Archive for November, 2011

Building Patience and Fortitude: One Lego at a time

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Those of you who follow the curious g know that I’m a huge fan of the New York Public Library (NYPL) – and Legos. Post-Thanksgiving Day, I usually take a walk uptown to check out the holiday decorations and store windows before the sidewalks get oh-so crowded. At the main branch of the NYPL @ [...]

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The big blow-up

Monday, November 21st, 2011

One of these years I’m going to go see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (MTDP) balloons get inflated. To those outside NYC, this event is nearly more anticipated by locals than the parade itself (note that those of us who like this are also the people who have been, or would likely go to the [...]

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Once in 100: 11.11.11 @ 11:11:11

Friday, November 11th, 2011

Today, 11 november 2011 at 11:11:11am, time and date will sync to a perfect uninumber palindrome – an amazing event that happens only one day every 100 years. How cool is that? Who cares, what does it really mean? Not much, but then again, if you’re creative, you can make a story where there actually [...]

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Words, words words

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

It’s that time again – when logophiles sit front-and-center picking the Word of the Year (WOTY) – the defining word deemed the new and best summary for the happenings of 2011. While no words have been chosen for the WOTY as yet, some frontrunners being tossed about are: Occupy, Downgrade, Winning. For dictionary watchers, the [...]

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