NEW YORK CITY UPDATE

The weather is spectactular in New York this weekend, and the streets are packed with people, including the man shown in the CrapCam photo below, who was selling something near Times Square. I don't know exactly what the product is, and I don't want to know.

 

Comments

[Eleanor]

*wild applause and clams for Annie*

Siouxie, I'm surprised you don't have fish tacos in Myami (or Yourami, I guess).

They were invented by a Hispanic guy named Rubio and then the restaurants here started making their own adaptations.

I bet you'd like them if you were drunk enough tried them. :)

[Annie Where-but-here]

ty, guys...off to go shoe shopping. Shhhh, don't tell anybody.

[Meditrina]

Shoes or boots, Annie? Love the party pic. You go, girl.

[Jeff Meyerson]

Shark update: apparently, the poor shark is dead.

Or, as teh Daily News put it, Queens shark swims with the fishes.

WARNING: Dead shark photo at site.

[insomniac]

el.- my 2 year old granddaughter ,when i said i was going to miami, talked about 'yourami' to me from then on...

[Eleanor]

insom, 2 years old is my most favorite age for kids - very cute. :)

[Just Ducky]

Annie needed to go purchase the very special footwear that is integral to position #398.

*snork* @ insom's adorable granddaughter!

[daisymae]

miami ourami
yourami yourami
his/herami theirami

[Siouxie]

El, MYami may have "invented" the fish tacos but it still sounds icky to me. I'm a meat lover.

insom, that is adorable!!!

[daisymae]

how come I've lived in Miami for 23 years and never heard of a fish taco?

inquiring minds definitely want to know

[Eleanor]

Siouxie, I'm a meat lover too, but I like fish as well.

Here for JD, Siouxie and any other interested persons.

May be eaten while performing postion 243

[Siouxie]

El, that's all fine and dandy...call me old fashioned..but I'm still a sucker for position #69.

WHAT????

[CJrun]

Fish taco is great, but needs a different name. It bears so little resemblance to a Taco. They are more like mixing a slaw/salsa with a light meat, nothing like a real Taco. How's about a Pesco?

[CTProf]

Hi to Annie (I like NYC pizza too, but New Haven pizza is better). Hi to Med (thanks for having my back AGAIN LOL).

[ScottMGS]

I don't know if "Rubio" made the first fish taco but he was probably the first to commercialize them. All I remember is that my friends in college (*mumbledy mumble* years ago) told me that when I went to Ensenada, Mexico, I had to go to a particular intersection and get fish tacos, there. We did that and, yes, those were good! You should at least try them, once.

Oh, and I'd absolutely try the clam pizza. Heck, I'd try almost anything, once.

[Just Ducky]

El, we have great fish tacos here in Austin. Come on down!

Howdy, Prof!

[ScottMGS]

Oh, and, Siouxie, my friend the vegetarian says that fish is considered meat, too.

[Siouxie]

Prof! I told them about your clam pizza!!

Scott, I like fish..but not on my taco ;-)

[Siouxie]

umm now that didn't sound too good..ya'll know what I meant, right?

[CTProf]

Scott it's good stuff... very light olive oil and garlic sauce, fresh baby clams, parmesan and mozzarella cheese... ok I'm in need of a trip home soon.

Howdy Ducky, how are ya?

[Lairbo]

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways... get comfortable.

[CTProf]

Uhh... sure Siouxie.. of course I do.

[Siouxie]

*innocent smile*

[Siouxie]

I hope everyone's having a great Labor Day weekend..so far!

[Just Ducky]

Doin' fine, Prof, except it's raining AGAIN. Had 1/2" yesterday, supposed to have more tomorrow and Tuesday. This has been the wettest summer I can remember. Glad I'm a duck.

[Eleanor]

*zips in from watching tennis*

Amazing how we got back to pervie from fish tacos in the blink of an eye!

Scott, I hung out with a guy (IYKWIM) who lives in Potrero and we'd go to Tecate (about 3 miles) and get street tacos, fish. They were really the best. Then to a bakery for churros....

Good times!

[CJrun]

Hmmmmm. The baby clams, I might buy that and we have an unlimited supply around here.

Maybe a few anchovies, just to brighten it up? On the pizza Sio, not your Taco.

Speaking of Sio, near Sioux Center some guy didn't get the whole non-real artillery and used (apparently) black powder... mashed potatoes. Alcohol? Probably....

[Siouxie]

El, it doesn't take much to get us to perviedom. You know that!

Ducky! I hope you dry up soon! we need the rain down here in Myami...although I hate it.

[Siouxie]

ICK CJ!! I hate anchovies!

[CTProf]

Siouxie... you can have the rain we've been getting over the last week and I bet Ducky would gladly send you some rain too LOL

[Just Ducky]

*Joins Siouxie in the anti-chovies corner*

[Just Ducky]

*Flaps wings to send rain to Yourami*

[ScottMGS]

We could use some of that rain here in suhot.su.ca, too. I'm surprised we haven't had more fires this summer. Unfortunately, there's still plenty of time left in fire season.

El, I've never been to Tecate but, yes, the fresh ones are good!

Anchovies? I like them in very small doses on a pepperoni and sausage pizza, only.

Dang. Now I'm getting hungry.

[Siouxie]

LOL thanks Ducky

Prof, you know how much I hate it..but we need it.

[ScottMGS]

That should have read "suhot.so.ca".

[Siouxie]

I LOVE pizza and I'll have it with just about anything on it...but fishy stuff.

[ScottMGS]

I've probably driven through Hull, Iowa, CJ but it's not a place I remember. Making mashed potatoes with explosives does seem a bit extreme, even for guys.

[Just Ducky]

Yet another candidate for this year's Darwin Awards.

[ScottMGS]

Mild FL Weirdness Magnet: Florida couple have sextuplets. There wouldn't have been in the news if the headline had read: "Florida couple have sextuplets".

[ScottMGS]

Good point, Ducky. At 21, there's a good decent slight chance he hadn't procreated.

[CTProf]

We've got a little bit of a thunderstorm going on right now... I know you like those Siouxie.

[Siouxie]

uh...

NO. I. Don't.

[CTProf]

LOL... oh sure you do... under the right circumstances anyway.

[Siouxie]

exqueeze me but...everyone likes a good storm under the right circumstances...no???

I love reading..for instance. Great time to stay in bed.

[Siouxie]

and it's a perfect time to try out #256

[CJrun]

Scott, that's exactly what I mean... just a few anchovies to brighten the flavor. Alternatively, you can make a paste from a few anchovies and add it to a sauce. The brightness in Prof's recipe comes only from the parmesan or maybe the salty juice from the clams.

If I could figure out how to make the dough, I might try making this clam pizza thing.

[CTProf]

*quickly looks up #256*

oh forget it! I can't do THAT

[Siouxie]

of course...the swing needs to be adjusted a bit

[CTProf]

#183 looks like fun though

[Siouxie]

CJ, once you've mastered it...you can make it for us bloggals!

Prof?? geez...where's your sense of adventure???

[Just Ducky]

You have to have really good balance for that one, Prof.

[Just Ducky]

Well, the boyduckling's home from work and hungry. Guess I'll be nice and give him something to eat. See y'all later!

[Siouxie]

Bye Ducks!!

[CTProf]

Reminds me of playing Twister, Ducky :)

[Siouxie]

Prof, "the Twister" is #187, if you add baby oil it's #224...or so I've heard.

[CTProf]

Whoa... twister with baby oil..

*looks at fine print*

ahh... see there? it says not to attempt if you're over 30.

[Moon]

452 positions?? That's a 3 months supply!

Hahahahaha! For only $1!!!

[Siouxie]

Again, Prof...where's your sense of adventure?? Slip and Slide if you will...surely not only for kids. ;-)

Oh and ladies?? Don't attempt # 201 without the use of
these

DO make sure you have that "safe word"

[CJrun]

OT\

I'm not posting directly to the YouTube link. Instead I'm linking the explanation page, so you get where it comes from. Presenting, essentially, a chain letter done through gmail with folks all over the world adding video, then a fine editing job from the people that started it. Not sure what to call it, so here's it!

[CJrun]

Well, I can't top Spam. Although I can whack it with a kitchen implement.

I have two things to say about the forthcoming link. The announcer is just lying when he says, "That's just not funny." But he's telling the truth when he says, "I've never seen anything like this in my life."

The last available Florida Driver's Licenses will be awarded to any people that finish this little foray into trailer racing"!!! (Demoition Derby style)

[ArcticAl]

Looks like the highways around here on the Friday night before a long weekend. Except thos guys were better drivers.

[Eleanor]

I'll czech it out tomorrow, CJ. I'm still working on positions 43 and 182!

*zips out*

[CJrun]

Something kind of retro, funny, a bit edgy:

Ron Black on security. Very foul language WARNING!

I want to point out to the younger blogits that I was a 'Duck and Cover' geezer. We had these flimsy chairs with an expanding arm that was called a 'desk,' but we were supposed to crawl under them if we got bombed. When my school actually was in an air raid, I said "to H3ll with That", and crawled to the back of the classroom, under a big, heavy, old teacher's desk. Mr. Smarty Pants Ron Black fails to point out that if you do that, there could be a rabid dog hiding under there that freaks out and bites you and you could have to get 14 shots in your belly from a really big needle! At least, that was how it worked out for me.

[baligurl]

Wait, El, there are more than positions 1-5? I'm gonna need a manual. (Wait, that doesn't sound right...)

[CJrun]

Oops. Lewis Black, not to be confused with Ron White.

I'm just playing around and linking to things I am finding fun. This is (EXTREME WARNING) the original Sam Kinison's first appearance on Letterman. Yes, that one, with the U-Hauls. I'm not much of a TV watcher, but I was watching when that aired and it was stunning. Some people never got it, but Sam Kinison ended Political Correctness when he did this.

[Edgar Greenberg]

>Well, I can't top Spam. Although I can whack it with a kitchen implement.
Not the same kitchen implement that, never mind.

[crossgirl]

pssst, cj, ref pizza crust, go by publix bakery. they sell the dough all made up, you just have to smoosh it all out. i won't tell the girls that it's not homemade if you share the clams.

[ScottMGS]

Wow! Here's a whiner who deserves - but will not get to use - a Florida drivers license.

[CJrun]

Dear Scott:

Please tell wherever you got that link that they are deeply, terribly linked to malware; and they probably smell bad. Don't any of you surfers that have moderate protection go anywhere near that link. Do not click on anything that loads up with that page, this is your last warning.

[daisymae]

CJ - that gmail video was Awesome!

[Eleanor]

*zips in*™

I love Lewis Black - he is just too funny!

And CJ, thanks for the warning, because I like Scott and normally would have clicked on his linky but now I won't. :)

[ScottMGS]

Hmmm... It a link to the Boston ABC affiliate, WCBV channel 5 news. It looks like your normal news channel website and doesn't bring up any pop-ups that I can tell. Of course, I'm running Firefox on Linux so I might be immune.

Anyway, for those of you who are into computer safety, the article says:

Man Who Drove Bulldozer Into Police Station Speaks
Man Claims Legal System Has Taken Everything

POSTED: 10:10 am EDT September 1, 2007

WESTMORELAND, N.H. -- From behind bars, the man who drove a bulldozer into the police station in Troy, N.H., said he just wanted to draw attention to a legal system he said has taken everything from him.

Stanley Burt, 34, is charged with smashing the machine into the station early Friday, heavily damaging the building. He was arrested at the scene.

Burt told The Keene Sentinel he knew he wouldn't get away with it. He's being held on $200,000 bail at the Cheshire County Jail.

Burt said he didn't intend to hurt anybody, just make a point.

He recently got out of jail after being convicted of being a habitual motor vehicle offender. He's also been arrested on charges including criminal mischief, resisting arrest and assault.

He said because of the arrests, and his jail time, he has lost his kids, his house, his truck, his license and had trouble holding a job.

Troy Police Chief Howard Sheats declined to comment.

[Eleanor]

Thanks, Scott. :)

[ScottMGS]

You're welcome, El. It's going to be another hot one, eh?

[Eleanor]

Yep, it is. I don't know how much more of this I can take. I already have the a/c turned on.

[ScottMGS]

Whoa! You have A.C? I wish I did!

[diginferno]

Ewwwww, I hate pink!

[Annie Where-but-here]

Scott - how can you not have ac down here? That's nuts. I have two -one up, one down. Not that I use them. Al Gore told me not to.

[Cheryl Howard]

Cj---AWWWW sheesh--is that what happened? I've been doing diagnostics all day. My puter just died at the blog bar last night. So today I'm running everything trying to get her to limp along a little while longer...

[At The Hop]

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