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September

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:22:00 -0400

I love Fall in New York. New York fall never ends.

The Hole Book (1908)

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:51:16 -0400

The Hole Book (1908)

explore-blog: “Inspiration and work ethic – they ride right...

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:06:12 -0400

explore-blog:

“Inspiration and work ethic – they ride right next to each other.” ~ Jack White

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fall request

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:04:41 -0400

I love chilly morning weather. my favorite favorite weather

explore-blog: A visual antidote to cynicism by way of some...

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 02:47:41 -0400

explore-blog:

A visual antidote to cynicism by way of some favorite artists, with wisdom from E. B. White.

theatlantic: Cory Booker, Super Mayor: The Quiz So...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:56:36 -0400

theatlantic:

Cory Booker, Super Mayor: The Quiz

So Newark Mayor Cory Booker saved a woman from a burning house last night. That means he can now add “firefighter” to his résumé, right below police officer, football player, councilman, Rhodes scholar, suicide preventer, snow shoveler, poet , mediator, salsa dancer, and “America’s sexiest mayor.” And some other stuff, too.

Really, is anybody surprised that Booker dove into a flaming home, against the advice of his security team, and suffered burns to his hand while pulling a woman out of her bed? It just seems to fit the whole mythology of Cory Booker, Super-Mayor. (Try searching Twitter for #CoryBookerStories to see how he’s morphed into Chuck Norris since this morning.) With that in mind, can you pick the true Booker facts below from the ones we just made up?

Cory Booker is so invested in his city that he gains weight if everything’s not running smoothly.

True! As he told Menswear: “I was so stressed, with massive layoffs and terrible police negotiations, I gained 50 pounds. Even my relaxed jeans weren’t fitting me.”

Cory Booker was offered a top job in the Obama administration, and a chance to run for Senate. He turned both down.

True! Soon after the 2008 election, Obama approached Booker about leading the White House’s Office of Urban Affairs (a job that eventually went to the ill-fated Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion). But so far, he’s stayed off of the national political stage, though The Daily Beastwent so far as to call him an inspiration for Obama in 2010.

Cory Booker dates supermodels, exclusively.

Well, he did go out with supermodel Veronica Webb. And the Guardian reported that he’s followed on his daily rounds by posses of “cleavage-thrusting women who weren’t even from Newark.”

Finish the quiz at The Atlantic Cities. [Image: Reuters]

Video

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:44:45 -0400

"Love must be proved by facts and not by reasons. What one does is what counts and not what one had..."

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:50:10 -0400

“Love must be proved by facts and not by reasons. What one does is what counts and not what one had the intention of doing.”

- Picasso (via explore-blog)