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Dead eyes feeding your dead dead brain

August 26, 2008 – 1:10 pm

Oh god, life is passing me by! And by 'life' I mean summer. Summer kind of sucks for adults, especially when the weather is nice out, like it has been lately. Sure, most of the summer was super hot and I honestly didn't mind coming to my windowless office to bask in the air conditioning [...]

By Jimmy Legs | Also posted in Famliy, Job, Vacation | Comments (0)

Turn Around, Bright Eyes

February 11, 2008 – 3:00 pm

Turn Around, Bright Eyes, originally uploaded by Jimmy Legs. In an effort to prove I do sometimes leave the house for things other than work and feral cats, here's some photos from Matt & Sylvia's party the other night. they live in Greenpoint, and managed to find a place that doesn't yet appear to be [...]

By Jimmy Legs | Also posted in Funny to Me, Gentrification, Mass Transit, Parties | Comments (0)

Whoever said that elephants were stronger than mules

May 21, 2007 – 12:52 pm

Cort "Electric Guitar", originally uploaded by Jimmy Legs. In 1990 I bought my first electric guitar with proceeds from my job at Pier One Imports. I'm not sure how I found out about the pawn shop, I think my friend lived near it and had clued me in. It was over the city line in [...]

By Jimmy Legs | Also posted in Bands, Motico, Music | Comments (0)

When the Quiet Storm comes on I fall asleep

May 17, 2007 – 9:55 am

Ever-attuned to all things related to soundproofing, I read with interest the NYTimes article about people dealing with noise issues in their homes. I'm mostly glad they actually devoted a (small) section of the article to the DIYer, though the brunt of the article was clearly aimed at people who will pay through the nose [...]

By Jimmy Legs | Also posted in Bushwick, Cats, Renting, Soundproofing, The City | Comments (0)

Everything you know is wrong

April 26, 2007 – 11:10 am

Oh no! Okay, I haven't been to the Brooklyn Inn in a long time, so maybe I'm somehow to blame for this, but I always liked that bar. Now comes word that the bar is to be repurposed into a bistro. What the fuck is a bistro, anyway? This sounds suspiciously like what happened to [...]

By Jimmy Legs | Also posted in Brooklyn, Gentrification | Comments (1)