American Madness

Sandra likes to see movies without knowing anything about them.

She doesn’t even want to know basic plot points such as, “It’s about a guy with cerebral palsy who overcomes both physical obstacles and social bias to become a productive member of society and renowned artist and writer.”

She usually decides based on the actors who are in the film if it’s something she wants to see. She likes to be surprised by the story. She doesn’t want to know anything.
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Oh my god. Onetime Rocketboomer Amanda Congdon has become Tales of City’s Mary Anne Singleton.

Cute little stories about luggage and how people feel about Thanksgiving? Amanda, why?

The Site
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The personal site with the incredible video

And, not to be beat, The Underachiever’s ToDo List:

(Via TopherChris via Caroline via The Underachievers To Do List by Pretty Bitter Stationery.)

Apparently there is one day out of every year when the New York City Grid aligns perfectly with the setting sun. You can look crosstown and watch as the sun sets down, no buildings or high-rises obscuring your view, just a beautiful sunset between rows of building. Of course to really catch a great glimpse of this you probably want to be on one of the major cross town street that runs from river to river- 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, 52nd… One of those (Houston splits apart right after 6th Avenue, obscuring the view behind some buildings). This is a phenomena referred to as Manhattanhenge(Link 1, link 2).

Oh, and it just so happens that one day is today.

The sun is scheduled to set tonight at 8:16 this evening, so start hunting for those bars and restaurants with out door seating or just head to 1st avenue and 34th and marvel as you watch the sunset all the way across the island.

The Etchasketchist (via David Trawin).

Czechs apologize for confusing Latvia, Lithuania

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The Latvian flag was in the game program along with a photo of the Latvian national soccer team. Before the match, Czech organizers played Latvia’s national anthem. However, the Czech Republic was facing Lithuania on Tuesday night, not Latvia.

The smartest man in finance with another Wolffian bit of pointed social parody:

“Waaaall Street…” he tried again, now walking slowly but turning up the volume a bit and really enunciating. The girl just kept on marching. “Fuckin iPods,” Taylor tried to rationalize, although he had seen no headphones.

Stomping his loafer on the ground in frustration, he began hurling everything in his arsenal at the girl: “money,” “finance,” “merger,” he shouted. “$5 Bn assets under management!” he hedged the Sell Side.

But the girl’s pace actually increased slightly and the tiny silk shorts she had on under her shirt-dress-thing became visible as she clacked along more quickly.

Layoff Season