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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bicyclist struck on Queens Blvd. and 55th St. a smoke condition at the Heartland Brewery & Rotisserie At 350 5th Ave & East 34th St.
Your name is Leila. You're a Verizon customer. You are receiving every text msg. addressed to Leila across the planet.
A science teacher at a Staten Island H.S. along with the robotics club mentor embezzled $2K from the students.
William F. Buckley Jr.'s death means big words are in vogue, at least when discussing his life.
Hello, inflation: It's now $4 for a quality slice; now more than a buck for a good bagel.
A Wisconsin man admitted that he was a total idiot in threatening a number of NFL stadiums, including Jets/Giants Stadium, with dirty bombs. It's suspected that he is not a member of Al Qaeda, but just a loser.
Bruce Ratner's plans to put a giant tower at Tillary and Jay St. are kaput
The Brothers Weinstein are working on their own specialty DVD label to go up against the Criterion Collection; not that it's related, but remember Talk?

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By Dave Hogarty in Miscellaneous on February 28, 2008 6:15 PM

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JenChungsBaby

Would that $4 per slice be at DiFara's, New York's trendiest dive joint pizza hole? Yeah, the pizza there is pretty good, but the slices are small (I could easily eat five of them = $20), the service is awful (unless you're sucking up to Dom you may just be forgotten about altogether), the decor is ghastly (think Mexican rest stop), and they've been shuttered by the Health Department several times. No thanks.

jaycjay

It's "$4 for a quality slice" only if the quality you're talking about "expensive." Either that, or if you're an idiot paying $4 for something at a trendy place when something at least as good can be had elsewhere.

johnieBK

I think you made a type on "Jets/Giants Stadium." It is only known as "Giants Stadium."

mockin2

Is it just me, or is there something wrong with the Gothamist Newsmap link? I clicked on it hoping for some news regarding "a smoke condition at the Heartland Brewery & Rotisserie at 350 5th Ave & East 34th St.," but there was no link to any news update, and the "incident" was not included on the map.

Am I doing something wrong, or is there some sort of glitch?

MFer

Snoopy is right. The best words are short words. They have punch and vigor. Somewhere along the road to education we confuse syllables for intelligence and opaqueness for deep. Mr Buckley was all about punctuated elistism and the rigmarole ... I mean, he was a fucking snob. And a boob to boot.

Snoopy

Although Bill Buckley used very large words when he was expressing his thoughts, no one understood what all those big words meant. Therefore he was basically talking to himself. Which I am sure he enjoyed to no end.