Tag Archives: NYC

Why, thank you!

By alex | Published: 6/21/2006
New York City is known for a lot of things, but politeness is not one of them. Perhaps it should be. Readers Digest performing the kinds of tests Michelin does in hotels, suggests that New York is “the most polite city in the world.” By seeing whether people would hold doors, help with dropped papers, […]
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Law, Order, & Our Building

By alex | Published: 5/31/2006
Law & Order filmed in our building a while back (the “Invaders” episode). Click on the picture to get a WMV of the first minute or so. We were a little surprised at how hard it was to suspend disbelief when you know the set so well. We missed the first five minutes of the […]
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NYU salary sucks, apparently

By alex | Published: 4/27/2006
Interesting article in the Chronicle (subscription needed, at this point), indicates that the higher salaries of the top universities often come with much higher costs of living. For example: The index of more than 300 places sets the national average at 100. Fittingly, Normal, Ill., the home of Illinois State University, is right at the […]
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Anti-war march this Saturday

By alex | Published: 4/24/2006
This Saturday, April 29, beginning at noon, there will be a March for Peace, Justice and Democracy in New York City. More information is available at april29.org. Please do not show up at David and Vanessa’s wedding in Lyndhurst (april29.com) accidentally, especially if you have not RSVPed. For the Buffalonian contingent, the Western New York […]
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