Christian has the Review of the Day on Yelp for Penn Station. Congrats, even if that isn’t a picture of you (cheater).

Happy Birthday to Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, and Julio Alegria The Rebirth of Braille via Maud Newton Dump Him! I’m just not into his gift-giving reading material A Work in Progress has an interesting post about the subjectivity of a “good” book

It seems I’m not the only one to jump onto the Getting Things Done bandwagon. That hipster PDA has grown up and is now available from Levenger. From a Tasker box (with 3×5 cards and task tabs) to an accordion file (only available in leather) to the Pocket Briefcase, Levenger seems to have it all. [...]

It is unbelievably cold in Manhattan right now. Even with layers, winter coat, scarf (thanks, Ang), hat and gloves, the wind goes right through me. My Mom came up to visit this weekend, but we spent most of our time in the apartment. It was just too cold to go outside. We did manage to [...]

Non-Fiction Five ChallengeThe challenge: read five non-fiction books between May and September. My tentative challenge:Stiff & Spook both by Mary RoachJames Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie PhillipsStuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander MastersSleeping With Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety by Wendy KaminerA Death in Belmont [...]