Soundtrack by Van Halen

 

Unrelated Admission:

I am uncomfortable on airplanes. I am  well aware that my fear of flying is irrational, but that does me no good. I didn’t fly until I was 24 years old.  I find the only thing that helps me get through flying is at least 4 stiff drinks and half a valium. That’s how I flew last time. I only like Jetblue at the moment. Southwest planes look older. Like maybe there are still ashtrays embedded in the armrests. That doesn’t help my confidence. I read a really good quote from someone, I can’t remember where, but this guy is talking about his aversion to flying, and he says that every time that he gets off an airplane alive it feels like a botched suicide attempt. I couldn’t have said it better.

I work a block away from the NYSE. Sometimes I eat my lunch on the steps next to that big, gaudy american flag they have draped over the building. There are usually SWAT looking guys with semi-automatic weapons hanging out with bomb sniffing dogs.  I try not to stare at them for too long.

Aerobics Killz

Patrick Nagel (November 25, 1945 – February 4, 1984) was an American artist. He created popular illustrations on board, paper, and canvas, most of which emphasize the simple grace of and beauty of the female form, in a distinctive style descended from Art Deco. Nagel would start with a photograph and work down, always simplifying and removing elements which he felt were unnecessary. The resulting image would look flat, but emphasized those elements which he felt were most important.

In 1984, at the age of 38, the artist participated in a 15-minute celebrity “Aerobathon” to raise funds for the American Heart Association. Afterwards, he was found dead in his car, and doctors determined by autopsy that he had suffered a heart attack.

all text taken from patrick nagel’s wiki

I Pee Sitting Down Because That’s The Way That Larry Does It

Molly’s Friday Morning Phone Cam Pic

6th ave btw 21 and 22nd. We highly suspect that this is the work of terrorists.

 

The Best Thing About It Was The Pussycat Dolls Opened Up, Bro..

Entertainment Weekly On David Blaine’s Latest Publicity Stunt

 

…I suspect Blaine needs attention to subsist (both mentally and financially) — and I’m not saying this to be a jerk, but perhaps I’ve failed to understand Blaine. On the surface, this stunt doesn’t prove much of anything, except that maybe Blaine is improving his stamina for all things physically counterintuitive. Simply put, this stunt is not motivated by passion. If you want to see passion, go check out Man on Wire, which is still playing at some theaters. It’s a documentary about French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, whose dream it was to walk on a wire strung between the Twin Towers. It was on his wish list for about six-and-a-half years before his team actually planned out how they would illegally gain access to the roof of the towers and then rig the wire. It took eight months to map it out, but on August 7, 1974, they prevailed: Petit walked, danced, and even lay down on a wire suspended 1,350 feet in the air. He did not alert the press. He did not have a two-hour primetime special. Doctors weren’t there checking his vital signs, advising him that this could be the ultimate Dive of Death. He just did it — a true stunt, and for those who saw it, a magical one at that.  <- Vanessa Juarez, ew.com, LINK

MBV Tonight at Roseland Ballroom. Jesus Christ.

“Loveless” was difficult and expensive to make. Its songs are filled with emotional turmoil and enveloped in otherworldly sounds that had Mr. Shields recording in studio after studio, perpetually dissatisfied. The album’s cost has been estimated at £250,000, about $458,000, which helped to bankrupt its independent record label, Creation. “It was a very, very damaged time for everybody,” Mr. Shields said.

taken from today’s New York Times interview

Molly Likes Mondays In Central Park

david blaine is again trying to kill himself in public. here he is hanging upside down, signing autographs. he’s going to hang upside down for 60 hours. every now and then they’ll flip him right side up so he can urinate. wanna see a picture? here:

 

 

 … actually, it kinda looks like he’s getting a handjob.

Betty Bowers is America’s Best Christian

you can visit her site by clicking the McCain/Spears picture

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