May 23rd, 2006
As someone pointed out on Gothamist, the flyer I wrote about below was NOT created by Wal-Mart and instead created by a group called Wal-Mart Watch. Had I read the entire flyer and visited the Web site prior having written both Jake at Gothamist and the post below, I’d have realized that they seem to be more Pro-Union (at least when it comes to massive corporations such as Wal-Mart) and not pro Wal-Mart at all.
I feel the need to write as much because I did not do the fact checking prior writing on here as well as writing to Jake. And that’s irresponsible. This type of error is precisely why individual bloggers are deemed as untrustworthy and dishonest, opinionated and therefore not to be taken seriously. I am sorry to have added fodder to this belief.
I will say, however, that the last time I fell for something at Grand Central Station, it was related to a Viagra stunt. That was entirely sneaky. This, apparently, was not.
While the guy standing outside was indeed obviously against having a Wal-Mart come to New York City, the page I was given did not state this. Hence, my initial confusion. Hence, my immediate belief that I had been duped once again.
I apologized to Jake, personally, and I would like to apologize to anyone who read this and believed, even for a second, anything other than the truth.
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May 23rd, 2006
(Edited to add: I have written a public apology for the post below.)
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May 22nd, 2006
After reading what Charlie wrote in the comments section below, I did a little more research and discovered that the whole “put your wet cell phone into a bag of cat litter” has quite a bit of history behind it. I read that several people have used the little moisture deterrents they usually store in vitamin containers. I read that this technique has worked for some. I also read that the red dot Tobyjoe discovered this morning after removing the back from the phone was indeed what he thought it was, a water damage fraud detector.
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May 22nd, 2006
I have gone into technological remission. For weeks now, I have lost my desire to surf the Internet, email people I should ultimately be calling, watch TV, read blogs, check RSS feeds, and send text messages. I’m not sure why this has happened or when, really. Suddenly, I had just realized that the loop I claimed to be out of all along was no wider than the eye of a needle.
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May 21st, 2006
Tobyjoe and I checked out the New York City Tattoo Convention today. It was pretty outstanding. A New York City favorite, Adorned had a booth who is the most likely candidate to complete my tattoo. Fly Rite and Mike Rubendall were there as well. There were tattoo artists from all over the world, actually. I just didn’t manage to get all their names. (But you can find them all here)
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May 20th, 2006
You might not know it just by looking at him, but Tobyjoe says, (and I quote) “I aspire to be the bear on the Sleepytime tea box.”
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May 19th, 2006
I simply could not resist taking a walk up to 57th and Fifth to check out the Apple Store Maddness
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May 19th, 2006
For over four years, I used blog software built by my husband. As many of you know about two weeks ago we moved mihow.com over to Typo. It’s a great package for the most part. It’s easy to use and the templates are well designed. I haven’t run into too much weirdness or frustration using Typo.
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May 18th, 2006
Tonight, Tobyjoe and I were given the chance to see Mary Gaitskill read from her latest novel Veronica at BAM. Several weeks ago we saw Jonathan Letham read there as well. On both occasions, we had an excellent time. Recently, we read Mary’s first book over on Spread. I was really looking forward to seeing her speak. I plan on writing more about this after I have had a chance to let it sit. But for now, I’d like to post a couple of pictures from our evening.
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May 18th, 2006
Replace “henpecked bookworm” with “henpecked computer geek”. Swap Burgess Meredith with Tobyjoe Boudreaux and you have yourself one heck of a modern day remake.
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