Monthly Archives: October 2006

Something Nice About Brooklyn

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BECAUSE WINTER IS NIGH, REMINDING HIM THAT EVEN MEMORIES OF SOFT KISSES AT A CORNER TABLE IN A SOHO BAR CAN, IF NOT PROPERLY TENDED, WILT, Recharger wants to stare at a photo of Green Acres, a community garden at … Continue reading

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Die Yuppie Scum!

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THE ABOVE PHOTO OS ACTRESS MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL APPEARED IN THE OCTOBER 7 ISSUE OF BROOKLYN PAPERS — a chain of neighborhood tabloids–raising an outcry the likes of which Recharger hasn’t seen since his days as a sensitive-man-in-training in Madison, Wisonsin. … Continue reading

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Why stadium toilets overflow.

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Yesterday, using our earth science database, we discovered why Giants Stadium is built on extinct volcano vents. Having washed our hands of the eerily-Yankee-esque Mets, we dabbled in football–a sport known among sports cognescenti for its sudden violence and cute … Continue reading

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Flash!

Fossella Sinking: Vito Fossella, the bull-necked pretty boy fighting to retain his Staten Island congressional seat, has just received a C+ rating from The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association, IAVA, a delicious development considering Fossella bases his reelection hopes on … Continue reading

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Pacino to Beltran: asshole…

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Though our rage at Carlos Beltran’s pathetic at-bat–that cost the Mets the NLCS and a shot at the World Series–leaves us sputtering with apopletic incomprehension; we will resist the urge to to morph into a sadistic Little League coach screaming, … Continue reading

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Flash!

Developer Bruce Ratner, who has been using the promise of moving the NJ Nets to Brooklyn as a way to build public support for his mega-monster Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn (without the Nets, it would be just another cold-blooded … Continue reading

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Mom and Daughter Found Murdered in Harlem

Some questions even Recharger, whose IQ is at least 74, cannot answer. For example, why does the apparent slaying of a 9-year-old girl and her mother appear on page 24 of today’s NY Post? According to the story, the decomposing … Continue reading

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Reason #2 To Love Steinbrenner

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NOT CONTENT TO HARASS LOWLY TICKET SCALPERS, (see Anyone Who Starts a Wave Gets Beheaded) Yankee potentate George Steinbrenner is now going after those who play in his stadium’s backyard—literally. Construction workers have transformed Macombs Dam Park, directly behind the … Continue reading

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At long last Max!

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DESIGNER MAVEN, DEEP-SKINNY DISHER, BON VIVANT EXTRAORDINAIRE, MAX KATZMAN HAS AT LONG LAST COMPILED Max Katzman’s Top 5 Discount Designer Clothe Stores List™. Like us lesser-dressed peons, Katzman’s “utter amazement” at the Loro Piana cashmere coat retailing for $3,565 dollars … Continue reading

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Something slightly interesting about Queens

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Having a weakness for publicity-starved artists who are as exuberantly immature as the 16-year-olds who used to sit next to him in high school trig, Recharger loves to hop on the 7 train bound for Queens and, as he approaches … Continue reading

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