It’s because I’m here. The park shown in that post is two blocks from my office and my favorite “thinking walk”.
Still waiting for them to open the climbing wall, it looks nice…
Author: fish1964
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Old and New
Here’s a site that matches old historical NYC photos with their locations:
Here’s our block in 1930:
And today via Google Street View.
Same church, but the surroundings have changed. Interestingly a lot more trees…
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Monster Under the Bed
I think this is SMBC’s favorite topic…
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What is Wrong With Us?
A tough question from Dr. Aaron Carroll in relation to the fact that:
about a quarter of kids with acute pain from appendicitis get no pain medication at all
The video discusses how black kids get way less pain medication than white kids…
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If a Tree Falls
From SMBC, this amused me:
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Brooklyn Co-op of the Day
Via Brownstoner.com, the co-op of the day is in our building. I don’t know the specific unit (and in our building the apartments vary quite a bit due to the fact that it was once the Ex-Lax factory).
If you follow the links and do the math it’s going for about $910/sq. ft.
Welcome to Brooklyn…
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Teenager in Training
I have a daughter who will be 13 in November. She spent most of the summer trying to set personal records for how late she would sleep. She would leave with her friends with hardly a backwards glance.
Starting 7th grade she is totally getting herself ready for school. This is a plus. And if just the two of us are walking down the street, she’ll grab my hand.
So I’m not complaining yet. She’s no longer my little girl, but she’s still a good girl…
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Rain Wins
It should have been a great sports night in NYC. Yankees hosting division rival Toronto and Serena playing at the US Open.
Rain, rain, go away.
Guess I’ll have to watch the cheating Patriots tonight…What’s the over/under on mentions of ball pressure?
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