thepete.com » NYC http://thepete.com Stuff as it passes through my head and my life... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:05:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 MagCloud.com is having a sale! Get thepete.mag for $3.50! Or the PDF for $1! http://mag.thepete.com/latest http://thepete.com/2012/01/25/magcloud-com-is-having-a-sale-get-thepete-mag-for-3-50-or-the-pdf-for-1-httpmag-thepete-comlatest/ http://thepete.com/2012/01/25/magcloud-com-is-having-a-sale-get-thepete-mag-for-3-50-or-the-pdf-for-1-httpmag-thepete-comlatest/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:16:05 +0000 thepete http://thepete.com/2012/01/25/magcloud-com-is-having-a-sale-get-thepete-mag-for-3-50-or-the-pdf-for-1-httpmag-thepete-comlatest/ MagCloud.com is having a sale! Get thepete.mag for $3.50! Or the PDF for $1! http://mag.thepete.com/latest by thepetecom

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]]> http://thepete.com/2012/01/25/magcloud-com-is-having-a-sale-get-thepete-mag-for-3-50-or-the-pdf-for-1-httpmag-thepete-comlatest/feed/ 0 First real snow of 2012 for #NYC makes the view outside my bedroom window seem a little nicer.... http://thepete.com/2012/01/21/first-real-snow-of-2012-for-nyc-makes-the-view-outside-my-bedroom-window-seem-a-little-nicer/ http://thepete.com/2012/01/21/first-real-snow-of-2012-for-nyc-makes-the-view-outside-my-bedroom-window-seem-a-little-nicer/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:16:24 +0000 thepete http://thepete.com/2012/01/21/first-real-snow-of-2012-for-nyc-makes-the-view-outside-my-bedroom-window-seem-a-little-nicer/ Continue reading →]]> First real snow of 2012 for #NYC makes the view outside my bedroom window seem a little nicer.... by thepetecom
First real snow of 2012 for #NYC makes the view outside my bedroom window seem a little nicer...., a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

The winter of 2011-2012 is definitely a weird one for NYC, what with the first snow back in October and temperatures only really dropping to normal levels in late December and January and finally second snow well into the second half of January. What's up Mother Nature?

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Poor little subway rat, literally dead in the water :(, a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

Snapped this just as my train was arriving so I couldn't get a cleaner shot. The rat was lying in a stream of flowing water that ran down the length of the track. Sad little guy. Now he will be remembered. Kinda.

]]> http://thepete.com/2012/01/04/poor-little-subway-rat-literally-dead-in-the-water/feed/ 0 Aw, crap. Winter finally showed up. 20F/Windchill:10F. (Is "showed" a word?) http://thepete.com/2012/01/03/aw-crap-winter-finally-showed-up-20fwindchill10f-is-showed-a-word/ http://thepete.com/2012/01/03/aw-crap-winter-finally-showed-up-20fwindchill10f-is-showed-a-word/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:01:03 +0000 thepete http://thepete.com/2012/01/03/aw-crap-winter-finally-showed-up-20fwindchill10f-is-showed-a-word/ Continue reading →]]> Aw, crap. Winter finally showed up. 20F/Windchill:10F. (Is "showed" a word?) by thepetecom
Aw, crap. Winter finally showed up. 20F/Windchill:10F. (Is "showed" a word?), a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

At least it'll be warming up a bit by the weekend. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out, winter!

]]> http://thepete.com/2012/01/03/aw-crap-winter-finally-showed-up-20fwindchill10f-is-showed-a-word/feed/ 0 The #OccupyWallStreet Graffiti Man gets rebuffed by a local and a fellow #OWS person! http://thepete.com/2012/01/02/the-occupywallstreet-graffiti-man-gets-rebuffed-by-a-local-and-a-fellow-ows-person/ http://thepete.com/2012/01/02/the-occupywallstreet-graffiti-man-gets-rebuffed-by-a-local-and-a-fellow-ows-person/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:32:07 +0000 thepete http://thepete.com/2012/01/02/the-occupywallstreet-graffiti-man-gets-rebuffed-by-a-local-and-a-fellow-ows-person/ Continue reading →]]> The #OccupyWallStreet Graffiti Man gets rebuffed by a local and a fellow #OWS person! by thepetecom
The #OccupyWallStreet Graffiti Man gets rebuffed by a local and a fellow #OWS person!, a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

It reads:

Dear Fellow Occupy Wall Streeter,

Please stop defacing & vandalizing the neighborhood. It makes the whole movement look bad. (And it makes you an asshole.)

To see what this letter is complaining about, check out my previous pics here:

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and here:

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First #PapayaDog of 2012 (I'm much more excited than I look!), a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

]]> http://thepete.com/2012/01/02/first-papayadog-of-2012-im-much-more-excited-than-i-look/feed/ 0 Some more #Occupy graffiti from last night at the 190th St A train station (this time it makes a good point) http://thepete.com/2011/12/29/some-more-occupy-graffiti-from-last-night-at-the-190th-st-a-train-station-this-time-it-makes-a-good-point/ http://thepete.com/2011/12/29/some-more-occupy-graffiti-from-last-night-at-the-190th-st-a-train-station-this-time-it-makes-a-good-point/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:00:58 +0000 thepete http://thepete.com/2011/12/29/some-more-occupy-graffiti-from-last-night-at-the-190th-st-a-train-station-this-time-it-makes-a-good-point/ Some more #Occupy graffiti from last night at the 190th St A train station (this time it makes a good point) by thepetecom
Some more #Occupy graffiti from last night at the 190th St A train station (this time it makes a good point), a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

Not a bad point, huh?

]]> http://thepete.com/2011/12/29/some-more-occupy-graffiti-from-last-night-at-the-190th-st-a-train-station-this-time-it-makes-a-good-point/feed/ 1 I'm all for the cause, but if you want to #OccupyWallStreet you're a bit far north, Mr. Unimaginative Graffiti Person. http://thepete.com/2011/12/29/im-all-for-the-cause-but-if-you-want-to-occupywallstreet-youre-a-bit-far-north-mr-unimaginative-graffiti-person/ http://thepete.com/2011/12/29/im-all-for-the-cause-but-if-you-want-to-occupywallstreet-youre-a-bit-far-north-mr-unimaginative-graffiti-person/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:31:38 +0000 thepete http://thepete.com/2011/12/29/im-all-for-the-cause-but-if-you-want-to-occupywallstreet-youre-a-bit-far-north-mr-unimaginative-graffiti-person/ Continue reading →]]> I'm all for the cause, but if you want to #OccupyWallStreet you're a bit far north, Mr. Unimaginative Graffiti Person. by thepetecom
I'm all for the cause, but if you want to #OccupyWallStreet you're a bit far north, Mr. Unimaginative Graffiti Person., a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

Saw this just now on the way down to meet up with TheWife for an evening excursion in midtown. In case you're not familiar with NYC, 190th Street is near the top of Manhattan Island while Wall Street is almost at the bottom of it. Meanwhile, 1st Street is only about a fourth(ish) of the way up. So yeah, the #OWS spray-painter is a bit off.

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Sign of the Times: You'd Never Expect THIS Subway Jumper (don't worry!) a video by thepetecom on Flickr.

Saw this on the way home the night of December 6, 2011. Looks like the cold or maybe the down economy got to be too much for this poor bear!

Here are some stills I took:

FYI, the front-facing camera on my Android phone flips the picture for some reason and the stills were taken with the back-facing camera, so they're not only higher quality, but also oriented properly.  Sorry for any confusion.

]]> http://thepete.com/2011/12/12/sign-of-the-times-youd-never-expect-this-subway-jumper-dont-worry-no-life-was-harmed/feed/ 0 The Empire State Building lit up yellow (gold?) and green (from 11/10/11) http://thepete.com/2011/11/15/the-empire-state-building-lit-up-yellow-gold-and-green-from-111011/ http://thepete.com/2011/11/15/the-empire-state-building-lit-up-yellow-gold-and-green-from-111011/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:14:25 +0000 thepete http://thepete.com/life/2011/11/15/the-empire-state-building-lit-up-yellow-gold-and-green-from-111011/ The Empire State Building lit up yellow (gold?) and green (from 11/10/11) by thepetecom
The Empire State Building lit up yellow (gold?) and green (from 11/10/11), a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

Not sure why it's got those colors. They seem to change almost every night.
The ESB was lit up blue tonight.

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