*Everyday Chatter

Shit laced with gold. [Gothamist]

Cooper Hotel developer says "cities should not be museums." [Observer via Curbed]

A grim round-up of 2007's vanished greats. What will take their places? [Lost City]

A. Fontana will be gone soon, but there are still a few good shoe repair shops left in town. At least in Brooklyn.  [Bklynometry]

Last week I posted about the anonymous protest against the BBQ-turned-North-Fork bank. Since then, passersby have added their own notes to the taped-on signs, mostly polite stuff like "I agree" and "Me too." Now Alex in NYC reveals the protesters are skipping Scotch tape and going straight for good old Magic Marker. [Flaming P]

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  1. Barbara L. HansonDecember 19, 2007 at 1:53 PM

    I nominate this for the Everyday Chatter of the year. Shit gold, indeed!

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  2. Jeremiah MossDecember 19, 2007 at 2:09 PM

    thanks barbara! it reminds me of something my grandmother would say if she didn't approve of, for instance, a girl you were dating (and thought could do no wrong): "what is her shit made of gold?"

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  3. AnonymousDecember 19, 2007 at 3:13 PM

    How about shitting dolls that look like yourself? Now THAT would be cool.

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  4. Bob ArihoodDecember 19, 2007 at 6:34 PM

    Once upon a time a group right here in NYC invented the baseball bat ,or so I'm told , and it wasn't invented for baseballs ...that was a later evolutionary turn .

    When I read the words of this little twerp Peck ,all I can see is baseball bats swingin' .....

    As to the Gold , is a gold-laced fece any more subtle in the proverbial holiday punch-bowl?

    And what about the used toilet -paper ? Should we hang it on the wall picture-like , revealing each individual's gold-flecked ,nuanced wipings as a work of art ?

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  5. AnonymousDecember 19, 2007 at 9:30 PM

    I walked around different areas of NYC recently. First downtown, then midtown and finally uptown. New York is becoming what Bloomberg is famously quoted as saying "A luxury good." I know a good plan. The if you shit gold once you must shit silver three times rule. That would be great...

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