December 2011
11 posts
“A reindeer that strays from your lawn to mine is a nuisance at any time of year.”
– Christopher Hitchens on Forced Merriment, the True Spirit of Christmas - WSJ.com
No one does curmudgeonly quite like the Hitch. Plus, bonus usage of the word “freshet”! When was the last time you saw that one in print?
(via felixsalmon)
What Cornell's New Tech Campus Means for New... →
“The real winner here may be Roosevelt Island — that skinny landmass, 2 miles long and .15 miles wide, wedged between Manhattan and Queens in the East River. The Bloomberg administration has promised $100 million in city funds to the competition winner for the purpose of infrastructure improvements. Much of that will presumably go toward transportation upgrades. “
