Super Bowl Update

Subway: A map showing subway service for Thursday, November 1st is at  http://www.scribd.com/doc/111722617/MTA-Subway-Map-for-Thursday.

Local buses: All local Brooklyn bus lines have resumed with limited service, except
for the B100 bus. Allow extra time for delays, detours, and crowding.

Express buses: The BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, and BM5 express buses are rolling again but are offering limited

Sing Along

Thursday, November 1st, 1o:30 a.m.
 
Strike back at cabin fever! Dance and sing while you benefit the Red Cross's Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. Join Miss Katie tomorrow at Terrace Dance Studio. Space is limited to twenty families. 


Fee: $5 per family. Miss Katie will donate half of the fee to the Red Cross to help with hurricane relief.

Terrace Dance Studio
273 Prospect Park

Alternate side of the street parking regulations for street cleaning, which had already been suspended for Thursday, November
1st, for All Saints Day, will also be suspended on Friday, November 2nd.

However, all parking meter regulations will be reinstated starting
Thursday, and all other parking regulations remain in effect.

October 24, 2012 photo by South Beach Hoosier. © 2012 Hallandale Beach Blog, All Rights Reserved.

Below is my email of last Thursday to Broward Inspector General John W. Scott.

It's an email that I have been thinking seriously about writing and sending for weeks, after talking to friends and other very-concerned residents of Hallandale Beach who are very frustrated that they do NOT see any

Due to the conditions created by Hurricane Sandy, all New York
City public schools will be closed to students on Thursday, November 1st, and
Friday, November 2nd. All after-school activities and Public Schools
Athletic League events will also be cancelled.

Schools will reopen on Monday, November 5th.

Recycle your fall leaves

at the East Fourth Street Community Garden.




Because of budget cuts, the Sanitation Department's leaf composting collection program is suspended again this year. The leaves that the department collects at curbside will be treated as regular household trash.But this precious resource doesn't have to be wasted: the leaves can be kept out of landfills and recycled to

Southern Gospel station to broadcast from tower at Madisonville Community College

For the second year in a row, Great Nonprofits has awarded Hope For The Warriors® with a Top-Rated Nonprofit award.  We have earned this award based on the positive reviews written by military families, volunteers, supporters and more.

Visit our profile on Great Nonprofits

Hope For The Warriors® focuses donated dollars on the programs that support our military families, not on an expensive advertising campaign.  Help up spread the word by sharing this information with friends and family.

Thank you for your support!

BELOW IS AN UPDATED LIST OF TIMES
WHEN PARTIAL SERVICE WILL
RESUMEGOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES LIMITED SUBWAY,

METRO NORTH,
AND LIRR SERVICE TO RESUME TODAY



Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced when limited subway,
Metro North, and LIRR service will resume.The following is an up-to-date
service status list of the MTA operating agencies including New York City
Transit, Long Island Rail

Today's cute animated interactive Google Doodle created by Simon Rüger of Germany who made this little explanatory video:



Happy Halloween!

WBKO owner posts 34% gain over same period in '11, credits 367% political ad surge

If it's available in HD, both stations are broadcasting it in 720p

Face Pots (which ought to be called Face Plants - at least in the US for the double entendre) are a charming and funny idea that you can easily make yourself. They make great gifts and party centerpieces. Depending on your choice of plant, the foliage makes hilarious " hair."






How To Make Them:


Links to all you need to make your own:
•Various Houseplants
•Clear Plastic Plants Pots
•Classic Plant Pot
•Photo Printer Paper
•Potting soil


This great do-it-yourself idea was conceived of by Kazakhstan's independent creative marketing and pr agency GOOD! who is the source of the images.

• EVANSVILLE - Local 7 WTVW
• PADUCAH - WDKA-My49
• LOUISVILLE - WDRB/WMYO
• BOWLING GREEN - WBKO

• EVANSVILLE - Local 7 WTVW
• PADUCAH - WDKA-My49
• LOUISVILLE - WAVE 3
• BOWLING GREEN - WBKO

TheDisneyPost YouTube Channel: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm. Uploaded October 30, 2012. http://youtu.be/QIkqX5fG_tA
See more at https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/blog/disney-acquire-lucasfilm

This afternoon while I was writing some emails and drafts of some future blog posts that you'll soon be seeing here, I received the Breaking News about Disney's purchase of Lucsafilms via an email from

This is the Zambito family's 2012 contribution to

 the neighborhood's Halloween decorations.

Every year, John Zambito grows a huge pumpkin upstate

and places it in front of the family's house on McDonald Avenue,

across the street from the post office.

The homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat

before Hurricane Sandy slammed into it.




                                                              Photo courtesy of Jole Carliner



The remains of the street art after the hurricane.







Fort Hamilton Parkway and E. 2nd Street

                                Photo courtesy of Jole Carliner










































Deputy Inspector Michael Deddo, Commander of the 66 Precinct

Within the past hour, I sent the following information as part of a larger email about another subject altogether, to a LOT of people around Broward County.

I'm posting it now instead of that larger email on the chance that it might do some voters and candidates some good, because thus far, I have heard nobody mention it anywhere.

Some deadlines really are deadlines!

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Because I've

Parking: alternate side of the street parking regulations and parking meters are suspended Wednesday.
Tunnels: seven tunnels underneath the East River were flooded, affecting the 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, L, A, C, and F subway lines.

Buses: Partial
MTA bus service will resume today (Tuesday) at 5:00 p.m. Buses will
operate on a fare-free basis and on a Sunday schedule. A full
schedule is expected for

Partial MTA bus service will resume today (Tuesday) at 5:00 p.m. Buses will operate on a fare-free basis and on a Sunday schedule. A full
schedule is expected for Wednesday. Rides will continue to be
fare-free.

WDRB Weekend Morning News debut set for Jan. 19

Volunteer firefighters at Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Deparmtent in Hubert, NC need your help!

The Bear Creek Fire Department will be taking donations and delivering the supplies to families in the areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy.  They are collecting supplies and are asking for donations from area residents.  The fire department has a 20-foot trailer and a 12-foot trailer and they would like to fill both trailers up.  They will leave as soon as the trailers are full.

Supplies Needed:

Water in 12-ounce, 24-ounce or gallon jugs
Nonperishable foods
Blankets (unused)

Bring Donations to:

Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department
677 Bear Creek Road
Hubert, NC 28539
910.326.5999

or

Hope For The Warriors®
1340 Louis Road
Camp Lejeune, NC
MSOB Enlisted Barracks (Right side of Building)
910.938.1817

Hours:  8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

or

If you are a business that would like to make a large donation, call the Bear Creek Fire Department and they will come to your business to pick up donations.

Another way you can help:

If you are outside of the Camp Lejeune/Hubert area but would still like to help, Hope For The Warriors® is supporting the Fire Department's efforts by paying for their gas and other necessary expenses.  Your help is needed!  Please donate online today. 

Or, text the word WARRIORS to 20222 to donate $10 to Hope For The Warriors®.

Families in Need:

The firefighters are taking our list of service members and veterans in need in these areas.  If you know a military family in need, please contact Jordan Murray(jmurray@hopeforthewarriors.org) with their name, address and if there is some way for us to communicate with them. 

David Shepherd, reporting for Eyewitness News

The “Lip Service” dinner series by artist Andrea Mary Marshall consists of both “The Original Supper,” a set of hand painted spoons, and “The Marilyn Knives,” individual hand painted knives and both are available for purchase.


The Original Supper
“The Original Supper” is a thirteen piece set of double-sided, hand painted silverware inspired by 15th century Apostle Spoons, which included a decorative spoon for Jesus Christ and each of the twelve apostles seated at ‘The Last Supper.’


above: The thirteen Hollywood icons featured in “The Original Supper” are (from left to right): Shirley Temple, Dolly Parton, Joan Crawford, Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Anna Nicole Smith, Madonna, Kim Kardashian, Elizabeth Taylor, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Cher and Britney Spears.

Replacing Jesus and his apostles are thirteen female Hollywood icons objectified by only their red lips and labia. Madonna is featured as Jesus Christ or the ‘Savior Spoon’ and Marilyn Monroe is represented by a knife, symbolizing Judas and ‘the kiss of death.’ This double-sided set serves up sex as ‘the original meal ticket’ and comments on the consumption and exploitation of sexuality in popular culture.

WARNING: The following images are graphic and not suitable for those under 18 years of age

Madonna Spoon (front and back):


Tina Turner Spoon (front and back):


Shirley Temple Spoon (front and back):


The Original Supper is a 13 piece set and comes with a black lacquered tray and black napkins. $6,500 USD (buy it here)

The Marilyn Knives
“The Marilyn Knives” is Marshall's edition of five hand painted dinner knives featuring Marilyn Monroe’s lips based on the Gene Korman publicity photograph made popular in Andy Warhol’s famed silk-screen portrait. Each set of lips is painted a different shade, from pink to red, as legend has it Marilyn Monroe wore five lipsticks at once to create her famous pout.

Marilyn Monroe With A Little Lettuce:


Marilyn Monroe With A Pubic Hair:


Marilyn Monroe With A Ruby Puby:


Marilyn Monroe With A Smudge Of Fudge:


Marilyn Monroe With Joan Crawford's Lipstick Stain:


The Marilyn Knives are sold separately, each comes with a black napkin. $850 USD each (buy them here)

Artist Andrea Mary Marshall is actually on this Month's cover of SCENE magazine:



About the artist:
Andrea Mary Marshall is a New York based artist. Her work consists mainly of self-portraits rendered as paintings, photographs, and film. Through self portraiture, Marshall examines the intersection of identity, female sexuality, and consumer culture in the context of the “ideal woman.” Her inaugural solo show, Toxic Women, was held at Allegra LaViola Gallery in New York City, in 2011. Her work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions, including 400 Women (Shoreditch Town Hall, London, UK), Grupo de los Diecseis Exhibition (Hacienda de los Morales, Mexico City), and Ni Una Mas (The Juarez Murders) (Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA). She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts from Parsons the New School for Design in 2006.

Jefferson Starship - "Jane" 
One of the defining songs of not only my Freshman year at IU in 1979, but that era in rock. http://youtu.be/0PwG69620WA

Like a cat and a mouse (cat and a mouse) 
From door to door and house to house Don't you pretend you don't know what I'm talkin' about

Their lack of Journalism ethics is hiding in plain sight: In their head-scratching endorsement of do-nothing

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of 007’s appearance on screen in Skyfall and the Bollinger / James Bond partnership, Champagne Bollinger  has launched a limited edition special presentation box of one of their great vintages from the last century, Bollinger La Grande Année 2002.




Champagne Bollinger has been Bond’s champagne of choice since its first appearance on screen in ‘Live and Let Die’ in 1973, when the Brocolli-Wilson family decided that Bollinger best represented Bond’s impeccable taste.

The presentation box, in the shape of a Walther PPK silencer, opens by aligning the three numbers 007 and by clicking on the gun logo button, revealing a bottle of Bollinger La Grande Année 2002, the most exceptional vintage in the last decade, according to Mathieu Kauffmann, Cellar Master at Champagne Bollinger.



The bottle, adorned in shiny black and hot stamped silver, is a collector’s item in itself, an elegant celebration of the 50th anniversary of James Bond on screen. The guilloche pattern on the label and the cap is repeated on the box, a veiled reference to the grip of the pistol. 30,000 bottles of Bollinger’s 002 for 007 have been produced.



Harrods of London was decked out in tribute to 007 for the whole of October. Bollinger aficionados attended a preview launch of the 002 for 007 presentation box.



From escalators to store windows via tasting areas, Bond’s favourite champagne enjoys pride of place in the legendary department store. On display are bottles of Mr Bond’s favourite cuvées –including the mythical Bollinger R.D. and an outsized version of the box dedicated to the latest Bond movie.




The Bollinger 002 for 007 presentation box is now for sale at Harrods.com (£150) and TheWhiskyExchange (£125), Sherry-Lehman ($199), at Zachy's  ($195) and in specialist shops and wine merchants all over the globe. TheWhiskyExchange can ship to most countries in the world (price is excluding shipping costs).

photos © Champagne Bollinger and Harrods

Nightline also set to go 1 hour

Anderson Cooper

Cooper's show hasn't been able to get ratings traction

Radio station no longer simulcast on TV

It has been really weird having Rafa be sidelined for so much of the tennis season this year. He had such great success on the clay, but then his knee injury took him out of Wimbledon (well, okay, technically he lost at Wimbledon, but he was already injured) and then missed the Olympics and the US Open, and still won't be back for the Year End Finals in London. I enjoy writing about Our Hero, Rafael Nadal so much and it's weird that there's been no news for him on the court. Hopefully he'll be back in Dubai at the very end of December. That is looking likely. Then it will probably be the Aussie Open and then only clay court tournaments outside of the major tourney's he has to play. I can't wait to have him back on the courts. I miss you, Rafa!

In the meantime, it's not like Rafa has been sitting at home trapped in his house as if he was waiting for a Hurricane to arrive that was sure taking it's damn sweet time to pass through. No, he's been keeping busy. So until he's back on the court, I'm starting a recurring blog feature titled "Where in the World is Rafael Nadal?" to help promote his exploits. The answer this time is: PARIS!

Nadal went to Paris and did some press. Here's a link to his interview with M6 in Spanish with French translation! He is adorable!

He has also tweeted his congrats to Ferrer for beating Dolgopolov in Valencia for his sixth title this season and 17th in his career. Ferrer is doing really well. I would love to see him break through at a major in 2013!

Nadal also wanted everyone to stay safe as Hurricane Sandy inches toward us. Do as Rafa says! Vamos! (except stay put)

(it DOES exist!)



While gathering Hurricane rations yesterday, I stumbled upon a sight I thought I would never see. On the opposite side of the aisle where they stock the bottled water stood the soda rack. On the shelf right at eye level were several bottles... of Red Fanta!! I couldn't believe it! Up until this point I thought Red (aka Strawberry) Fanta only existed in TV ads, as I had never seen a bottle available for purchase in the Tri-State area. I've actually written about this before on the blog, almost 2 years ago to the day, in fact. Now suddenly here they were. And they were on SALE, no less! Obviously I had to pick up a bottle, in case this chance never showed itself again. Concrete evidence it exists. I shall put it on the shelf next to my Yeti's paw and my Loch Ness Monster's tooth.


I am not drinking the Red Fanta just yet. I have two weeks to go on a nutrition and exercise program I'm doing at Mark Fisher Fitness and the empty calories of soda just do not fit into my daily fitness plan. But when its over I might celebrate with some Red Fanta on ice. My taste expectation is already through the roof. Don't I want a Fanta? You bet your sweet ass I do!

Schools: Public schools and CUNY schools will be closed on Tuesday.

Parking: Alternate side of the street parking regulations are suspended citywide on Tuesday. Payment at parking meters is
also suspended throughout the city tomorrow.

Trash collection: The Sanitation Department will be on twelve-hour shifts (7:00 a.m.  to 7:00 p.m.) on Tuesday. Put trash and recycling out on Tuesday morning

Oh man! It's been so long since my last post. Over a whole month! I cannot believe it. It's not that there haven't been things to write about - travel, election coverage, TV shows, general insanity - I've just put all my time into play writing instead of blog writing. Plus somehow with Rafael Nadal still on the disabled list, it's been hard to motivate to talk about the world. But now I'm stuck inside waiting for Hurricane Sandy, so while I still have power, I figured I'd catch up on some blogging, before going back to the play writing. Because that still needs to get done too.

Sitting alone waiting for a Hurricane is odd. Hearing that the subways would shut down Sunday night and I wouldn't have to go to work on Monday, was of course incredibly exciting. I will always love the idea of a "Snow Day." although I know the potential damage of a "Hurricane Day" is actually much worse than that, and I'm hesitant to celebrate the arrival of something that can cause a lot of damage and distress, just so I can sit on my couch for an extra day. Also, the fact that the actual hurricane is not reaching us until late tonight on Monday means we had all day Sunday to gather supplies or flee to higher ground, and then we have all day today to basically... wait. And then the next day we get to assess the damage and maybe wait some more for things to be cleaned up or just go back to work. But for now we just play the waiting game, and as I said before, sitting alone just waiting for the Hurricane is odd. And can get boring REAL FAST.

Here are some things I ponder while waiting:

Should I read? No, if I read now and then the power goes off I'll be tired of reading and then have nothing to do. My book should be placed with my pile of emergency supplies. Today's book is "A Graveyard For Lunatics" by Ray Bradbury

What is "Storm Pay" rate for these reporters forced to stand outside in hurricane-force winds so that the anchors in the newsroom can ask them how it feels to be outside? Is it triple over time? Quadruple overtime? It's a rare day like today when I hope Roger Clark is making more than Pat Kiernan on NY1.

If my dollar store across the street is actually open I should go buy the finishing touches for my Halloween costume and assemble it all today for a trial run, right?

Am I really supposed to own a battery powered radio? Do they sell those at the dollar store if the dollar store is actually open? (I just checked and my clock radio takes a 9-volt battery. Hmm, worth investigating this morning, I guess.)

Is my family safe spread out across the Eastern seaboard? I hope they are safe.

Should I watch a movie marathon today? If so which one? The Muppet Movies? The Lord of The Rings? The BBC versions of the Narnia Books? Or maybe a BSG mararthon? Or Buffy? Or Strangers With Candy? I might spend the whole day just staring into my DVD bookcase.

Are there any new soft-core movies that have been recently added to Netflix that I haven't seen? If not, I can just watch Clue again. Not because Clue is soft-core, but because it's CLUE!!! And it takes place during a stormy night, so it fits the mood.

I can't watch The Dark Crystal unless it snows. The Frankenstorm promised snow, but I don't think it will deliver this close to the coast. The Dark Crystal is standard viewing for the first snow storm of the season and a Hurricane just is not close enough. I must have patience.

Wait, I'm supposed to have NON-perishable food items? I have a lot of perishables. But it's just me. Surely, I have enough food in the fridge that will last a day or two even if the power goes off. Plus I've got a lot of water and almost an entire box of saltines. I'll be okay.

Oh, I really hope the power doesn't go off.

Should I go through my entire closet and drawers and discard all clothes I don't want and make up bags for the thrift store? I need to get rid of this stuff and right now I've got the time.

Why does my DVR only record the first 45 minutes of The Walking Dead?? I'd like to see how the episode ENDS, DVR!!!

I'm so happy that I did massive cleaning earlier this weekend for when friends came over for my birthday so that now I don't have to stress over whether I should use all this time to clean my apartment. Plus it's nicer to sit here in a clean space than to sit in filth.

Is the storm REALLY going to affect the Presidential Race, cable news outlets? It still amazes me that people are "undecided" when the two options are so radically different. Can't you just talk about the actual impact of the storm on the people affected and not the politics affected for ONE EFFING DAY?? I will not be watching cable news today, for sure. 

I should move my furniture around so I have enough room to work out in my living room since I can't got to gym class tonight.

Are all my electronic devices plugged in to charge? I want to make sure I have my laptop, ipod and iphone last as long as possible before I pick up my crossbow and start living out Revolution. 


These are my thoughts so far and it's not even noon. The storm is still like... 9-10 hours away. Who knows what will be running through my mind by then. I might just share it with the interwebs. Stay safe everyone! 

...the Waiting Game sucks, Let's play Hungry, Hungry Hippos!