December 2010
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A myriad of theories on why the city sucked so...
This week, as Mr. Bloomberg conceded that the city’s response to the blizzard had been inadequate, many theories, in both shouts and whispers, have been offered to explain the shortcomings: the Sanitation Department had undergone staffing cuts; the ferocity of the snowfall and the power of the accompanying winds had presented extraordinary challenges to the city’s snow plows; angry sanitation...
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Glühwein recipe
My dad made this for me once when I had the worst chest-flu of my adult life, and it cured me within a day. The elderberry is a natural decongestant, and the warm wine cozies you right to sleep. But! It’s also just good on its own, sans death-warmed-over-feeling.
1 750ml bottle of red wine (I like Shiraz, myself) 4-5 tbsp elderberry jam 1 stick of cinnamon 10 or so whole cloves
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One more discovery on running/breathing:...
I’ve noticed that I’ve been really, really sniffly and increasingly sneezy after running at the gym. On Saturday, it was so strong that I pretty much didn’t stop sneezing & blowing my nose all day, and the tingling in one side of my nose didn’t stop till almost 48 hours later. I was skin-tested for allergies of all kinds two years ago, and came up not allergic to...
noneck: I'm running for the NY Tech Meetup's Board... →
noneck:
I know that New York City is the best damn city on the planet. I see this meetup and its board as a platform of information and innovation. Our board must embody our best ideals and be it all that it can be. We MUST put our 501c6 status to good use and fight for a better tomorrow.
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Great news on the running/breathing front
A bunch of you may have been following my running/breathing travails— I was having a really hard time after I got a few weeks into the Couch-to-5k program. For a while I thought it was just that I was out of shape… as I told the guys I bought my new sneakers from, I haven’t run for anything but the bus in about 20 years. As it got colder, things got worse, but even in warmer...
