February 1, 2008
Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on East 169th St. and Franklin Ave. in the Bronx, an aircraft emergency at Laguardia in Queens, and a power outage on Laconia Ave. in the Bronx.
- The suit about seizing private property for another private owner in the name of public gain will move to the Supreme Court after a 3-judge panel ruled that Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards eminent domain actions were O.K. with them.
- Some subway graffiti suggesting who the real Cloverfield monster is.
- Michelle Williams released a statement about former fiancee Heath Ledger's death: "My heart is broken...I am the mother of the most tender-hearted, high-spirited, beautiful little girl who is the spitting image of her father. All that I can cling to is his presence inside her that reveals itself every day."
- J. Lo reportedly will give birth on Long Island soon, while wearing couture maternity clothes. No word yet on whether Marc Anthony will have J-Lo's obstetrician abacinated following the birth, like the architect of St. Basil's in Russia.
- A construction crane on Washington Street, between Watts and Debrosses Sts., snapped and half in Tribeca; a witness saw the crane's ball fall!
- A few words from the recently shuttered 2nd Street Cafe in Park Slope; a place can't survive on lunches and brunches alone.
- More testimony in the treason case of Lower East Side residents Ethel and Julius Rosenberg will become public.
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abacinate
(transitive, torture) To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
Clears that up.
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Whoops! Yeah sorry; that's one of my favorite words 'cause it seems to just roll off the tongue. Postnik Yakovlev was the architect of St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow. Upon its completion, Ivan the Terrible asked the architect if he could possibly do better in the future. When Yakovlev answered "Yeah, I think I can do better," Tsar Ivan had his eyes taken out.
Big Ole Sponge Bob is about to mop the floor w/that dildo-like Darth Vader
Big Ole Sponge Bob is about to mop the floor w/that dildo-like Darth Vader