Archive for August, 2010
Posted in August 30th, 2010
On Thursday of last week, after I collected our mail, I noticed something on our front door. It was a pamphlet saying that our house had been selected to participate in the Nielsen ratings system. As TV junkies, Courtney and I were obviously excited. If we had a Nielsen box in our living room, what [...]
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Posted in August 26th, 2010
SPOILER ALERT FOR JAMES (or anyone else who hasn’t seen every episode of Lost and is planning to at some point in the future)
The final season and complete collections of Lost have arrived on DVD and Blu-Ray this week, and the special feature that is being dissected the most is the 12 minute epilogue mini-episode, [...]
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Posted in August 24th, 2010
Yesterday, as you no doubt have heard, there was a fire at a LIRR control tower that totally effed up the commutes of hundreds of thousands of people who travel to and from Long Island. Today, the trains are still all kinds of messed up. Sure, accidents can happen, so it’s hard to be angry [...]
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Posted in August 23rd, 2010
I’ve been called many things in my day, but “mature” is usually not one of them. I mean, let’s be honest here: I watch a lot of cartoons and I am eager to spend any free time (a rare commodity, to be sure) playing video games. So every now and again, I’ll realize that I [...]
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Posted in August 19th, 2010
With a baby, Courtney and I find ourselves going to far fewer movies than we used to. When I was living in Murray Hill, just a block away from the Kips Bay Loews, we would go out to see the newest releases regularly. But now, a trip to the local cinema requires a baby sitter, [...]
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Posted in August 17th, 2010
There is now a second reason I need a Blu-Ray player – The complete Star Wars saga is coming to Blu-Ray next year! (The first reason is LOST: The Complete Collection, which comes out one week from today – I can’t wait to see the new 12-minute episode “The New Man in Charge“!)
The movies will [...]
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Posted in August 16th, 2010
Since Nick passed away, our group of friends from high school try to all get together once a year to honor his memory. The first year we did it at Nick’s family’s house, last year Lauren hosted, and this year the Noah’s had everyone over. It was a great day – the weather was beautiful, [...]
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Posted in August 11th, 2010
That’s right – Sonic Drive In – the company that has advertised locally for years even though there are no local restaurants – is set to open its first Long Island location in Spring 2011 in North Babylon! Not convenient enough for you? Well they are also apparently scouting locations in Massapequa, Smithtown and East [...]
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Posted in August 10th, 2010
The Noah family has returned from California. It was a fun, if not terribly relaxing, trip. Eli got some quality time in with G-ma and G-pa, he got to meet some friends, and he got to see the Pacific Ocean in person, as evidenced by the above adorable picture. It would have been nicer if [...]
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Posted in August 4th, 2010
So far, in his less than 7 months outside of the womb, Eli has been in cars, trains, and a ferry. Tomorrow he will add an airplane to that list of forms of transportation he has been in. All that will remain is a spaceship, which I imagine he will use to get to his [...]
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