Category: New York City
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Snow day according to Wm. Paul Young
“A snow day is God’s way of enforcing Sabbath on the world.” — Wm. Paul Young Here are some pictures of our last snow day with our neighbor Tom — who’s a freaking chess grandmaster — our dog Echo (so named because her dad — me — is a narcissistic bastard) and my bride. Also,…
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New York Dictionary : Hand-Held
What New Yorkers think of when they hear “hand-held” :
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New York Dictionary : Sunblock
what New Yorkers think of when they hear sunblock :
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New York Dictionary : Car Lockout Kit
What car lockout kit means to a New Yorker:
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New York Dictionary : Walking Shorts
what New Yorkers mean when they say walking shorts :
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How Fred Danback Saved 12,000 Lives on September 11th
From Makoto Fujimura’s Culture Care :: In the early 1960s, Fred Danback came home from the Korean War to work at Anaconda Wire and Cable, a copper wire factory in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, thirty miles north of Manhattan. It was a booming enterprise. But he soon became troubled by what he saw at the factory. To…
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The Last Ship :: The Musical Gotham Deserved, But Not the One it Needs Right Now
Like all of my posts, this one is late. Not late like a marinade or summer come at last. Too late, in this case. Of course, I couldn’t have stopped the inevitable. Recap: Sting (the musician) wrote some songs (a musical) about his town (a shipyard) and it got him out of writer’s block. You…
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Sitting at the feet of : a Male Model
A decade ago in a town of eight thousand people two hours away from St. Louis lived a class clown named Logan McNeil. Logan always talked. Logan always entertained. Whether by photo bomb or family portrait, he loved getting his picture taken. “Never. I never thought those characteristics would lead to becoming a male model.”…
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Long Island & Antiquing
We Schauberts like New York City. By “like New York City” I don’t mean we went there once as senior love birds in high school. Other than our home towns (Salem, St. Louis, Joplin, Dearborn), we’ve probably stayed in New York more than any other city. Last summer we had the privilege of staying on…
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Gangs and Pickpockets
In my Storyssentials post on Research, I talked about how a storyteller must assign himself homework. Mine involves a decent amount of gilded age reading (and viewing). Some might assume I want to write steampunk. Though this coming series employs some steamy elements, I wouldn’t classify it that way. For one, few use steam. For another,…
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Kvothe’s Sex Life Part 2: Felurian & The Adem
Well, gang, here we go again. Last time, I talked on Kvothe’s Sex Life, I had only finished NOTW and started WMF. Having finished WMF, I got a flurry of questions about sex and literature. Spoilers below. After a romp through the rainy tent-sheets, Kvothe comes out the other side of the enemy encampment saying…