They opened up a new playground near my new apartment and it’s awesome. Too bad they didn’t open it until the end of summer. Vin enjoyed it.

overherhead:

I was doing a random search on “Jamaica” and I came across your post and I just had to say something. I am Jamaican and I can tell you exactly what she was saying…”Oh hi Auntie Mareece. It’s Deandra just calling to tell you that I got my subjects but I’ll call back later since I didn’t get you now.” Ever heard of a wrong number?? It’s not right to assume and then post this as if it really was a factual scam.

zatoism:

Getting phone calls from Jamaica.

The number came up while I was in a meeting with my boss. I ignored the call and did a quick Google search and learned that this is a pretty common scam. They will either call and try to get you to call them back, thereby supposedly profiting off of a long distance scam that will charge your cell provider for calling that number. Or, they will speak to you and try to phish info out of you.

Here’s her voicemail if you care to listen. I can’t understand a damn thing she is saying.

Thanks for the translation. 

It’s noble of you to take a stand on against misinterpreting voicemails from strangers! This is truly “not right”. As a matter of fact, you’ve inspired me! I’m selling green wrist bands (think Lance Armstrong’s Live Strong campaign) so that we can all publicly stand up, together, and put a stop to these horrors.

Please visit my new website:

“Itsnotrighttoassumeandthenpostthisasifitreallywasafactualscam.com”

and make a donation today!

Hot Dog spot in Tribeca on Broadway. Dirty dirty Hot Dog.

thedailywhat:

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[bookofjoe.]

Buying this for Vin!

Funny addition to subway signs courtesy of Newmind Space. Click through for link.

They make a good point of the uselessness of these signs beyond focusing your impatience as you wait on the platform. Last night I stood at the train steps leading up to the 6 in the Bronx. In front of me was a bus stop. I thought, “it would be  nice to see that sign that shows when the next train might come so I know if I should wait for the bus down here or go for the train up there.”

In 2007, the New York City Transit Authority began installing LED signs on subway platforms that display estimated wait times for arriving trains. Unfortunately the information is little more than trivia: except for a few stations, it is only visible to travelers after they’ve paid their fare, so the data has little bearing on commuter decision-making.

This excerpt below is true, but the signs haven’t stopped this behavior so far.

These LED signs also threaten historical social behaviors, rendering obsolete the time-honored New York tradition of leaning over the platform edge with the hope of glimpsing headlights from an approaching train.

He strolled through the train, dressed fine, groomed fine, asking everyone for money. Then he got pissed off because we wouldn’t give him any money. Then he tagged up the train glass with some “BK White Boi” nonsense. Fucktard.

The painting protester at the proposed Muslim Center. He’s out there often painting his protests.

via bitsandpieces.us

So this is the situation. My office is located directly in the middle of a lot of drama. The feng shui here sucks.

Spotted this tag on this truck. Is that a Jim Joe?? Doesn’t look like his tag at all. Is it?

Jim Joe spotting on Thomas and Church (at the Odeon)

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Goings on at the “Ground Zero Mosque”

Getting phone calls from Jamaica.

The number came up while I was in a meeting with my boss. I ignored the call and did a quick Google search and learned that this is a pretty common scam. They will either call and try to get you to call them back, thereby supposedly profiting off of a long distance scam that will charge your cell provider for calling that number. Or, they will speak to you and try to phish info out of you.

Here’s her voicemail if you care to listen. I can’t understand a damn thing she is saying.