I was in a really bad mood this morning. Now, now thanks to watching this video several times over, I feel much better.
Thank you, Nawasye Ahmad Shah Abdali Koni Baba…thank you Pashtun Midget, wherever you are.
I am envious.
Yesterday I went on an awesome tour of the Atlantic Avenue tunnel. Built in 1844, it’s the oldest subway tunnel in the world, it was lost from the public and a bit of an urban legend until it was rediscovered in 1979. Now, you can take tours.
I showed up at the corner of Court St. and Atlantic Ave., and climbed down a manhole in the middle of the street, into a passage way, carved out from the dirt. Squeezing through a narrow hole in a concrete wall, I entered the tunnel.
The space is massive and runs for four city blocks, over a quarter-mile long, four stories deep and dark as shit with rubble strewn all over.
Walt Whitman wrote of the tunnel:
“The old tunnel, that used to lie there under ground, a passage of Acheron-like solemnity and darkness, now all closed and filled up, and soon to be utterly forgotten, with all its reminiscences; however, there will, for a few years yet be many dear ones, to not a few Brooklynites, New Yorkers, and promiscuous crowds besides. For it was here you started to go down the island, in summer. For years, it was confidently counted on that this spot, and the railroad of which it was the terminus, were going to prove the permanent seat of business and wealth that belong to such enterprises. But its glory, after enduring in great splendor for a season, has now vanished—at least its Long Island Railroad glory has. The tunnel: dark as the grave, cold, damp, and silent. How beautiful look earth and heaven again, as we emerge from the gloom! It might not be unprofitable, now and then, to send us mortals—the dissatisfied ones, at least, and that’s a large proportion—into some tunnel of several days’ journey. We’d perhaps grumble less, afterward, at God’s handiwork.”
It definitely ranks as one of the neatest tours I’ve ever been on. Tours are infrequent, but you can check for dates here and make reservations.
Here’s a set of photos that I took while down there.
AWESOME! I want hang to with those guys!
An insanely good and long overdue idea. I’m renting this as soon as it hits DVD.
My body feeds 10. I need to gain more weight!
Sheer comedic genius.
This has to be the most brilliant car ad ever:
If car washes like that really existed, I’d buy a vehicle. I might ever learn how to drive it, too.
Did you know you can make your Mac speak out loud whatever you want via command line? I didn’t.
Here’s how:
- Open a terminal (Applications>Utilities>Terminal).
- Type in say eat my balls (or whatever you want, just put “say” in front of it).
- Sit back, listen, giggle and waste your entire day making your computer say really dirty things.
- Know you are really, really cool.
You can also have your mac read entire text files by using this command:
say -f PATH/TO/FILE.TXT
Sweet! You may find that for some words, in order for your Mac to pronounce them correctly, you’ll need to spell them phonetically, but whatever…
Type the command man say for the manual on how to use this command and the various options and things you can do with it.
This kid, whether he ends up President or convict, is definitely going to grow up to be somebody special.
A 13 year old from Texas who stole his Dad’s credit card and ordered two hookers from an escort agency, has today been convicted of fraud and given a three year community order.
…Police said they were alerted to the motel by a concerned delivery clerk, whom after delivering supplies of Dr Pepper, Fritos and Oreos had been asked by the kids where they could score some chicks and were willing to pay. They explained they had just made a big score at a “World of Warcraft” tournament and wanted to get some relaxation. On noting the boys age the delivery clerk informed the authorities.
…When police arrived at the motel they found $3,000 in cash, numerous electronic gadgets, an Xbox video console with numerous games, and the two local escort girls.
…Asked why he ordered two escorts, Ralph said he thought it was the thing to do when you win a “World of Warcraft” tournament. They told the suspicious working girls they were people of restricted growth working with a traveling circus, and as State law does not allow those with disabilities to be discriminated against they had no right to refuse them.
…The $1,000 a night girls sensing something up played “Halo” on the Xbox with the kids, instead of selling their sexual services.
…Ralph’s ambition is to one day become a politician.
Let me tell you… this Ralph kid has some serious fucking balls. If only I’d known somebody that fucking cool when I was that age.
