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December 2011
3 posts
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3 posts
October 2011
1 post
WatchPruitt-Igoe feat. Philip Glass
September 2011
9 posts
2 tags
August 2011
5 posts
Astronaut Suicides →
slipping the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of god.
“After the default, investors no longer saw Treasury securities as totally...”
– mental_floss: When the U.S. Government Defaulted in 1979 (via evan)
1979 Theory has been proven.
THIS IS NOT A HOAX
July 2011
13 posts
“MR. CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.
The plaintiffs...”
– Johnson & Graham’s Lessee v. M’Intosh, 8 Wheat 543 (1823)
Touched by a Liquidation
My Perfect Sunday
Shy: 'i mean if bob's into it i guess sure' -fat man
me: what time is the show?
Shy: on sunday?
lemme look
doesnt say
may need to call the venue 2mrw
me: um, lol?
'call the venue' (?)
let's break this down for a sec shyguy
let's bracket the issue of how your statement 'presupposes the existence of something that could appropriately be termed a 'venue''
and get down to basics
Shy: it's at the 'aviator sports complex'
me: 'Hi, DeathGrips ppl? Yeah, me and my Crew...yeah, that's us. The Challengers. Right. So me and the Challengers were wond'ring, you know, what time the 'venue' opened for da show. Yah, I'll hold. Hello?'
: :click::
: :boop boop boop::
'311, how may I help you?'
'Hi, yeah. Challengers again. Things r getting weirder'
'We're aware, sir. Thank you for calling.'
'real estate'
let’s clear this up.
real property is what you’re standing on. real estate is real property that’s desirable to somebody.
the houses on the promenade are real property all the time. the promenade is real property, but nobody lives there. a place isn’t real estate unless you want to possess it.
real property is always simply immovable; there is nothing to compare it to....
May 2011
4 posts
April 2011
6 posts
MTA card art "Brand Dilution" →
How does painting on subway cards and selling them “dilute” the MTA’s brand? Leaving the artwork issue aside, is the MTA generally concerned that people might come to NYC to get on the Underground or the U-Bahn or the Bangkok Skytrain if they don’t “brand” effectively enough?
Notwithstanding the MTA’s natural monopoly on subterrenean rapid transit, I...
March 2011
8 posts
“Twenty-somethings are wary of sex,” said one, a young man who works at a hedge...”
– New York Observer
No, but it’s 1979.
SeWN LEATHER - SHADOWS
