look at these idiots

well, our stupid UT alumni bar has slapped us right in the face again. look at the way they spelled "tennessee" on their website. i haven't been this insulted since i heard the bartenders were gator-chomping our fans during the florida game.

oh, gmab, NJ trainsit...

Slippery Rail Conditions May Cause Train Delays

September 29, 2011

Autumn’s falling leaves and wet weather have the potential to cause “slippery rail delays,” an age-old problem that affects all railroads in the Northeast and other parts of the world where deciduous trees are prevalent.


Slippery rail condition occurs when falling leaves are crushed by train wheels.  The decaying leaf material creates a slippery, oily residue that coats the rails, resulting in poor traction for trains. 


Slippery rails can make it difficult or impossible for the steel wheels of a train to maintain traction and operate normally.  This condition is similar to the wheels of an automobile on a sheet of ice; the tires may turn but, without traction, the car won’t go very fast.  Unfortunately, a train that encounters traction problems is delayed and can cause delays for the trains behind it, as well.


Doing Our Part


NJ TRANSIT aggressively fights slippery rail conditions with several countermeasures, including:

• Deploying AquaTrack, our high-pressure rail power-washing system that runs along the tracks
• Tree trimming and leaf removal near rail lines
• Strategically spreading sand on the rails in advance of peak periods

Despite our best efforts, the combination of wet conditions following the leaf-fall period may result in traction problems and delayed trains.  As a result, customers may wish to allow extra travel time when traveling during the fall season.


We appreciate your understanding. (via)

sounds like they need to strategically spread sand on their vaginas in advance of peak periods, amiright?!!?!?!?!11

presenting...

...a bear....eating PIIIZZZAAAA!!!!!!

aziz ansari thursday

dj said he was gonna post this once, but he lost his nerve. i just heard it for the first time (another thing you can do on spotify is listening to funny comedies), and i thought y'all'd enjoy it. #airhornnoises

ctm.

brb: ouside - FIELD TRIP!

Yesterday we took a group of students to Storm King Art Center in Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY. It was awesome.








Mark Di Suvero

 Alexander Calder

 Roy Lichtenstein

Richard Serra

new feist album

2Pz movie review

11 BISCUITS! go on and see it.

just in time for halloween

what's for lunch?

Black bean and corn salsa mixed with orzo, with pile of soy beans mixed in. Tuna wrap (not pictured b/c I already aaaaate iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit)

hay everybody!

don't forget to take a moment to...

STREEEAAAAYYYYAAAAAAAYYYUUUUEEEETTTCCCCHHHHH!!!

joel doesn't know...

...about that amazing cameo on gossip girl last night, because he was too busy watching most eligible dallas.

i know, right?

read the recap (sans chris) here.

ps - i'm pretty much ready to move to california, now that i've seen how happy all of my friends are living there.

finally.

a good wilco album.

listen here.

or on spotify, oc.

#amiright

  

UPDATE

Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman, defended the use of pepper spray as appropriate and added that it was “used sparingly.”
But Councilman Peter F. Vallone Jr., chairman of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, said that in the video clips he had seen, the use of pepper spray “didn’t look good,” although Mr. Vallone cautioned that he wanted to know if any interactions had occurred between the officers and the women in the minutes before pepper spray was used. 
“If no prior verbal command was given and disobeyed, then the use of spray in that instance is completely inappropriate,” Mr. Vallone said. On Monday, several Web sites identified the supervising officer who used the pepper spray as Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna, a longtime commander in Manhattan. Like a number of other officers, Inspector Bologna is a defendant in lawsuits claiming wrongful arrests at protests staged during the Republican National Convention in 2004...
According to the Police Department’s patrol guide, officers may use pepper spray under certain conditions, including “when a member reasonably believes it is necessary to effect an arrest of a resisting suspect.” The guide also advises that the spray should “not be used in situations that do not require the use of physical force.”

need some costume help?

who better than martha? thx rachel!

check out all of martha's halloween ideaz, and let us know which ones you'd like to see thomas wilhelm and me attempt.