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NYLawyer

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12/15/06

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  Magazine

  LA Times Emails

  Why do I suddenly have a mailbox full of LA Times solicitations? Something smells fishy.

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  Posted on June 17, 2008 by - NYLawyer

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  Culture

  response to  Andrew Price's post Nic Harcourt's Top 10 Of 2007

  Conspicuously Absent

  The Deadly Syndrome's Ortolan has been mysteriously left off the list. The LA smog must have clouded this guy's brain.

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  Commented on November 28, 2007 by - NYLawyer

• Silly hipsters

  Authored by DrBlackula - 3 votes

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  Culture

  response to  Patrick James's post Blog It Like Beckham

  Why couldn't we get one of the cool brit families?

  I agree and disagree. Beckham is a pretty boy bitch. I'd rather put my crotch to a belt sander than hear one more bit about how he and his D-list concubine are the next "it couple". They might be the worst british import imagineable. Classless, gaudy and seemingly uncultured, they'll fit right in either LA or Boca Raton. Beckham is simply memorializing his expiration with an enormous payoff so he will be able to support "brooklyn" and "romeo's" (his children's actual names in case you didn't know) cocaine habits once they reach the age of 15.

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  Commented on January 13, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  Politics

  response to  someone's post Re: redefining GOOD

  Am. Civ.

  As I said, making fun of the dead is generally uncool. No knowledge of what an "American Civilization seminar" entails is necessary, I was using it generically. All I was indicating is that GOOD should be able to represent a multitude of ideals.

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  Commented on January 7, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  Politics

  response to  someone's post Wrong feeling

  Re: Redefining GOOD

  The "?" is actually supposed to be a "does not equal" sign. Sorry.

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  Commented on January 7, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  Politics

  response to  someone's post Wrong feeling

  Redefining GOOD

  Saddam was not put to death in retribution for the 'bombings in Iraq" or the "plans of al Qaeda." While his trial and execution may have been terribly flawed, he was convicted by an Iraqi court for crimes against humanity that occured within a country that he was in power of.

  Unfortunate as it may seem to some GOOD ? ULTRA LIBERAL. Just b/c the guys who started the publication happen to have attended Brown and other so-called left wing (ed. note: soft) schools, and their content may occasionally reflect this, it does not necessarily mean that the magazine needs to espouse all of the ideals that they picked up in first year American Civilization seminar. I can't speak for the magazine itself (mostly b/c this is a magazine and blog that contains different ideas conceived by different people), but I would imagine that any GOOD guy/gal would tend to agree.

  As for making fun of dead people, this is almost always unacceptable except in certain well defined circumstances.

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  Commented on January 6, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  Environment

  response to  loop's post stereotyping

  I Like Loop

  You're absolutely right loop. Stereotyping takes enormous brain power. How else would one keep track of the enormous number of cliches.

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  Commented on January 6, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  Art & Design

  response to  benben's post popular prefab

  The Other Side

  Here's an article from this morning discussing the other end of the prefab market.

  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/us/06modular.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

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  Commented on January 6, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  response to  NYLawyer's post A Link For All

  Dammit!

  I thought this might post on the main page.

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  Commented on January 5, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  A Link For All

  Sometimes I look at the NY Times Magazine and am embarrassed to be a New Yorker. Like many New York publications it is often pretentious to a fault. Don't get me wrong I love pretension, why else would I live where I do. It's just that today's pretense needs to be accompanied by more than the simple claim itself. Without concrete, intelligent thoughts you're back to the drawing board and everyone thinks you're a chump. Small people are accompanied by small ideas.

  Intelligent prose I have more recently realized, requires understanding the people that you are connecting with. Even more important however is understanding the people who may connect with you. These days the people who connect with you are often an unnamed and unruly bunch. Today's global market makes it hard to know who will read the garbage produced by both the mass and alternative medias (whatever those mean anymore). And while it is almost never important to tailor ideas to a specific ear or mind I think that many writers hurt themselves by undertaking projects not only over their reader's heads but over their own heads as well.

  Almost lost my point. The NY Times is a publication that has not yet realized that their mainstay might rest with the middle class if they are to continue their dominance as a news source. The Magazine of late has been at its best entertaining and at its worst musty. One feature that has yet to collect mold came out last sunday and provides awesome profiles of the "Lives They Lived". The spectrum that they draw upon is broad and worth a look.

  Here's the link:
  http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/magazine/31intro.t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

  Upon finishing this I'm not sure whether this was a rag on the Times, an attempt to direct readers toward some interesting stories that they may have overlooked, or a call to writers (professional and non alike) to recognize that their work may be more well suited to be delivered to the general public than they had originally expected. Write well and skip the bull shit.

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  Posted on January 5, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  Environment

  response to  Rudy Adler's post Global Warming - The Early Years

  Bring your umbrella...

  you're gonna get pretty wet in the park.

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  Commented on January 5, 2007 by - NYLawyer

• One-stop Shopping

  Authored by Son-of-Chad - 1 vote

• You just shat in the one apple pie that can shit back.

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• Fleeced

  Authored by DrBlackula - 1 vote

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  Magazine

  response to  Patrick James's post This Week In GOOD

  Suggestions For the Weekend

  Why don't you guys end the week with some cool advice for the masses. Advice for this week could include:

  1) If you're in NY go to Uniqlo and get a sweet colored pair of corduroys for $19.99.
  2) If you're in LA think about moving to NY.
  3) If you're anywhere else (or in NY or LA as well) smoke a J and listen to The Beach Boys "Holland" record.

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  Commented on January 5, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  Environment

  response to  lcorr003's post It's spelled "California"

  Cali

  On the whole California is about as intelligent as Florida.

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  Commented on January 5, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  Business & Money

  response to  Morgan Clendaniel's post Hungry For A Month

  Eating well on a buck a day

  This sounds to me like the months when I save up for 29 days so that I can have dinner at Le Bernardin.

  But seriously I think that you could eat very nutritiously by buying things like eggs, rice and vegetables in bulk. Those things all last relatively long and vegetables can be frozen. If you get a little creative you might even be able to whip up someting palatable.

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  Commented on January 5, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  Living

  response to  Morgan Clendaniel's post New Fun Game

  Re: Fleeced

  I'm not doubting that GOOD was the first news source to break this tremendous story; however, how about adding a time stamp feature. I'm tired of GOOD appearing as the tardy little brother of the blogging world. That or GOOD employees could simply credit their sources religiously.

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  Commented on January 5, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  Living

  response to  Morgan Clendaniel's post Sleeping Without Saddam

  This site makes it hard to express my wide range of sentiment

  Where's the "IT'S BAD" Button?

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  Commented on January 5, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  Art & Design

  response to  benben's post popular prefab

  Info Request

  Unforunately it seems that the majority of firms that are attempting to make headway in this architectural genre are based on the west coast and aimed at a very specific market (rich people). As a NYC resident with undeveloped real estate holdings on the east coast (outside the city) I would be interested in options for my area that are more reasonably priced. With the right builder $250,000 could get me a pretty sweet stick built pad. Any ideas out there?

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  Commented on January 5, 2007 by - NYLawyer

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  Buying

  response to  Morgan Clendaniel's post Give To WorldChanging

  Extended Hiatus

  This seems like a really long hibernation. I mean, even cops and teachers work some of the time. And they usually have to leave their beds to get paid.

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  Commented on December 30, 2006 by - NYLawyer

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  Magazine

  response to  Morgan Clendaniel's post The Week In GOOD

  Please Read!

  Seems no one at this site explained (fully) that there is a feature that allows one to basically create his/her own blog. I only became aware of this after perusing several of the profiles maintained by GOOD employees. Seemingly this enables us to make this site and its current creators obsolete. Calling all shareholders, I'm advocating a hostile takeover.

  DrBlackula is a dangerous voodoo magician. He is most certainly not a doctor. Beware.

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  Commented on December 26, 2006 by - NYLawyer

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  Education

  This particular feature is GOOD

  Seems no one at this site explained that there is a feature that allows one to basically create his/her own blog. I only became aware of this after perusing several of the profiles maintained by GOOD employees. Seemingly this enables us to make this site and its current creators obsolete. Calling all shareholders, I'm advocating a hostile takeover.

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  Posted on December 26, 2006 by - NYLawyer

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  response to  Morgan Clendaniel's post Where Are My Comments?

  Changes

  I must admit the new site is very agreeable from an aesthetic as well as a user standpoint.

  Quick question. Why has the subscription counter suddenly dropped by over 300? Is it the due fact that all of my old comments have suddenly disappeared?

  It's either that or the marc jacobs ad.

  PS.
  I don't like the spell check feature. People should learn how to spell on their own.

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  Commented on December 15, 2006 by - NYLawyer