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I <3 Street Food
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— 24 Oct 2004 Nirav Comment

There’s a lot of interesting street food to be found in here in NYC, what I’ve had that I remember I tend to love. Three vendors:
1) The Dosa Guy (Thiru is his name) on Washington Square Park
Come noon everyday, Thiru, the “dosa guy[…]

the negative pragmatics of soxmania
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— 24 Oct 2004 mark sinker Comment

the negative pragmatics of soxmania: or CURSES!! FOILED AGAIN!!
3lisha S3ssions writes: “It’s only in recent years that the word “curse” came to be associated with the Red Sox’s particular brand of hope-dashing bad luck[…]

FREAKY TRIGGER TOP 25 SCARIEST THINGS
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— 24 Oct 2004 Tom Comment

FREAKY TRIGGER TOP 25 SCARIEST THINGS
9. Frayed Wires
I got electrocuted the day before my wedding. My rabbits had got behind the fridge and had a good old chew – suspecting this had happened I moved the fridge to check it out, and there it was[…]

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
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— 24 Oct 2004 Ned Raggett 1 comment

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Dir. Jonathan Demme
I actually feel somewhat reticent about posting this because I have a slight hunch this is appearing in the FT Top 50 list (or else it already has and I’ve missed it), and it seems sorta gauche for m[…]

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