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cool that i got invited to the fap

You did! On this thread. Anyway, we'll all see you on Sat.

'car guy' cuomo back to work

http://secondavenuesagas.com/2011/12/09/after-taking-320-million-in-transit-funds-cuomo-strips-lockbox-bil-as-well/

vetoing outer borough taxi bill too. what a guy.

wtffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/nyregion/woman-burned-alive-in-brooklyn-elevator-police-question-man.html?hp

this...

Why on earth did I click on a thread I'd never clicked on before? I am depressed as hell now.

security camera stills of the guy will haunt my dreams http://www.nypost.com/r/nypost/2011/12/18/news/web_photos/fire--525x300.jpg

man

this plus the woman getting chopped in half by an elevator = taking the stairs this week

that happened around the corner from me, the woman getting burned to death

yeah I was wondering, was it apparent something was going on w/ police and fire?

http://www.nypost.com/r/nypost/2011/12/18/news/web_photos/fire--525x300.jpg

c u guize at halloween next year

JFC why did I
- stare at the picture
- read the times's detailed account of the death
- read the explanation of why fire is the worst way to die
- read the comments
- all of the above

Incidentally people really need to be disabused of the notion that there are all these murderers getting off because of their harsh past and upbringing. Does not happen. Even "insanity" defenses are not only rare and hard to prove, but lead to more-or-less the same result -- lifetime involuntary commitment instead of imprisonment.

stfu I lite u on fire inside elevator

it seems pretty clear he's insane and yes I would be fine w/ him getting lifetime involuntary commitment

iatee: "I would fine him"

iatee: "he needs hugs"

Legal insanity is much narrower though. I'd have to look up the exact version NY follows, but it basically has to reach the level of not being able to comprehend either the act you are undertaking or the fact that it is wrong. I don't think this guy fits into that category.

huh why do I have a soft on crime rep, I think all people who own cars should be jailed

so wrong its right

i.e you don't get the insanity defense just for "he needed meds" "he was unstable" "he was a fucked up dude" etc.

iatee: "why do i have a soft-on"

loool

haha

btw where does one go in NYC to get someone to perform "odd jobs" who will not set you aflame?

its a package deal so sry

i wasnt in the hood most of saturday so i didnt notice any serious ambulances or anything

heh i have been checking craigslist for a new apt and the day after the woman died a v. sketchy "one bedroom on underhill" ad was posted

btw where does one go in NYC to get someone to perform "odd jobs" who will not set you aflame?

― Dr Morbius, Monday, December 19, 2011 5:14 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

Dude only had one negative review on Angie's list, but it was as REALLY negative review

was the apt a good price?

1800 which is a little much for that end of prospect heights, but no brokers fee. i dont know the sq ft.

the elevator-chopped-in-half building is a block from my work and the elevator-set-on-fire building is four blocks from my apartment

so yeah, elevators are not seeming like the place to be

walking up stairs is healthy

$1800 for a 1BR in the less nice part of Prospect Heights? At first that sounded insane, but then I saw that it was an elevator building

fire sale prices

live-in handyman, will clear your clutter for extra $

hahaha

landlord provides exterminators

just gonna link to this again

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/04/21/080421fa_fact_paumgarten

I am taking the stairs forever now btw

dude was "working late" on a friday night but needed a cigarette break after watching a baseball game

man there was something i read recently that was talking abt the legality of this case where a bike messenger got decapitated by an elevator but i cant remember what it was

it's totally legal for an elevator to decapitate a bike messenger btw because bike messengers are obnoxious

his dreadlocks we stuck in the matrix or somethign

dude was "working late" on a friday night but needed a cigarette break after watching a baseball game

Well, to be fair, it was the Mets in the NL Championship Series he was watching so not really just "a baseball game".

Yeah. It was more just a "lol @ sad office life" comment. I've already done the "working late but screwing around" thing before, wondering all the while wtf I was doing.

visited the grand central apple store, it's enormous and doesn't really feel like 'a store'. anyway it's a big win for apple, most famous train station in the country is now just an apple advertisement. mta shoulda got a better deal for the space but I dont think they had much leverage in the discussions.

any idea why the previous rent was so low for that space?

well it's not that it was low or high it's that apple will be making $$$$ and iirc w/ other apple stores the city has managed to get a cut.

lol u dont know where ur staying

dude doesnt have time for GoogleMaps during rock climbing

Surprised he can get one hand free to type these posts tbh.

you could say that about most of ilx

tip yr waitresses everybody

Boerum hill apparently

okay are you and ice cr?m still up? morbs is gonna call me eventually. I dunno what the critical mass is.

think I've had NYE plans made for me, but I'll know more once I actually arrive (in a cab)

this was w/r/t tonight

Ah. Welp we are getting dinner and then ???

guess this prob isn't gonna happen

anybody know of a place where I could pick up a madeleine pan for cheap

guess like a bakeware store, prolly not any of the restaurant supply stores around the bowery

I am in CHINATOWN!

I AM CHINA

no I am

hey now

I had dumplings fyi

i think you mean DUMPLINGS!

the friend i stayed with earlier in the month lives in little italy/chinatown - i had to restrain myself from eating DUMPLINGS! every day - of course, there are a lot of other foods too eat in nyc, so...

boarding a redeye to nyc in a few hours

Think a caught a bug on the plane, as I've pretty much been sick as hell for the week (but did store up enough energy to make it to the Bush Tetras show on Wed).

anybody know of a place where I could pick up a madeleine pan for cheap

Sur La Table?

sorry iatee, by the time I got out of ICP it was 7:30 and I didn't see a payphone.

L4urel expressed interest in FAPping on the 1st?

ya no worries I just woulda said 'nobody likes us'. that's uh, Sunday? sure.

it's good luck to be hungover on NYE right

its no problem, i mean assuming you have all yr cocaine ready to go

oh ok

guys NYC is so pleasant

do u mean Boerum Hill?

I think so?

K, dudes...leaving in a sec to bike to Gowanus. gbx, holler by txt if you're going out soon to that neighboring neighborhood cos my show might be too full to get into right away and I can easily meet you.

rewatched The Tree of Life, went to bed. Gonna write a couple checks now.