that's what it's like

the times has an article about the problems at mccarren park pool.

But within days, that excitement has been replaced by apprehension. Two fights at the pool and a handful of arrests confirmed the fears of some residents that the giant pool, with a capacity of 1,500, might draw an unruly crowd to a neighborhood divided among older residents of Italian and Polish descent, gentrifying newcomers and Hispanic families.

Inside the pool on Friday, teenagers scuffled with a lifeguard who had ordered them to stop doing back flips and the pool closed an hour early. On Monday, two police officers were injured by swimmers who also persisted in doing backflips. Three men were arrested and charged with assault in the second degree, inciting to riot, criminal nuisance and menacing.

and the problems aren't just inside the pool.  

Meredith Chesney, owner of Mousey Brown beauty salon near the pool, said she came out Saturday morning to discover three new tags on her roll-down security gate.
“I thought, ‘O.K., it’s Brooklyn, it’s not that surprising,’ ” she said. “But then, 30 minutes later, I went outside to water my plants and I found someone had defecated right in front of the salon. It’s shocking.”
 hey brooklyn, stop shitting on the sidewalk.

that's a little sad

new sec school texas a&m released this pathetic "welcome video" you are gonna get trounced, aggies.

new RuPaul joint

newnownext

chloe - exercise

RIP DJV

someone got that job in memphis he's had his eye on. i happened to be listening to this song at the very moment he found out.

FUNERAL DEETS TO COME.

nErD aLeRt!

nymag's justin davidson offers an update on the governor's island re-design:

With $260 million of the city’s money, workers are shoring up seawalls, running pipes and cable, reroofing historic buildings, and, most dramatically, shaping a new landscape. While bureaucrats wrangled and budgets festered, the Dutch architect Adriaan Geuze and his firm West 8 spent years observing the summertime crowds and their habits of leisure. They have plowed that knowledge into a design that’s ambitious and spectacular, but also freewheeling and improvisational. (via)

do yourself a favor and try learning something for once in your life. 

oldest news on the internet alert!

me: are you wearing your neon tank at work today?
John: no, but anderson cooper might be
now that he doesn't have to live in shame anymore
me: is he out?
John: offish
as of today
me: thank goodness

anderson cooper admits to being faggoty

this is what he said:

  Recently, however, I’ve begun to consider whether the unintended outcomes of maintaining my privacy outweigh personal and professional principle. It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something - something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true.


I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible. There continue to be far too many incidences of bullying of young people, as well as discrimination and violence against people of all ages, based on their sexual orientation, and I believe there is value in making clear where I stand.


The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.


Can you believe that queen? via.

after a quick jog i am back on schedule

New York City Subway Stairs from Dean Peterson on Vimeo.

via

its beginning to to look a lot like the olympics

read this article and watch number 15 and see if you dont start crying.

"you're basic"

last night we watched alien.

it was really fun, and i also was reminded of this.

as you probably already know...

...the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act insurance mandate, as well as nearly all of the law's other 92 provisions.  The liberal wing of the court ruled that the law was constitutional under the Commerce Clause, while the conservative wing of the court ruled the law unconstitutional.  Justice John Robert's was the swing vote on this ruling, deciding that the legislation was constitutional, but not under the Commerce Clause, but rather as part of the right of Congress to create and raise taxes.

The Atlantic has an interesting article about how John Robert's might be the sneakiest of the sneakiest by ruling in such a way as to deny Obama a rallying cry to his base, giving Romney a rallying cry for his base, and casting the already unpopular ACA as a dirty, dirty tax.

[NYTimes]

on repeat right now

the number, is thirty.