The Livelong June

Forsythias spotted on Dean Street. Spring has sprung.

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:58:39 -0400

Forsythias spotted on Dean Street. Spring has sprung.

Hitchcock on happiness I spent a high school summer working my...

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:57:00 -0400

Hitchcock on happiness

I spent a high school summer working my way through Alfred Hitchcock’s catalog (VCR tapes from the local video store, to date myself.) I still think he’s brilliant, and suspect he would have been great fun as a dinner guest.

Important life question

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:09:13 -0400

I live in Cobble Hill and love it (don’t think it can be beat for the combination of amenities, convenience and overall neighborhood feel), but have my eye on Carroll Gardens or Windsor Terrace for my next move.

taylorlorenz:

What neighborhood should I move to in Brooklyn? Is Park Slope all married people? Should I live by the park?

trextrying: T-Rex Trying Downward Dog #TRexTrying

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:26:49 -0500

trextrying:

T-Rex Trying Downward Dog

#TRexTrying

Small but festive sidewalk art installation, outside the...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:57:00 -0500

Small but festive sidewalk art installation, outside the high-concept wallpaper factory on Pacific.

Some pampered zucchini, snuggling on Court Street.

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:56:19 -0500

Some pampered zucchini, snuggling on Court Street.

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Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:08:27 -0500

absurdités de l'existence.: Things to Worry About

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:12:56 -0500

absurdités de l'existence.: Things to Worry About:

pinkhotel:

In 1933, F. Scott Fitzgerald ended a letter to his 11-year-old daughter, Scottie, with the following:

Things to worry about:

Worry about courage
Worry about cleanliness
Worry about efficiency
Worry about horsemanship

Things not to worry about:

Don’t worry about popular opinion
Don’t worry…

The Superbowl is like Thanksgiving, but better

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:18:55 -0500

I think Superbowl Sunday has edged out Thanksgiving as my favorite holiday. Like Thanksgiving, it features some of my favorite foods (Turkey and fixings vs. pigs in a blanket, 7 layer dip, wings and Velveeta with salsa.) On both days sports watching, afternoon naps and daytime drinking (all things I like) are acceptable, even encouraged. But on Superbowl Sunday there’s no pressure to shop afterwards and it isn’t incorporated into one of the worst travel weekends of the year. If only this year’s game had had a better outcome.

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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:12:38 -0500

caro: witanddelight: talking about toast today on the...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:41:30 -0500

caro:

witanddelight:

talking about toast today on the blahg.

I approve of everything here.

Right up my alley. tarastileseats: 5 Poses for Tight Hips. The...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:08:23 -0500

Right up my alley.

tarastileseats:

5 Poses for Tight Hips. The Yoga Solution!

Hello, minimalism.

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:16:36 -0500

Hello, minimalism.

奇萊山日出 sunrise above Mt. Qilai (by Thunderbolt_TW)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:14:09 -0500

奇萊山日出 sunrise above Mt. Qilai (by Thunderbolt_TW)

awelltraveledwoman: hemingwaycool: (via neoretro,...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:11:39 -0500

awelltraveledwoman:

hemingwaycool:

(via neoretro, theswampbyhawkeyeandtrapper)

Idea for my uniform?

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:09:01 -0500

Idea for my uniform?

Combining game watching and daytime drinking with learning this...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:05:00 -0500

Combining game watching and daytime drinking with learning this weekend (three things I like very much), I was reading up on NFL rules this weekend, and learned that there are two ways to score that remain in the rule books but NEVER happen.

One is the drop kick for an extra point, which is, according to NFL rules, “a kick by a kicker who drops the ball and kicks it as, or immediately after, it touches the ground.” The play dates back to the era (pre 1934) when a football was more round and easier to kick in a predictable direction off a bounce or ones shins. In 2006 Doug Flutie, playing for the Patriots, converted the first successful drop kick in an NFL game since 1941: As covered in ESPN:

I think Doug deserves it,” said usually dour Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who broke into a wide smile when his sprightly quarterback split the uprights off one bounce. “He is a guy that adds a lot to this game of football, has added a lot through his great career — running, passing and now kicking.

“He’s got a skill and we got a chance to let him use it, and I am happy for him. First time since ‘41,” said Belichick, a football historian who last month brought out a leather helmet in his media session. “It might be 60 years again, too.”

The other is the fair catch kick, where a player makes a fair catch of an opponent’s kick, and then immediately kicks a field goal from the spot of the catch for three points. Its distinguishing marks are that it’s the only type of kick where a kicking team can score a field goal, and onside kicks are not permitted. The stars need to align in an uncommon way to make a fair catch kick advantageous: the fair catch needs to be made in the first place, at a point close enough to make a field goal plausible; there needs to be insufficient time to run more than one play from the line of scrimmage; and the score needs to make three points significant.

The last successful fair kick catch was completed in NFL was completed by Ray Wersching in 1976 for the San Diego Chargers against the Buffalo Bills. It seems (according to Wikipedia) to be attempted most often with no time remaining on the clock to run a play.

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Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:20:43 -0500

todaysdocument: On January 17, 1961, in this farewell address,...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:17:22 -0500

todaysdocument:

On January 17, 1961, in this farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the establishment of a “military-industrial complex.”

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Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:29:39 -0500