The blind man and the number 4 train
Today I had an interesting NYC experience. I was rushing of to meet my brother to get measured for tuxes that we are going to be wearing to an upcoming wedding when a blind man asked me to escort him to the number 4 train uptown. If you know the 59th street subway station, and know that it is a bit of a challenge to go from the downtown side to the uptown side at that station.
I end up leading this blind man along and get slightly lost in the 59th street subway trying to find the path to the uptown train when I decide to take him down to 42nd street grand central where the transfer is much easier. I lead him on the local 6 downtown to 42nd and take him to the transfer to the uptown 4. I then scurry back to the downtown to meet my brother for the tux measuring.
Definitely a new experience for me. I guess I did my good deed for the day!
What happens at the bachelor party stays at the bachelor party
A must requirement of all bachelor parties. I'm sure many wonder just what it is that goes on in the private, men only, bachelor parties. Well this blog post is not going to tell you. Nor should you know! It's quite an experience that all men know of and proudly keep to themselves. However, I won't leave you completely in a state of wonder. Below is a small event that happened during the party that might help satisfy your curiosity or only drive you to wonder more. Enjoy...
We were all enjoying ourselves and enjoying the show. The bachelor party was taking place in the back room of a local bar in nolita. Part way into the um...show...a young girl from the main part of the bar casually wandered into the back room where our party was already underway. She wandered in and took a seat only to glance up and see something that was quite a shock to her eyes. She soon sped from the room as fast as she could. We were all a bit taken by surprise by our unexpected visitor and all had a good laugh about it.
Strangely, not 15 minutes later, the very same girl walked back in not once, but twice more. Did she want to participate or was it just curiosity as to what is the secret ritual known as the bachelor party. Who will ever know? For now, one lucky girl got to see a brief part of a sacred ritual among men. Perhaps the word will spread, but for that bachelor's fiance's sake...let us hope not.
Urban Film Legends and More!
Ever hear about the man who hung himself in "The Wizzard of Oz"? How about the rumor that the hoverboards in "Back to the Future 2" were real? Here's a cool site that talks, confirms, proves, disproves various film legends. It's pretty cool. Check it out.
Urban Film Legends and More!
The Great Pyramid
I'm sure that many of you might have always thought that it was the ancient Egyptians that built the great pyramids. What you may not be aware is that there is some interesting and shocking evidence that has been found regarding the pyramids that suggests that the pyramids were built long before ancient Egyptians were have meant to build them. Below is a link to a great article that is interesting and thought provoking in its investigation of this evidence. Read and be amazed.
The Great Pyramid
Adcott's Binary Translator
Today I came across this interesting site that is mainly of interest to fellow computer geeks. It's a binary code translator. You can translate text to binary code and vice-versa. Check it out to decode my message below,
Adcott's Binary Translator
01000011 01101000 01100101 01100101 01110010 01110011 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01110100 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110011 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100110 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 01110111 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01110101 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01100111 01100101 01100101 01101011 00100000 00111010 00101001 00101110
A July 4th to remember
I had quite an interesting July 4th. So much, that it's taken me a week to recover and to finally post about it on my blog. Normally on July 4th, I go with my brother to the East River and watch the fireworks from a park or from the FDR but this year we got invited to a last minute party on the rooftop of a 57 floor building. These guys were a friend of a friend and rent one of the penthouse apartments with rooftop access overlooking the east river right where the fireworks display was going off. There were around 300 people all dancing, drinking, and enjoying the fireworks. It was pretty amazing.
Next up we swung by some Russian party and danced to some not so great Russian music with really cute Russian women while drinking some more. We didn't stay that long but had a good time while we were there.
Finally, after that we decided to go to the famous Roxy in NYC. This club holds around 3,000+ people on a massive dance floor with a 5 million dollar lighting system. While we were on the way I discovered a poorly maintained sidewalk which introduced me very quickly to some NYC pavement. In the process I injured my elbow which is still recovering but much better off now. Stupid me decided to go to the party anyway and I danced until around 4:30am until I decided to go home in a cab. Of course it was pouring rain out when I left but I was fortunately able to get a cab before long.
I did all this and the amazing thing was that the only thing I paid for was the cab ride home. Quite a 4th of July if you ask me. This one is one to remember for a long time.
Marlon Brando dies at 80
What can you say about a man who has such a great body of work to his name? All I can think to do is dedicate this posting on my blog to the man's life. Although it was filled with controversy, his body of work change the movie industry in ways they didn't expect. He will be missed. God bless to him and his family. We will never forget!
Marlon Brando dies at 80
