So you guys might not think this is funny, but I was looking at this floating head thinking it was a person for like 5 minutes before I realized it was a reflection off of the advertisement on the wall across from the train. A floating head you guys!
Also – SPOTTED! Angry Engaged Happily Married Couple. You can feel the tension (photo after the jump).
Filed under Around Town, Oh Baby It's a Wild World
Everyone who thinks they know what time it is in their country take one step forward. Not so fast, Samoa. According to the Daily Beast, you guys are jumping time zones, and pretty soon you’ll be skipping a whole day to be on the other side of the dateline. Please file this under “things I don’t think you can just change when you want to.”
But apparently Samoan Prime Minister Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi “wants to make it easier for Samoa to do business with Australia and New Zealand, shifting away from the island’s historical alliance with the time zones of California and the U.S. He says being on the other side of the dateline is effectively losing Samoa two business days a week. He also says being a day ahead of American Samoa—which is just an hour apart by plane—will lure tourists who want to celebrate their birthday or anniversary twice.”
Filed under Oh Baby It's a Wild World
Photo taken from the Joseph Raskin Gallery of Etchings
In light of this week’s news events, I went digging into my emails looking for my grad school thesis. Having grown up outside the gates of the United States Military Academy, I chose to write about how, if at all, West Point had changed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
It has been said that the two planes that crashed into the Twin Towers had crossed paths right over West Point as they traveled down the Hudson River. The Towers collapsed a mere 50 miles from the Academy’s gates. Yet I found, some three years ago, that the Academy’s mission remained largely intact.
A few notes: 1) My writing has changed dramatically, so I apologize for the parts where it gets pretty boring. 2). Who approved this? I feel like I could have done better (said with diploma in hand). Enjoy.
Filed under About Me, Oh Baby It's a Wild World
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