{"id":1428,"date":"2011-09-11T01:27:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T23:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quisquilia.net\/nova_blog\/wordpress\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2013-01-06T23:21:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T21:21:34","slug":"stray-observations-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quisquilia.net\/nova_blog\/wordpress\/stray-observations-v-1428.html","title":{"rendered":"Stray observations V"},"content":{"rendered":"

(i) Let me introduce you to New York’s fauna and its habitats: Mus musculus (a fugitive rodent at Westside Cleaners), Columba livia domestica (frequently observed on my window sills and the a\/c), and the utterly abominable Scutigera coleoptrata, which ranks high among the most creepy<\/a> extraterrestials<\/a> ever.<\/p>\n

(ii) An embarrassingly long-sought solution to a standard mathematical problem: t[h] = ((speed.A [km\/h] + speed.B[km\/h]) \/ distance [km])^-1. (See here<\/a> if you wish to inquire what that means.)<\/p>\n

(iii) How come all the jams<\/a> I enjoy here in the States, are of Italian origin? First Fiordifrutta: Organic fruit spread: Raspberry<\/em>, produced by Rigoni di Asiago Spa, Star-K<\/a> kosher-certified, and now Pomegranate Raspberry: Organic Preserves<\/em> by Mediterranean Organic, extra fruit, artisan crafted, „grown under the Mediterranean sun, […] picked at the peak of ripeness and processed in small batches on a 4th generation Italian family farm“.<\/p>\n

(iv) A Gourmet Deli? No doubt, I must be in West Village<\/a>, bordering on Chelsea.<\/p>\n

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320 West 14th Street<\/p><\/div>\n

(v) $800 for a dinner for two (omakase-style<\/a>)? I’d rather go have cazuelas fajitas-style at hip Dos Caminos on the border to Meatpacking District, and then head over to Gaslight with its laidback, retro atmosphere.<\/p>\n

(vi) I need my watch battery replaced. Looking for a dealer in the Manhattan yellow pages, I notice that 47 W St nr 5th Ave<\/a> is the epicentre of New York’s watch-retail, -service and -repair – a.k.a. the Diamond District.<\/p>\n

(vii) Spam: „The Jew Watch Project\u2019s 1.5 Billion Pages Served Demonstrate Our Focus on Professionalism“. – What is wrong with you people?! About 1,500,000,000 skew reasons. <\/a><\/p>\n

(viii) Do you also have a sense of epiphany with this Google Maps street view image<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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