"In one of the e-mail messages, which appeared to be sent from a “Samhoyt@hotmail.com” address, the writer expresses hope of intimacy with the woman. The writer said he wished he could “be painting your toenails right now,” “be modeling my cool penguin boxers” and “find you a permanent parking space.”" Rule #1 of public service: DO NOT HAVE SEX WITH THE INTERNS! Jesus, people never learn. - Mike Yang via Bookmarklet
Really unfortunate, although a bit of a bummer to see attention given to this and not robberies in Fruitvale or elsewhere. Crime only gets attention when it affects the well-to-do? - Mike Yang
Fox lawyers have said they plan to seek an injunction blocking release of the film — one of next year’s most anticipated — pending a trial over its rights. - Mike Yang via Bookmarklet
"Foreign-born, low-wage workers in the poll said that the economic security they left homes and families to seek in the United States is becoming harder to attain. But their faith in that dream is still strong, as they tend to be more optimistic about the future and more satisfied with their jobs and wages than native-born workers." - Mike Yang via Bookmarklet
"Some people are actually so stupid that they think horns make things happen. They actually believe their car comes with a magic button in the middle of the steering wheel that can change reality. Suddenly, I became aware of the constant chorus of beeping all around me--the kind that's always present in a big city, and the kind you simply tune out like you do crickets in the country. In every case, I realized the drivers stuck in traffic all around me were using their horns not to communicate information but simply in a vain attempt to change what was happening to them. It was as though they thought sitting in congestion was a bad TV show, and that by honking they might somehow change the channel and be transported to a clear roadway." - Mike Yang via Bookmarklet
some good talent on the china team - they didn't seem to have much organization though. 3 of them in the nba, they should have done a bit better. - Maneesh Arora
"Inflation, the highest in the world, is officially running at 2.2 million percent in Zimbabwe but independent economists say it is closer to 12.5 million percent." - Mike Yang via Bookmarklet
"One of the things that make cycling so great is that it enables you to avoid crowds and pointless delays. Few things are more satisfying than effortlessly weaving your way through a traffic jam. So while I’ll begrudge nobody his or her Critical Mass, personally I don’t understand the appeal of forming a crowd and creating a pointless delay. And it is a delay, whether you’re in a car or on a bike." - Mike Yang via Bookmarklet
I've always found this song, about a ghost enviously checking out modern kitchen appliances, funny and wistful at the same time. - Mike Yang via Bookmarklet
Wow. Makes me hurt just to watch this. People on Gothamist are making the valid point that we don't have any context to this story, but it seems pretty excessive in the video. - Allen Hutchison
I would really like to hear the fuller story here. That looks crazy to me. - Sacca
No sympathy for these guys. They're jerks in SF and prob jerks in NYC too. - Rob Kniaz
Rob, you should clarify which guys you are referring to. - Christian
The New York Police Department has stripped a police officer of his badge and gun after a video posted on YouTube showed him body-checking a bicyclist who was part of a well-known monthly bike ride through the city.
Witnesses said the incident occurred Friday in Times Square during the Critical Mass ride, a monthly protest of urban reliance on vehicles.
The video shows the cop standing in the street as bikes whiz past. He begins to slowly walk to one side as the cyclist, Richard Vazques, approaches. Vazques appears to veer left to avoid the cop, but the officer seems to speed up his pace and then violently knocks Vazques to the ground in front of crowds of people.
The NYPD placed the unidentified officer on desk duty pending the outcome of a department investigation.
Police could not confirm witnesses' reports that the Vazques was arrested and released 26 hours later. - Erica Baker
Critical Mass has many faults, but NYPD is really out of control when it comes to the ride. They aggressively ticket bikers in the vicinity of Union Square for ticky-tack violations (no bell) around the time of Mass. That kind of ends-justifies-the-means law enforcement is unworthy of a free country. And so is the idea that protests should be with the permission of the government. - Mike Yang
Couldn't agree more with you Paul. We love it out here in the Bay Area and wouldn't trade it for a permanent return to Manhattan. But there is something special about The City... - Kevin Scott
You're killing me out here in SF, Paul. Just killing me! :) - Mike Yang
:( Some of us would trade almost anything for a permanent return to Manhattan. Btw, here's a recent NYTimes op-ed by Frank Rich (who, for people who don't know, was actually the NYTimes theater critic before he became a contributor w/ a political bent) on South Pacific: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05... - Ana
We visit atleast once a year and I love the city... Don't like the weather though :( - Bindu Reddy
Have one home there and other home here. I recommend it. - Daniel Dulitz
I'm going to the show on Friday in San Jose! I listened to Viva La Vida on repeat too many times until I had a hard time falling asleep because the song kept playing in my head, and I had to force a moratorium on listening to it. It's been 3 weeks. Time to re-immerse myself anew! - Ana via Bookmarklet
Silly Ana, hate should not be confined to private rooms, it should be given room to breathe and grow and eventually lead to bombing the heck out of far far away places. BTW discovered on the Jet Blue flight home from Mounatin View yesterday Sirius radio has an "all Coldplay" station for the next month. - Steve Craft
Does anybody have any extra tickets for San Jose's show? I need 2 to 4 tickets. Ping me. - Randy Ksar
Con'grats !!! Its seems to be raining babies within FF ..is that time of the year or is it because we are better conenctions and share a lot more of or life streams !! - Peter Dawson
Congrats! Now that you've graduated, what are you going to do next? - Jim Norris
I think you started one week after me. We should get a drink together. - Thai Tran
Thanks all - I'm feeling the FF love :-). @Jim - no plans yet, but I'll be sure to update my FF when I figure out what I'm doing with my life. - Shannon Bauman
"CN: Do you think that Pope John Paul II actually rode this bike?
EC: No, I don't believe so. After a year or so, the Vatican contacted us to give this bike back and the Pope requested a sports type bike with regular flat handlebars so we built him one, a white one. That's the bike he rode in Castel Gondolfo." - Mike Yang via Bookmarklet
