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• Commented on Looking For NYC Marathon Proposal Couple
  I ran the marathon yesterday with my new husband. Our shirts said "Just Married" on the back. Around mile 6, a man congratulated us and said, "I'm going to tell you a secret -- at the end of the race,...
• Commented on Louie Psihoyos, <em>The Cove</em>
  But that's part of the point of the movie -- that dolphins are being slaughtered in Japan despite the fact that 99% of the population wouldn't dream of eating dolphin. It's not really about consumption of dolphins in Japan as...
• Commented on Neglected Unisphere Sprouts Grass in Queens
  I think they turn the fountain on during the U.S. Open -- actually, everything in that park mysteriously becomes much better looking during the U.S. Open. That whole park is so neglected, which is a shame because there are easily...
• Commented on "Dictatorial" Queens Junior High School Principal Under Fire
  I continue to be shocked by the amount of vitriol that Gothamist commenters always seem to direct toward NYC public school teachers. @JenChungsBra: I am a teacher, and I am neither stupid nor tenured. I do not own a house...
• Commented on Snow Fallout
  Well, of COURSE the question of whether or not school would be open arose when we looked out the window; that's not the point. The point is that he didn't actually ANSWER the question until fairly late in the morning....