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-- Don't forget: your bids for the site of Dr. Bartha's successful suicide attempt are due tomorrow.
-- Related: NYMag has a piece on "where to look for deals right now." They recommend the Upper West Side: "unrenovated models off the park are $5.5 million." Hilarious!
-- But there is hope: famous NYU economist Nouriel Roubini says "since 1997, real home prices have increased by about 90 percent. There is no economic fundamental—real income, migration, interest rates, demographics—that can explain this. It means there was a speculative bubble. And now that bubble is bursting."
-- Should transgendered New Yorkers be allowed to get new birth certificates?
-- That is one good looking 'cock.
-- Liza Minelli got off on assault charges using the old "it wasn't me, it was his herpes" defense.
-- Trying to find a relationship between bloggers and how well their books sell (after pricey book deals) can be hard when people debate whether some people were bloggers first or writers first. We're just waiting for the book on tape.
-- Yes!! You can bring your mascara back on planes! But only one Ziplock bag is allowed.
-- The Times has a scary investigative piece about local courts upstate. Many are run by "judges" (without college degrees) who enjoy dispensing their own brand of "justice": "Every woman needs a good pounding every now and then."

Volvo billboard north of the Williamsburg Bridge, by Jake. Another view, from Scott.

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By Jake Dobkin in Miscellaneous on September 25, 2006 6:17 PM

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James Aach

One thing the Boston Herald article on bloggers didn't mention was the "blook", -- posting an entire book on a blog. This is a way to demonstrate both writing quality and marketability. Especially in fiction, there aren't that many gatekeepers one can interest in a book, and evidence (and their own blogs) suggest they tend to focus most on what interests them. (I suspect their recognition of that was one reason they were hooking onto popular blogs.) Posting a blook may not ultimately result in mainstream publication, but it can bring some satisfaction to the writer, and some interesting reading to those who find it. Mine has worked out quite well. ("Rad Decision" is a thriller about nuclear power, based on my many years in the atomic biz.) http://RadDecision.blogspot.com

Someone or other

shouldn't that sign read "To whom would you give a Volvo?"?

I don't think it would do Volvo much good to sound even stuffier.

Mae West

"I care about the GAME," said Mae West, "not the SCORE." However, the latest statistics on Gothamist.com are here - - http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=gothamist.com - - and you can see how popular you are, and which months you folks got more traffic [or less]. Oh, yeah, please tell Alexa to give Gothamist.com a mini-screen-capture already, eh?

- - from: come up and see Mae - - MaeWest.blogspot.com - -

Sick Fhuk

How much do they like the white cock? Do you think they'll eat it?

schticky

haven't we really always know that dobkin likes the white cock too?

dirty gotham

i thought only jen chung liked the white cock?

yup

"The reason is plain: Many do not know or seem to care what the law is. Justices are not screened for competence, temperament or even reading ability. The only requirement is that they be elected... [New York] demands more schooling for licensed manicurists and hair stylists."

Gothamist -- this really deserves its own post, not just an extra, extra.

anomalous

shouldn't that sign read "To whom would you give a Volvo?"?

Kevin Walsh

>>>Trying to find a relationship between bloggers and how well their books sell

We'll just have to SEE about that...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060754001/qid=1148185712/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-8799287-7479065?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

www.forgotten-ny.com