- Uh-oh, missing City Council members, if you miss a meeting, you need a note from your doctor (or other documentation)
- Curbed's monitoring of Gehry's IAC Building pays off: The windows are properly lined up.
- Park Slopers are scared of raccoons, possibly to the point of not crossing the street for a non-fat latte
- The Goya stolen as it was being transported from Ohio to NYC was recovered in NJ! No word if it's going to continue its journey to the Guggenheim
- Julian Casablancas, Mets fan! On the post-season: "Can I just ask you: as a Mets fan, do you think leaving Heilman in there for the 9th inning was the right move?"
- The FDNY rescued a 73 year old man from the 50-degree Hudson River water - he was "found in old pilings" near a Holland Tunnel ventilator tower
- Kottke picks out his favorite of Chris Ware's four Thanksgiving-themed New Yorker covers (we like this one)
- The probe into State Comptroller Alan Hevesi's actions is getting more power, but it's still unlikely a decision will be made before Pataki leaves office


