2010
You are browsing the archive for 2010.
A Bedford St. Anecdote
I’d say that the holiday season has brought more tourists to Bedford Street, but the truth is, there are always tourists on Bedford. They come from near and far to photograph the building which was apparently used as the apartment exterior on TV’s Friends. (I have zero sentimental attachment to the locale, as I almost […]
Memoir I Have No Intention of Writing, Chapter 1
I’ve been astonished by the onslaught of memoirs, in general but also specifically. Why would we as a society care in the slightest about a detailed account of random people’s lives? I suppose it’s tied to the prevalent oversharing that gave birth to the blogosphere (yes, I know where I’m writing this), the realm of […]
Sitcones
Salt in Wound has a long history with the television comedies of Mitch Hurwitz. So it was no surprise whatsoever when traffic cones were employed as a running gag in the “It’s a Trade Off” episode of the underrated show Running Wilde. Any time a character passed out after a night of partying…. As the […]
Hipness is relative
from the Fort Lauderdale (FL) Sun-Sentinel: Hip new movie house adds social hub to FAU Once known for its placid nightlife, Florida Atlantic University is giving students and the community a reason to be on campus after dark.
It’s… The Jack & Alana Show!
Thursday night, after midnight: I have worked quite late and am walking to the train. The fan-enhanced mannequins in the French Connection windows have once again caught my eye—their outfits ripple as if in a stiff breeze!—when I realize an actual woman is speaking to me. What? What? Hold on. I remove my earphones. She […]
Crime and Incident Report
When I was in college, the best part of the student newspaper was the crime and incident report. 20 years later, the tradition lives on. Here is an item from today’s The Miami Student (Oxford, Ohio): Officials find male with head injury At around 2 a.m. Tuesday, Oxford Police Department (OPD) officers were dispatched to […]
Jack Silbert, curator