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Great Wheel Race: 2009

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ASIDE FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND IT (multiple park rangers, passersby, matrons giving us faulty directions), the 2nd Annual Great Big Wheel Race this past Saturday, which took place at Central Park’s Great Hill this past Saturday, was mad … Continue reading

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Memo to self: Brooklyn is worthy

Bicycle + Willingness-to-get-lost = Joy Wedding? newborn? bar mitzva? — doesn’t matter. Recharger thanks them.

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Bupkis

According to The New York Post, THE TAXI AND LIMOUSINE COMMISSION — WINNER OF LAST YEAR’S SECOND EVILIST GOVERNMENT AGENCY — is considering a flat fare to JFK, as well as doublistuck-in-traffic rate from $12 an hour to $24 an … Continue reading

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Reason #59 to Ban New Jersey Drivers

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According to the New York/New Jersey Port Authority, 125.9 million drivers come into New York City each year from New Jersey, crossing the George Washington, Outerbridge Crossing, Goethals, and Bayonne bridges, as well as the Holland and Lincoln  tunnels. About … Continue reading

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Benny Hill is alive, and he just won the Tour de France!

Benny, we still love you!
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Are All Americans Who Win the Tour de France Dying?

Greg LeMond

Greg LeMond, after his brother-in-law shot him while they were hunting turkeys, after undergoing surgery for appendicities and tendonitis, went on to win two Tours–in 1989 and 1990. And Lance Armstrong, after being diagnosed with stage three testicular cncer that … Continue reading

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