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SHAH!
2 January 2003Let’s open the David’s Journal mailbag. —–> Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 00:44:26 -0600 (CST) From: Sean S. To: Dave D. Subject: shah! you dork! after all that you don’t tell people the mechanics of how to make a fortune-telling thing. shah! at least link to a site that tells you
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
2 January 2003I watched the ball drop in Times Square from my balcony last night, about half a mile away. I invited over Jin K. and Alan B., because any more people wouldn’t have been able to get a good view from there. Then we crashed another party in the building that we saw on another balcony. […]
HOW FORTUNATE.
29 December 2002Jill Z. made me one of those old fortune teller things, where you pick a color, and then a number, and then a number, and then look under the flap for your fortune. So, I went over to Pete B. and made up this story about how I met an old Gypsy woman in downtown […]
I’M BACK.
29 December 2002I got back to NYC late last night.
ARCHIVES.
15 December 2002I’ve noticed that my automatically generated archives links are often a little screwy. So, I’ve gone back and inserted a link to the previous month’s archive at the end of each month, so that you can always scroll through the archives this way. On the first of each month, at 12:00:01 AM, is a back-dated […]
AND I’M OFF.
12 December 2002I’m off to Florida until December 28th.
NYC RESTAURANT REVIEW: AL’S SOUP KITCHEN INTERNATIONAL * * * * (4 stars out of 4).
12 December 2002Al Yeganeh, the world famous restaurateur, and inspiration for the Seinfeld episode titled “The Soup Nazi”, seems to be getting a little more mellow as the years go by. But his soup retains all of its exquisite flavor. It really is that good. Unless the weather is terrible, there’s always a line of at least […]
WAY AHEAD OF YOU, DAVE.
12 December 2002Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:51:23 -0500 From: Fair (Fair@FAIR.ORG) To: David D. Subject: RE: CORPORATE MEDIA CONTROL: AOL’s HBO promotes AOL’s CNN in “Liv e from Bagdad” We did put out a release on this, mentioning the HBO/CNN connection but focusing on the content of the movie. See http://www.fair.org/activism/hbo-gulf-hoax.html . Regards, Jim Naureckas
AOL TIME WARNER BLOWS ITS OWN HORN.
11 December 2002Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 18:36:21 -0500 (EST) From: David D. To: FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN REPORTING (fair@fair.org) Subject: CORPORATE MEDIA CONTROL: AOL’s HBO promotes AOL’s CNN in “Live from Bagdad” To Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR): I wish to share a particularly blatant example of corporate control of the media having an effect […]
JAMES BOND’S INVISIBLE CAR.
9 December 2002Dav C. points out that James Bond’s invisible car may be closer than I thought.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.
9 December 2002Jill R. and I went to Strawberry Fields in Central Park Sunday night to check out the festivities on the anniversary of John Lennon’s death. There was quite a turn-out, three or four times what I’d seen there in previous years. We stayed for about a half-hour or so, singing Lennon songs along with the […]
RAVING SILVERMAN.
9 December 2002I saw Sarah Silverman perform at “Jewcy”, a benefit for the UJA, on Saturday night with Jill R. Silverman was really funny, but there’s one joke in particular that I can’t stop thinking about. I’m paraphrasing here a bit. She said, “I honestly believe that if black people had lived in Germany in the 1930s, […]
NYC RESTAURANT REVIEW: MEXICANA MAMMA * * * 1/2 (3 and a half stars out of 4).
9 December 2002I went to this small West Village Mexican restaurant Saturday night with Jill R. It’s the best Mexican place I’ve been to in New York City, which has a real paucity of good Mexican places. The food at Mexicana Mamma is excellent and rich, without being heavy or oily. I have an incredibly high tolerance […]
MAKE IT SO.
2 December 2002Wil Wheaton, the actor who played Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and self-described, “washed-up, former child actor,” has a blog which is almost endearingly mundane.
NYC RESTAURANT REVIEW: CHURRASCARIA PLATAFORMA * * * * (4 stars out of 4).
2 December 2002This Brazilian riodizio (all-you-can-eat) restaurant at 316 W. 49th street was fantastic. I ate here last night with Danny B., and savored every delicately prepared bite. This is a riodizio restaurant, which means that waiters come around continuously and carve meat off of skewers onto your plate, and they keep coming around, until you tell […]
NYC RESTAURANT REVIEW: MAXIE’S DELI * * * (3 stars out of 4).
1 December 2002This new Times Square delicatessen is typical of those in the Times Square area, like the Roxy and the Carnegie. I ate here on Wednesday night with Debbie W. and Danny B. It has excellent, fresh food, in giant 1 pound sandwiches that must be shared, despite the $3 sharing fee. I’d say it falls […]
MOVIE REVIEW: DIE ANOTHER DAY * (1 star out of 4).
1 December 2002I’m not a huge fan of the James Bond genre, but I usually do enjoy these movies, at least on a superficial level. However, this is my least favorite James Bond movie that I’ve seen. My two main complaints are these: First, I know that James Bond is, on some level, a science fiction character, […]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
1 December 2002I had a great time Thanksgiving. I watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade from my balcony, which overlooks Broadway, at 55th Street, which is right about the exact center of the parade route. I had 8 friends over who were in town, and we had bagels and lox and tuna and suchlike, and drank mimosas […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE SCIENCE OF SUPERHEROES * 1/2 (1 and a half stars out of 4).
27 November 2002After reading the excellent books, The Physics of Star Trek, and its sequel, Beyond Star Trek, which examine what about Star Trek is impossible, and what could conceivably be discovered in the future, I was very excited about The Science of Superheroes. But the book was a terrible disappointment. The authors go into mind-numbing detail […]
BOOK REVIEW: LIVE FROM NEW YORK: AN UNCENSORED HISTORY OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (2002) * * (2 stars out of 4).
23 November 2002This Book‘s authors, Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller, have clearly confused the word “uncensored,” which is good, with “unedited,” which is bad. Almost the entire book is taken up by long, unedited, paragraph-long and page-long quotes by people involved in the show, separated by no exposition, other than to give the name of the […]
HOW ABOUT A SHOWER?
19 November 2002I watched that meteor shower last night with Dara E. I looked for about 15 seconds with my binoculars, and I saw a dot streak by incredibly quickly. She spent the next hour with my binoculars trying to see something, but she couldn’t see anything in all that time. It’s kind of funny, because she […]
NO SOUP FOR YOU.
19 November 2002I live right across the street from Soup Kitchen International, the restaurateur satirized in the episode of Seinfeld titled “The Soup Nazi”. He is always closed over the summer, but he usually reopens in late September or early October. This year, however, he still isn’t open. But yesterday, there were some signs of life. It […]
MOVIE REVIEW: RED DRAGON (2002) * * 1/2 (2 and a half stars out of 4).
18 November 2002While this prequel to The Silence of the Lambs is a remake of the 1986 movie Manhunter. While more highly produced, and in many ways more disturbing than the 1986 version, it was not as thoughtful as the original, which was less of a horror film, and more of an intelligent mystery. I remember thinking […]
LATE NIGHTS.
16 November 2002Thursday night I saw “Believe Chicken” the funny free stand-up comedy show on Thursday nights at 7PM at The Nightingale on 2nd Avenue at 13th Street, hosted by Jessica D. and Liz L. Then I hung out with Bob K. and his buddies in the East Village. Friday night, I went to my UCB improv […]
THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN.
14 November 2002I went to a taping of the Late Show today. Last night, I was walking by the theater, and someone who works at the show offerred me and Graham tickets for today’s show. I’ve seen them giving out tickets there before, but never when I had a chance to go. My building is right next […]