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 3:51 PM
I'm so confused....
They're coming out of the woodwork: nazi nutjobs, cougers, and Sarah Palin wanna-be's. Oy!
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 3:52 PM
Todd Palin, How old are you?
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 3:52 PM
DIBS - vanilla dutch masters aren't used for their tobacco.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 3:54 PM
who you callin' nazi nut job, white man?
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 3:55 PM
You are soooooo Jewish, Cobble. The "Oy" was a dead giveaway. I assume the real reason you aren't going tonight is that you're busy cooking for Rosh Hashanah.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 3:56 PM
CG_ups - if Freeman's is a shitshow, check out Emporio. It's on Mott btw prince and spring. Owned by the same guys as Aurora in Soho/Burg. Good, cheap wine and italian bites.
Jo's on Elizabeth btw Houston and Prince is good too.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 3:56 PM
I think it would be more interesting if you dressed up as Sarah Palin, Legion :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 3:56 PM
"Todd Palin, How old are you?"
Well, let's see. I'm old enough to know how to use my crossbow. I also like hunting foxes. Wouldn't mind hunting a couger too, if ya know what I mean.
[wink]
Posted by: Todd Palin at September 10, 2009 3:56 PM
HA HA HA, Even Todd can't stand his freak of a wife! LOL!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 3:57 PM
bxgrl,
I'll be dressed as Van Johnson. lol
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 3:58 PM
Couger, I now know you better than the Doddering Old Man knew me when he picked me to be his running mate. Whatcha say to a Palin-Couger ticket in 2012?
[wink]
Todd, STFU.
[scowl]
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 3:59 PM
Legion, are you going to be at the Inn tonight?
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 4:00 PM
I can't lie anymore, I must be Jewish. I was out shopping for my world famous Kosher Cholent and Raisin Farfel Kugel. I thought I might make a Tsimmes Salad. And, of course, we'll have some chopped liver and gifilte fish on hand.
Who's bringing the Manishevitz?
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:00 PM
Todd- but you'll be using the helicopter for hunting tonight, right? Just checking because I wanted to borrow it so I could drop Joe Wilson in the Potomac.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 4:00 PM
home made parmesan and rosemary popovers
homemade cured salmon (been dying to try cooking that) with rye toasts and garnishes
honey soy glazed pork loin
valrohna chocolate bread pudding
sound worth $60? more? less? $80 with wines?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 4:00 PM
This Palin back and forth is unreal!
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 4:01 PM
I've never had an eskimo. The closest would be a Skowkale Indian.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 4:01 PM
"I wanted to borrow it so I could drop Joe Wilson in the Potomac."
Too late, I just ran him over with my Jeep Cherokee.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:02 PM
lechacal,
thanks, but no, takin' off again for parts South.
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 4:02 PM
Legion, no one's calling you a nazi nutjob. Not even me :). It's a reference to the triangle thread.
Posted by: slopefarm at September 10, 2009 4:03 PM
legion- are you celebrating Xmas early?
(FYI- Van Johnson was a famous actor. I believe you mean Van Jones. See? That's how you guys spread misinformation)
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 4:03 PM
The Palin back and forth is annoying.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 10, 2009 4:04 PM
"This Palin back and forth is unreal!"
Exactly.
[wink]
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 4:04 PM
cobblehiller,
how do you make Manishevitz wine?
answer; kick him in the nuts.
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 4:05 PM
Cobble- you just made me coffee spray!
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 4:05 PM
"The Palin back and forth is annoying."
I fully agree. Also, Couger doesn't know when to get off the stage, for that matter.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 4:06 PM
thanks for the suggestions dh?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 4:06 PM
"Cobble- you just made me coffee spray!"
I'll buy you a roll of paper towels!! [Which one?? My Rosh Hashanah menu or the Jeep?]
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:07 PM
[Pssst, Cobble, it's "gefilte", and I only like mine from scratch, please]
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:07 PM
"Whatcha say to a Palin-Couger ticket in 2012?"
WooooHoooooo.
With your Hotness and my 'Elderly Eagerness' we can score some fine young men.
What size panties do you wear? I'll pick up some thongs for you.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 4:08 PM
oops, i meant thanks for the suggestions dh!
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 4:08 PM
I'll wear a green suit and a red shirt.
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 3:59 PM
Shit, my boss is on this site. I gotta scale down now and pretend I am working. Umm sir, that red shirt looks dashing on you.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 4:08 PM
"This Palin back and forth is unreal!
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 4:01 PM"
You stay out of this, infinitepester. This is between me and the missus. Speaking of the Palin back and forth, Sarah, when you gonna get your buns in bed?
Posted by: Todd Palin at September 10, 2009 4:09 PM
[Cobble, bxgrl, avert your eyes, please] Say what you will, but Todd Palin is a fine looking man.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:10 PM
"Cobble, it's "gefilte""
You say gefilte, I say gifilte!! : P
But you still think I'm Jewish, right?
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:11 PM
The Palin/Couger/Todd thing has become tedious. Always leave the stage when people want more.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 4:11 PM
"Also, Couger doesn't know when to get off the stage, for that matter."
Benson, I know when and how to get off!
Kens, I'll see you later, my pet.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 4:13 PM
bxgrl,
lol,
...Van Jones, that's right.
got my Vans confused today.
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 4:13 PM
With THAT Rosh Hashanah menu, the only people I know who are MORE Jewish than you are Chad and Chet.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:13 PM
Why, thank you, CarrollGardened. You ain't so bad yourself.
[wink]
ahem, sorry, just got somethin' in my eye.
Posted by: Todd Palin at September 10, 2009 4:13 PM
"I'll pick up some thongs for you."
Couger, no need. I will be the "Commando-in-Chief."
[wink]
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 4:13 PM
"Also, Couger doesn't know when to get off the stage, for that matter."
Agreed, take a bow and exit stage left before someone grabs the giant hook.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 10, 2009 4:14 PM
Kens, I'll see you later, my pet.
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 4:13
Me likes that kinda talk :o).
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 4:15 PM
cobblehiller, if you have my email address,can you email me offlist? I need to send you something.
Posted by: cmu at September 10, 2009 4:16 PM
Let me know how Freeman's is CGups - I haven't been there in ages.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 4:16 PM
I take it my menu was bad. Ah well, you can put a WASP in a room with Jews but you can't reach her to make Rosh Hashanah dinner. : (
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:16 PM
slopefarm,
thanks, I thought my George Lincoln Rockwell library card was showing.
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 4:16 PM
THL, I am lovin the weather today. I had one of those extra long lunches and took a stroll around the hood for a while.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 4:17 PM
where are you guys going tonight? i tried scrolling back and couldnt find it.. directions? is it walkable from 5th avenue and 1st street?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 10, 2009 4:17 PM
Legion;
Come on, fellow conservative-in-arms? Do you think I'd call you a nazi nutjob? We have enough folks around here calling us that already!!
;-)
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 4:19 PM
Thanks Denton. Will check them out.
And...oh dear goodness, what is going on here in the OT. Am the only one with a legitimately.
Posted by: Expert Textpert at September 10, 2009 4:19 PM
Good day for that Kens. Best part was we had a surprising amount of sun too.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 10, 2009 4:19 PM
I used to have your card here somewhere, but I can't seem to find it this minute cmu. Or can someone else that has cmu's email me?
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:20 PM
Not at all, Cobble. I was genuinely complementing your menu. My mother would be impressed, alev hashalom. (You SURE you aren't Jewish?) I just thought you'd spit YOUR coffee out when I suggested that Chad and Chet were even MORE Jewish. . . . BTW, awesome bacon and cheddar scones this morning, even if they aren't Kosher.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:20 PM
Rob - Boerum Hill.
The Brooklyn Inn
148 Hoyt St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
at Bergen St
You can totally walk it but it's a ways and will take you probably 25 minutes to half an hour. I've done the walk a bunch of times. Faster walk if you cut through where the projects are.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 4:20 PM
when is everyone arriving tonight?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 4:21 PM
Make that:
Am the only one posting legitimately.
Posted by: Expert Textpert at September 10, 2009 4:21 PM
Lechacal, consider your nomination for SCOTUS retracted.
[wink]
Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 10, 2009 4:21 PM
Rob,
"hereletmegooglethatforyou
The Brooklyn Inn
148 Hoyt St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
at Bergen St.
It's one block from Smith Street in what I guess is Boerum Hill.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 10:01 AM"
Legion, are you joining us tonight?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 4:21 PM
cobble- you are officially honorary. You don't even need to worry about the menu at this point- once you're honorary you can't be kicked off the show...er...out. What can I say? We infiltrate everywhere .You're next, legion... hahahahaha *sinister laugh* :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 4:23 PM
benson,
hey, in this chatroom I'm always watching my back.
the political jabs fly around like banana cream pies waiting to land on someone's face.
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 4:23 PM
DH - It's actually looking like I can get out on the earlier side tonight. Maybe there by 7? Unless of course the shit hits the fan at work.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 4:23 PM
CGar,
My sister-in-law [converted] and I joke about setting up a raw bar in their driveway so they can keep kosher in their home, but we can still have shellfish when I visit.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 10, 2009 4:24 PM
Unlikely I'll get there this evening. Been waiting for a plumber all day - he had an emergency & won't be here until after 7.
Posted by: Arkady at September 10, 2009 4:26 PM
"cobble- you are officially honorary."
I'd like to thank my parents for moving us to Brooklyn when I was 5, I'd like to thank my schoolmates who invited me to their Gram's and Bubbie's homes for kugel and sleepovers. To all the kids who invited me to their Bar and Bat Mitvah's, and to the 3 Jewish boyfriends I've had the pleasure of knowing [That's in the old testament sense, not the new Testament sense] and to my Catholic Italian friend Al, who taught me to make Matzoh Brie.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:27 PM
Kens,
You should post "Happy Happy thoughts this morning everyone!" as the first post in every thread.
Some people really need to be reminded of it.
Posted by: Expert Textpert at September 10, 2009 4:28 PM
ROFL, beoch! At some point, my mother made her gas grill traife and bought a lobster pot!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:28 PM
biff,
thanks, but I'm out of town again early in the AM.
perhaps I'll check in for tomorrow's run down.
by the way, what was that restaurant at the top of the hotel in Brooklyn that somebody mentioned a couple of weeks ago? Was that the View in Park Slope?
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 4:28 PM
Cobble, don't forget your 2 Jewish tenants
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:30 PM
cmu, Can you email me at cobblehiller1 at gmail dot com?
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:30 PM
so if i walk all the way down to bergen street on 5th avenue, and then just start walking down like 4th to 3rd, etc ill hit hoyt? is that crossing through the projects?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 10, 2009 4:30 PM
One of my old bosses was Kosher and his father-in-law also worked in the office.
Whenever his FIL was away he'd get a shrimp salad sandwich for lunch. EVERY TIME! He even swore me to secrecy. You can NEVER tell him!
Story is he didn't grow up in a Kosher household and had to adapt to it once he got married. Poor thing would always look SO guilty when he was eating it too.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 10, 2009 4:30 PM
Legion, it was the VUE.
www.vuerest.com
Expert, I really should start taking my own advice.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 4:30 PM
Beoch, what time are you heading over tonight? We can do a Brooklyn Heights convoy.
Cobble, you almost had it, but what is "Gram's"?? It's Zadie, my shana maideleh.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 4:31 PM
c'hiller- for g-d's sake! It's not an award. It's a life burdening responsibility. Take it from me. (You had 3 Jewish boyfriends? I don't think i ever had one. I seem to go for the ethnic/wasp/weirdo types. One could say I have catholic tastes. :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 4:32 PM
cool lech - i'm gonna swing by after work. probably be there by 6:30 incase anyone is early
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 4:32 PM
CHiller, you are clearly more of an MOT than I am, and I was Conservative growing up. You've definitely had more Jewish bfs too . . . I even married a goy!
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 10, 2009 4:32 PM
rob - no, just a residential street
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 4:33 PM
kensingtonian,
thanks, thought so,
the chef from the VUE was on Anthony Bordain's show,
his name is Chris Cheung. Used to work at Nobu.
Posted by: Legion at September 10, 2009 4:33 PM
Yo, who the F is doing the PLUSA ID Verification here? That person is failing in the role big time
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 4:33 PM
rob, do you have a bike? if so might I recommend the "bike path of evil" that is Bergen street, and leads directly to the Inn (and affords you several other drinking options along the way).
Posted by: herkimermaid at September 10, 2009 4:34 PM
rob, bergen is probably fine, although I don't know it well. Definitely go past wykoff.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 4:34 PM
Kens, you're a cool guy. And by the looks of it someone has their eye on you...and would also like to get their paws on you.
Keep it real, my friend.
Posted by: Expert Textpert at September 10, 2009 4:34 PM
THL my friends boss (big shot lady in Equity research) converted to Judaism when she got married and would totally eat shrimp, lobster and pepperoni pizza only at work.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 4:34 PM
I'm sorry Biff, maybe they don't have Gram's in Canada?
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:35 PM
grrrrr my hair hates me today. no matter what i do, it looks like ass. i need to start paying for real haircuts.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 4:35 PM
Lechacal, Chinaman showing up 8'ish
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 4:35 PM
cobble- I meant until I met my virtual hubby, C Gar, of course.
biff- I grew up in a Yiddish/English speaking household and we never called my grandmother (who lived with us) anything but Grandma but everyone else in the family called her Bubba.Not sure why but we never used "Zadie" Wonder why?
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 4:36 PM
quote:
rob, do you have a bike?
what am i 12? ill just have to walk it or hop in a car.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 10, 2009 4:36 PM
"I'm sorry Biff, maybe they don't have Gram's in Canada?"
Of course they do. We moved to the metric system years ago. We have grams but don't have ounces.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 4:37 PM
"You had 3 Jewish boyfriends? I don't think i ever had one."
But, alas, bxgrl, you finally have a Jewish ehusband.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:38 PM
When I was 5 my brother started going to catechism school & it scared me so I asked my mother what I could do that was different. She said, "Well, dear, you could be a Jew." So I went to Hebrew school for about 3 years. Now members of the Tribe come to me w/ kosher questions.
Posted by: Arkady at September 10, 2009 4:38 PM
I'm sorry I'm going to miss tonight.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 4:39 PM
Hola again losers! What's the word for tonight? What time, etc?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 4:39 PM
so I know I drink and drive but how the heck do you drink and cycle? I wouldn't be able to keep my balance for the life of me.
Expert, thanks :-). Any chance you might come out tonight?
Legion, yeah, it's Chris Cheung but I hope you know he is not in the kitchen cookin. He created the menu and it's seems solid (I only had brunch there so far) and Denton had dinner and was satisfied so def. worth checking out.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 4:40 PM
My first boyfriend was Jewish. Rest His Soul.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 4:40 PM
Legion,
OMG, Chris Cheung is awesome! He is my friend's nephew (interesting family dynamic, but he's nearly the same age as she is). I've been to a number of his restaurants, and his food is REALLY good.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 10, 2009 4:40 PM
"Chinaman showing up 8'ish"
four minutes later....
"I'm sorry I'm going to miss tonight." - DIBS
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 4:40 PM
Amazing how Snappy always shows up right before #500. She has blogdar.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 4:40 PM
"You had 3 Jewish boyfriends?"
What can I say, I like them, they like me. [shrug]
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:41 PM
snappy :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHYAgqkEwRc
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 4:41 PM
"My first boyfriend was Jewish. Rest His Soul."
My first accountant was Jewish. Rest his Saul.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 4:41 PM
OK, one more time for Snappy's benefit:
The Brooklyn Inn
148 Hoyt St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
at Bergen St.
Sounds like people will start showing up at 6:30ish.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 4:42 PM
Nobu is soooo mid 90s
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 4:42 PM
"cobble- I meant until I met my virtual hubby, C Gar, of course."
Yes, of course, and all my Jewish boyfriends were pre-BH, Chet and Chad.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:42 PM
I'm just cool like that Biffy :) LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 4:42 PM
dh, i will be early, like 6:30 also
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 4:42 PM
All the Jews like you, Cobble ; )
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:43 PM
500!!!??!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 4:43 PM
500?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:43 PM
$500?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 4:43 PM
"Expert, thanks :-). Any chance you might come out tonight?"
I thought about it for a second and then realized that I have to organize my sock drawer tonight.
Posted by: Expert Textpert at September 10, 2009 4:43 PM
CG that vid is awesome! LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 4:43 PM
My accountant is Jewish, and he better out live me, because I would be LOST without him. And he makes me laugh, and doesn't overcharge me, and let's me call him with silly questions free of charge throughout the year.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:43 PM
C'mon, 500, it's been awhile.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:43 PM
500?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 4:43 PM
DAMMIT!!!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 4:44 PM
rob, just go straight there from work...walk home only once.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 4:44 PM
500?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:43 PM
CGar gets this one!!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:44 PM
a butterfly could just flit over as well...
Posted by: herkimermaid at September 10, 2009 4:45 PM
Dammit, CGar was in the middle of my #500 biffwich.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 4:45 PM
My first accountant was Jewish. Rest his Saul.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 4:41 PM
Jews have no souls, remember! Crooklyn would agree. That's why we always go into banking, accounting and god forbid......law.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 4:45 PM
I have a Catholic accountant. I am a sad, sad little man. I do have a Jewish lawyer and my real estate agent is a "Jew-Wop" as he told me.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 4:45 PM
I don't have an accountant, just a stockbroker.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 4:46 PM
Nice...I can take the B75. Wooohooo! Took the train twice today and my foot is cursing me out somethin' fierce :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 4:46 PM
Who hit 500? The President or his Chief of Staff?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:46 PM
Expert Textpert, if you're going to rehash a joke, get it right. It's "I have to rearrange the paper in my sock drawer". Hack!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 4:47 PM
cmurthi a?t seeinggreen do?t net
Posted by: cmu at September 10, 2009 4:47 PM
I always dreamed of being in the middle of a Biffwich! ; )
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:47 PM
cmu, I just sent you a note.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:50 PM
*Catholic Accountants? those exist?"
haha *raises hand*
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 4:50 PM
500?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 4:43 PM
CGar got it.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:50 PM
"Catholic Accountants? those exist?"
Yes, although they're about as rare as Jewish inductees to the Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 4:51 PM
Kens, there's no Jewish guilt following you with cheating the IRS. You just go to confession and say three "Hail Marys"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 4:51 PM
Kens, there's no Jewish guilt following you with cheating the IRS. You just go to confession and say three "Hail Marys"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 4:51 PM
Kens, there's no Jewish guilt following you with cheating the IRS. You just go to confession and say three "Hail Marys"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 4:51 PM
Wait- accountants exist?? Who knew?
Posted by: bxgrl at September 10, 2009 4:52 PM
i need a drink
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 4:52 PM
Jews have no souls, remember! Crooklyn would agree. That's why we always go into banking, accounting and god forbid......law.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 4:45 PM
Kens, you forgot the D word
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 4:52 PM
Three Hail Mary's or 3 sets of 3 Hail Mary's! : P
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 4:53 PM
are the projects on wycoff or bergen? it feels weird asking that, but honestly, i aint in the mood to be traipsing through the projects today. i just mapquested it and it doesnt seem like too far of a walk at all.. it says take 1st street down to third avenue then go down wykoff, but id rather walk down 5th and turn down bergen since that seems easier. tho says walking time 23 minutes there way
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 10, 2009 4:53 PM
*Catholic Accountants? those exist?"
haha *raises hand*
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 4:50 PM
DH, if you're going to go in business for youself, you definitely need a Jewish office manager. I am willing to interview for the position but am not willing to accept payment in forms of vanilla dutchmasters and cheap can beers.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 4:54 PM
rob - PJs are off wyckoff
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 4:54 PM
I would rather drink three Bloody Mary's.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 10, 2009 4:55 PM
rob. i've walked through them before. they are pretty mild projects but they're between hoyt and bond so just walk up hoyt then you won't have to cross through.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 4:55 PM
Rob, take bergen, not wyckoff. Wyckoff borders projects.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 4:55 PM
"Expert Textpert, if you're going to rehash a joke, get it right. It's "I have to rearrange the paper in my sock drawer". Hack!"
I'm sorry, but I don't know that joke. I'm not into corny humoUr. Please enlighten me.
Hack! Hardly!!!!! Is this thing on?
Posted by: Expert Textpert at September 10, 2009 4:56 PM
Kens, there's no Jewish guilt following you with cheating the IRS. You just go to confession and say three "Hail Marys"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 4:51 PM
Ha ha ha. That was funny. Dave we have no hell. Jewish guilt will follow us whether we are accountants or not, hence the kvetching all the time.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 10, 2009 4:56 PM
"Chinaman showing up 8'ish"
four minutes later....
"I'm sorry I'm going to miss tonight." - DIBS
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 4:40 PM
Lechacal, in order to completely be DIBS' type, guns & buns need to be firm & popping (on top of the ethnicity requirement). You recall seeing the BF last time. heard the Mexican BF is even more built
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 4:57 PM
"Rob, take bergen, not wyckoff. Wyckoff borders projects."
we should all get saucy and walk thru the projects arm in arm.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 4:58 PM
thanks. yeah on google maps you can tell what are projects based on how large the beige boxes are in the street grids.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 10, 2009 5:01 PM
DH, you already know the two of us are a bad combination when we have our swerve on.... I wouldn't be shocked if that happened. BTW awesome that you're going to make it.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 5:02 PM
Yeah, dh, if i could write what I fantasize happening to me by a gang of yoots as I walk through the projects!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 5:03 PM
"Catholic Accountants? those exist?"
Yes, although they're about as rare as Jewish inductees to the Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame."
Biff, not so. At one time,the Big 5 accounting firms were known as Irish mafias.
Posted by: benson at September 10, 2009 5:04 PM
>rare as Jewish inductees to the Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame.
I read this once in the NYT: "as rare as a Jewish man with a tool-belt"
Posted by: cmu at September 10, 2009 5:05 PM
Sigh. Ever tried brushing a cat's teeth? That was hard. And unsuccessful. :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 5:07 PM
A gang of yoots, dave, or just 2 yoots?
dh and lechacal, I can totally see you two heading for the projects if you're the last two standing tonight. Question is whether I'll join you this time . . .
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 5:07 PM
Why all the Jewish jokes?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 5:07 PM
I got a bit tipsy at Ceol one summer day, started walking home. I strolled through the projects - some Hispanic woman began walking next to me, yelling in my ear. A few of her friends tagged along but I totally ignored them. I was blasting music on my headphones and wearing a suit jacket 9it wasn't very warm out). Eventually she gave up as I never even ackowledged her.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 5:07 PM
m4l, I forgot to mention that Xing enjoyed meeting you guys. He had met Biff, cobble, MM and bxgrl once before.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 5:08 PM
G'nite All.
Have a great time tonight.
I'll be thinking of you all when I'm rearranging my socks and stick my hands in them and pretend they're puppets.
Posted by: Expert Textpert at September 10, 2009 5:08 PM
lol dave
haha lech - i think aggressively f*cking with people in the wyckoff houses might end differently than aggressively f*cking with people at Union Pool
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 5:08 PM
"Why all the Jewish jokes?"
Partly because I said 'OY'.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 5:09 PM
More is always better, CGar. I don't want to actually use the "r" word but a fantasy of 5-6 guys having their way!!!!!
Couger would understand.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 5:11 PM
how much does a shot usually cost? like say a shot of vodka (regular shot glass, not a giant shooter glass). or a shot of something goofy like a kamakaze? or a shot of jagermeister?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 5:11 PM
You all are nuts! See ya at the Inn. Wait....does this joint have outdoor space? Nevermind...I'll google :) Ciao!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 10, 2009 5:14 PM
Ask Couger, CG ups, she probably buys a lot of them
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 5:15 PM
The 11 kamikaze shots I bought for the group at Pete's cost $30.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 10, 2009 5:15 PM
"I don't want to actually use the "r" word but a fantasy of 5-6 guys having their way!!!!!
Couger would understand."
I do understand, Dave.
"r word" = ravish
Posted by: Couger at September 10, 2009 5:15 PM
"i think aggressively f*cking with people in the wyckoff houses might end differently than aggressively f*cking with people at Union Pool"
ha ha - yeah, hipsters tend not to be very well armed and are usually emaciated little things (the men anyways). I will not be engaging in any aggression of any kind at the projects tonight.
Posted by: lechacal at September 10, 2009 5:16 PM
"Why all the Jewish jokes?"
My bad, Snaps. After twice winning TKOTD, I called Cobble out for being Jewish. Cobble, remind me tomorrow to tell you the JWCGNYGCT.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 5:18 PM
"More is always better, CGar. I don't want to actually use the "r" word but a fantasy of 5-6 guys having their way!!!!!"
I look forward to your return, dave. We'll catch up!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 5:19 PM
Lechacal, you might be fine as some might think you're a detective but DH would be in trouble
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 5:20 PM
"The 11 kamikaze shots I bought for the group at Pete's cost $30."
We got immensely hooked up at Pete's. I pop in to use their ATM all the time and the bartender working that night always asks where you guys are.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 5:21 PM
DH, I can do another round at Pete's.
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 5:24 PM
DH, I'll go back to Pete's anytime.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 5:25 PM
does brooklyn inn have a jukebox? i need some rap music tonight.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 5:27 PM
brooklyn inn had a great juke box, been a while since I was there
Posted by: DeLepp at September 10, 2009 5:29 PM
DH, I'm praying there's some massive TV's with the GAME on too
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 5:30 PM
so shots run about $6-8?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 5:30 PM
DeLepp, are you coming tonight?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 5:31 PM
everyone is off their meds today. people in my office are being cuckooooo
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 5:31 PM
I hope you'll all be up for going out next Thursday.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 5:32 PM
M4L, if i remember correctly, no TVs at BK inn. def not in the back room
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 5:32 PM
"so shots run about $6-8?"
5-8 is standard. call stuff like jameson and jack usually on the higher end.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 5:33 PM
I'm up for next Thursday, too, dave
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 5:33 PM
I think the jukebox is gone DeLepp... the building owners took over the business about a year ago and changed some things around... that was one of them :(
anybody remember the juke box at O'Conners??
Posted by: herkimermaid at September 10, 2009 5:33 PM
cgups - u going to freeman's more for drinks or dinner?
I'd venture to say cocktails are better at Jo's
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 5:34 PM
no TV?!!! crap
Posted by: more4less at September 10, 2009 5:34 PM
$30/11= $2.62
That would be on the VERY low side but $6-8 is high but that depends on where you are. A shot at the King Cole bar is probably $10-15.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 5:34 PM
cgar, maybe, ironically I'm meeting up with an old brooklyn inn friend tonight. Enjoy the juke box and the randy boys at the witching hour.
Posted by: DeLepp at September 10, 2009 5:34 PM
hm, that's terrible, it had some great tunes on it. Oh well, the sands of time are not kind.
Posted by: DeLepp at September 10, 2009 5:36 PM
Dave - since you like King Cole Bar - have you ever been to Bemelmans Bar at the Caryle Hotel?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 5:38 PM
Steelers vs. Titans tonight.
I can't imagine listening to a football game without hearing John Madden. When I think of Thanksgiving and Winter weekends it's always with hearing Madden in the background.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 5:39 PM
freemans to partake of the discount drinks and appys so will deffo hit it since the other half is kinda amped for it. thanks for the alternate suggestions thoguh! :)
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 5:42 PM
dh, I have been to the Carlyle. That bar is a beauty and arguably more intimate than King Cole. The lighting is a lot different.
Speaking of the Carlyle, a friend in Buck's County bought Bobby Short's sofa at auction after he died. I didn't see the attraction to a used sofa except maybe one that belonged to a historical figure from the past.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 5:43 PM
gotcha cg - hopefully it isn't too crowded! (unlikely though haha)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 5:44 PM
king cole is at the st regis? love their bloody mary and the yums bar snacks. if you're paying $15 for a drink, it's nice to get tasty free wasabi peas et al. :)
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 5:47 PM
This year, the Giants will treat the Philadelphia Eagles much in the same manner that Michael Vick treats dogs - with extreme cruelty.
Posted by: East New York at September 10, 2009 5:50 PM
just got a craving for an earl gray martini
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 5:52 PM
We'll see about that, ENY.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 5:54 PM
can't wait til vick gets heckled
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 10, 2009 5:56 PM
The head of The Western Arena Arts Club is Jewish - Mark Altschuler. He spins ropes, twirls guns, cracks a bull whip, trick rides, etc.
See my videos: The Art of the Bullwhip; So You Want to Ride A Horse; etc.
Posted by: Arkady at September 10, 2009 5:57 PM
Do I hear 600 today, too? (Because I'm just that pathetic)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 5:59 PM
before i leave a little present for you CGed, i am posting after you so that you're not the TKOTD :)
bye all!
Posted by: CG_ups at September 10, 2009 6:03 PM
"can't wait til vick gets heckled"
Oh don't even worry about that, dirty. I will be at Giants stadium for the Eagles-Gaints game with a BUNCH of milk bones and specially written insults to hurl at The Dog Murderer.
He's a f-kng piece of garbage. In that sense, he's on the right team.
Posted by: East New York at September 10, 2009 6:05 PM
He's paid his debt to society. We got him cheap. He'll run all over the friggin "G-Men"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 6:09 PM
600
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 6:09 PM
600
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 6:10 PM
Curses, DIBS! Foiled again! I'm outta here.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 10, 2009 6:12 PM
Sorry, CGar, you got TKOTD but not the precious #600. :-P
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 6:12 PM
"He's paid his debt to society."
Sure you got him cheap - Philadelphia is the only francise desperate enough to sign this despicable sadist!
He may have paid his debt to society, but he can NEVER repay his debt to nature! He's an animal murderer and torturer. He strangled, beat, electrocuted and drowned dogs for sport and profit. Nothing will eve wipe that away, no matter how many apologists he manages to con into believing he's "sorry."
He's G-A-R-B-A-G-E.
Posted by: East New York at September 10, 2009 6:14 PM
ENY, tell us how you really feel! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 6:20 PM
He'll run all over the Giants and you'll not be able to do anything except sit there and watch with a gaping mouth.
Andy Reid is a stand up guy so if he's OK with it so am I.
I bet a lot of all that still goes on in East New York!!! You should be focused on that.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 6:22 PM
Crooklyn is gone, per mr. b
Posted by: rf at September 10, 2009 6:23 PM
ENY, it's bad enough I'm up here on Cape Cod and have to listen to all this Patriots and Red Sox shit. I don't need to hear your stupid Giants talk at the same time.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 10, 2009 6:26 PM
"it's bad enough I'm up here on Cape Cod"
It's the price you have to pay DIBS! : P
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 10, 2009 6:37 PM
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