MATTHEW ROSENBERG

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Sunday, Dec 28

Concerts For The New Year

  • Noah and the Whale @ Williamsburg Music Hall 
  • The Airborne Toxic Event @ Bowery Ballroom
  • Glasvegas @ Webster Hall

I am still debating if I want to go see Kings of Leon.  I totally dig their last album, and would love to see them in concert, but the idea of seeing them in MSG is a turn off… plus I think everyone and their mom is going to go - a la Dave Matthews circa 1999.


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Tuesday, Dec 23
Because every time you visit another U.S. city, you instantly realize how attractive and sophisticated you really are. It is so easy to get laid as a New Yorker out of town. Easier than Brooklyn even.
Reasons to love NY [VIA NY Magazine]

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You know times are bad when a guy is selling bootleg Grey Goose out of a suitcase on the street…

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Monday, Dec 22
Largely used online, this is a verb turned into a mass noun, as in “A bucket of fail.” Common forms include epic fail, meaning a huge overall tendency toward failure or a great example of failure, andFAIL! as an interjection or derogation. Often an antonym of win, seen online in forms like “Full of win!” which means, “It’s good!”
See more Buzzwords of 2008 [Via NYT]

Largely used online, this is a verb turned into a mass noun, as in “A bucket of fail.” Common forms include epic fail, meaning a huge overall tendency toward failure or a great example of failure, andFAIL! as an interjection or derogation. Often an antonym of win, seen online in forms like “Full of win!” which means, “It’s good!”

See more Buzzwords of 2008 [Via NYT]


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A man’s dreams are an index to his greatness
The Fortune Cookie

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Sunday, Dec 21

Utah Liquor Laws

I just got back from skiing in Utah.  It just so happens, Utah must have some of the strangest laws regarding liquor:

  • All beer sold in in Utah has an alcohol content below 3.2%, except if it is a micro-brew or sold at a liquor store.  This means if you get a Bud Light in Utah, it has a different amount of alcohol in it than if you purchased it in any other state.
  • Beer with alcohol content above 3.2% is considered “heavy” beer.
  • Utah does not have “bars” instead they have “private clubs.”  Private clubs are any establishment that serves more liquor than food.  In order to go drink at any of these bars…er private clubs, you must buy a membership.  Most charge about $4 for 2 weeks of membership or $20 for a year.  If you have a membership at a bar you can bring as many guests as you want in.

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Friday, Dec 19
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.
Mike Tyson

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35% of all potatoes in the US become frozen french fries.
The History Channel

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Tuesday, Dec 16

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I will never forget that right after the company [EDS] started getting successful, a reporter from New York was interviewing me in the house, and Ross walked in the door, the reporter turned to Ross and says, “What does it feel like to be the son of a wealthy man?” And he said, “Mister all I know is I get fifty cents a week, and if I want more, I have to work for it.
Ross Perot Sr.

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