avram | Life in New York

Some stories from Gawker:

Jason Kottke’s rules for using the subway. (“1. Get the hell out of my way, I'm coming through.”) Kottke’s new to the city; Anil Dash linked to this item with a comment reading “Holy cow, we made an asshole New Yorker out of that nice midwestern boy in just six months!”

This NY Times story about an art framer who left two valuable pieces (including a Picasso) on the subway. Someone found them, and called the framer, who offered a $1000 reward. I love this comment by a street person who sleeps in the station where the pieces were left, who’d hold out for more money:

"He'd get them back, but there'd be some serious negotiating between our lawyers for a proper percentage," said Mr. Wilson, reclining on three couch cushions in his stocking feet at the end of the uptown platform, dining on takeout chicken and rice. "Like any street person, I'm an opportunist. I'd be fair, but you got to be fair to me."

A company called PullMyFinger.com (which seems to specialize in flatulence-related merchandise) is selling fake ATM receipts with six-figure balances. The idea is you make contact with some hottie, pull the receipt out as a piece of scrap paper, and write your numebr on it, hoping they’ll look at the print and be impressed. (OK, this doesn’t have anything to do with New York.)

I totally forgot to go to the 1st Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party! Ah well, it was raining anyway. Maybe next year.