The intro to this song has been stuck in my head for weeks as it is the background to a car commercial I see no less than 10 times a night. I finally googled the song (which was shockingly easy to find despite me not remembering what brand the commercial was for - 2008 Ford Edge - and the fact that the snippet of the song they sampled doesn’t contain any lyrics).

I figured maybe if I put it in your head it would get out of mine.

Saw this quote (originally in the Guardian) in an email from a friend:

“If one candidate is trying to scare you, and the other’s trying to get you to think; if one is appealing to your fears, and the other is appealing to your hopes — it seems to me you ought to vote for the person who wants you to think and hope.”

Bill Clinton, 10/26/04 while campaigning for Senator Kerry (link)

Waiting on a corner to cross the street in Times Square, the radio of one of New York’s Finest begins to squawk just behind me.

All West 5-0. Suspect is a black male. Approximately 6 feet tall.

My ears perk up…

Wearing a winter hat and a black coat.

I look down at my overcoat and lightly touch my hand to my winter hat. As I turn to look the police officer in the eye, the dispatcher adds:

… and Timberlands.

I smile at the cop and say, “glad I didn’t wear Tims today…”

Bobby Fischer died yesterday, in Iceland. He was 64.

In these days and times where, if you wait long enough, every mystery is solved (I still can’t believe I know who Deep Throat is?!), I simply assumed he would show his face in the States. Perhaps have some fun, showing off at a random park amidst the patzers.

Alas.

I still love that movie. I try to use the line “you’ve lost, you just don’t know it yet” every chance I get (which, admittedly, is not that often).

Some time after 9/11 the New York City MTA created a new campaign to encourage citizens to report suspicious activity in the city’s subways. The tag line is “If You See Something, Say Something.” (as seen below… Spanish style).

Recently, the MTA has papered the subways with a new ad that celebrates the fact that, in 2007, 1,944 people saw something and said something.

That’s it? Only 1,944?

The subway ridership in New York is 1.5 billion… per year. 4.9 million per week.

This leads me to believe that the Stop Snitchin’ campaign has officially crossed over.

I mean, I alone have witnessed 1,000 incidents that could have warranted a call to 311… but I ain’t no snitch.

“I’ve never found a way to say I love you, but if the chance came by, oh I, I would”

- From the song Iowa by Dar Williams