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Decidedly blurry-eyed today, as I was up ’til like 3 a.m. at the union hall waiting for the official word on the strike. Here is a picture I took of the press corps around 2:30 a.m.

You heard it here first

You heard it here first Originally uploaded by derek7272.

The strike is on

3:38 a.m. UPDATE: Totally scooped everyone … had it like five minutes before the MTA’s Tom Kelly even announced talks had broken down!

(Okay, so I also had it before the transit union’s executive board actually voted 28-10 to […]

mao’s little red book

Ever wonder why some stories gain traction in the mainstream media, and others don’t? Here’s an interesting story in the New Bedford Standard Times that has gotten some play in the blogosphere the last couple of days.

NEW BEDFORD — A senior at UMass Dartmouth was visited by federal agents two months ago, after he […]

santa speedo run

Contestants take part in a one-mile “Santa Speedo Run” around Boston Common for charity Sunday. More pictures here.

‘down in the dumps’

The interesting newspaper story of the day, via S., is from the Chicago Tribune:

Wearing a jean jacket with a patch that reads “Rat Patrol” on the back, 20-year-old Casey Cherry vanishes into a blue Dumpster a few blocks from the intersection of Diversey Parkway and Sheridan Road.

Within seconds, he is knee-deep in bags […]

Why I am secretly hoping for a transit strike

New Yorkers need to get even more exercise. Now that I’m a Manhattanite, I’m disdainful of the B&T crowd. Nevermind that I was among their ranks a few short weeks ago. I’d like to see the city in (nonviolent) chaos. It sells more papers, and, thus, helps secure my employment prospects. I’ll get to […]

more santa anarchy

So in Auckland the Santa anarchy got a little out of hand. The NZ Herald has more:

A gang of drunken “Santas” caused merry hell across central Auckland yesterday, robbing stores, tagging buildings and assaulting security guards.

Three men were arrested on a variety of drunk and disorderly charges, and two security guards had to […]

hot chocolate 15k

Ran the Hot Chocolate 15K yesterday … 1:10:11, or a 7:32 pace. I tried to tried it as a good hard run, and not a race, having raced the previous two weekends. It is a PR, but my 15K PR was incredibly soft, 8:03 pace.

One of my teammates was chatting away to this British […]

christmas shopping

I finished up my Christmas shopping Friday afternoon. Those outdoor shops at Columbus Circle have some good handcrafted stuff.

If you’re not a member of my family, read what people are getting after the jump. FAMILY MEMBERS BANNED FROM READING FURTHER!

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men are getting less literate

Here’s a tidbit from a story I had in the paper today:

Men have also become less literate, while women’s English reading skills have improved, the Department of Education survey found.

“Women are doing better and men are doing worse,” said Mark Schneider, commissioner of the department’s National Center for Education Statistics. …

[M]en showed […]

columnists for sale

Doug Bandow, a Christian/libertarian columnist and senior fellow at the Cato Institute, admits he accepted payments from corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff:

A former Abramoff associate says Bandow and at least one other think-tank expert were typically paid $2,000 per column to address specific topics of interest to Abramoff’s clients. Bandow’s standing as a columnist and […]

jewish chicks

When I saw my old friend Matt the other day, one of the things that came up was the Jewish chicas. Both of us went to the same small high school in the same tiny Massachusetts city where we knew, like, zero Jewish people. (My favourite English teacher was Jewish, but none of our classmates).

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yankees tickets

Yankees tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today

chertoff

With Daniel Trotta of Reuters, had a joint interview with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff yesterday for this story. (For some reason he wasn’t doing press conferences, just little mini one-on-one interviews … or two-in-one in this case). We were in DHS’s 601 W. 26th St. offices — before the interview, in a speech to […]

who’s in charge here?

From the AP:

BOSTON (AP) — Instead of hiring a new general manager, the Boston Red Sox decided assistant general manager Jed Hoyer and director of player development Ben Cherington will share the job.

Doesn’t this sound like a receipe for disaster?

racing manhattan

So check out the NYRR calendar for January … they have a “NYRR Manhattan 20K” scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 28. The rumor is that this will be run on the streets of Manhattan! Whoo-hoo!

I am hoping that when their race calendar for the rest of the year comes out, they will have more 5Ks […]

anarchy santas

S. ran into these anarchist santas at the 51st and Lexington subway stop Saturday night. She writes, “They were drunk and rowdy and took up the entire station and all the cars on the train I was on. Some were making out- the woman in front of me was flashing everyone. It was surreal […]

rather sore right now

This is about the worst I’ve felt in ages after such a short race. (10K) My calves ache, and I feel just terrible. Weak. But I guess it means I gave it my all.

I ran down one runner, this guy who made an easy target clad in just shorts and a red T-shirt. […]

who pays on dates

This post of Sarah’s got me thinking:

All I know is that I hear my male friends complain about asking women out and then being expected (I guess by the woman) to buy an expensive meal and or drinks. I won’t debate the who should pay issue because I’ve always thought that a man should […]

Concert

Concert Originally uploaded by derek7272.

Dave matthews band at msg