Silas Smootie

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• Commented on 14-Year-Old Fatally Shot in Bed-Stuy
  Virgil, good point. The bodega shooting thread yesterday included this gem: "I don't know what is more undesirable: a gangsta or yet another fashion assistant" I am sure this sentiment is shared by the family members of victims of gun...
• Commented on Surprising No One, Study Says Cyclists Ignore Traffic Laws
  "I almost got killed by a bike today" If you are not grossly elderly, I will not hear this statement. Bikes rarely, if ever, kill people. Further, when a biker does come close to clipping someone, it is usually because...
• Commented on <em>The Numbers Behind</em> @ Flashpoint
  "He often shoots from his chest, not using the viewfinder of the camera. All of the photographs are overlapped in camera and he develops the film as such to create long compositions that take up as much wall space as...
• Commented on Morning Roundup: Mallard Mayhem Edition
  Can a single day go by without the release of a "scathing audit"?...
• Commented on Flip-Flops: Don't Wear Them to the Black Cat
  A few weeks ago, I was sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of the couch in the Red Room talking to some friends and was told by some employee that sitting on the floor was not allowed, and that...