Archive | January, 2008

That mendacious playground of child care policing, ISawYourNanny.com, is at it again with this "report" of alleged nanny-on-child violence: ISawYourNanny: Around 12 noon today, (1/17)Too many red bulls? Your nanny finished one red bull, popped a top on the other and proceeded to lose her patience or rather continued to lose her patience with your […]

  Barack Obama supporter "Chude" is looking to drum up some volunteers for the Democratic Presidential candidate this Sunday (1/20): BarackObama.com: Come join us at Cadman Plaza for a visibility event! Let's sign up volunteers on Sunday afternoon at 2PM at the plaza where Downtown Brooklyn meets Brooklyn Heights! Wear all your Obama gear and […]

Pretty Bird, starring nabe thesp Paul Giamatti is generating lots of buzz at the Sundance Film Festival.  He plays an aerospace engineer who gets tangled up in a scheme to build a rocket belt with his friend played by Billy Crudup. Saturday Night Live's Kristeen Wiig also stars. This film will open in theaters later […]

  It was the first Dick Swizzle Sudden Death Game Show of the year last night at Magnetic Field. Swizzle sported a new dickie and fu manchu look, while his entire cast of regulars were on hand to launch a new year of fun. Homer and Qfwfq made it to the second round (so did […]

  Whew! Runnin' late… soundin' great….  This week, a few ideas from "No One of Consequence" to get you thinkin': Gristedes: They're moving everything around on the shelves. It's so confusing. I haven't yet been able to figure out the logic behind the new product locations. Not that the store was very well organized before, […]

  The Brooklyn Eagle reports today that the owners of the Brooklyn Heights Cinema are planning to expand with two more screens and a wine bar. Of course, this is all pending Landmarks approval: Brooklyn Eagle: Movie Theater Looks to Expand…: “People really support this theater,” continued Mascena, a visual artist who has managed theaters […]

The NY Mets held their annual blood drive at Shea Stadium yesterday, giving free tickets to all those who rolled up their sleeves and donated:  NY Mets website: "Personally, I would donate either way," said Rachelle Brenner, 23, of Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., who's been donating at Shea for three years. "But I come out here […]

"Millennium," yes; "pandemonium"!/ Roy Campanella leaps high.  Dodgerdom/ crowned, had Johnny Podres on the mound. – Marianne Moore, "Hometown Piece for Messrs Alston and Reese"  I've told before how and why the Brooklyn Dodgers became my first love in baseball, long before I ever moved to, or even contemplated living in, Brooklyn, and that 1955 […]

From Cobble Hill Blog: This week’s edition of This American Life on NPR features stories about building superintendents. One of the chapters tells the tale of a New York City super who claimed to have a shady past in Brazil and who ends up being a key witness in a murder trial. That got us […]