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Number of people killed in a car accident in the U.S. in 2006: 42,642.
Number of people murdered in the U.S. in 2006: 17,034.
Some people have made the rough conclusion that it's safer to live in a city (where the crime rate is presumed to be higher) than it is to live in the suburbs because of this, which I find interesting.
Band of Horses played at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple not long ago. The venue is fantastic- haven't you ever wondered what the inside of a Masonic Temple is like?! The decoration is worse than you can imagine. Seeing B of H was more of an anthropological investigation for me; I was in the crowd but not of the crowd.
Did anybody win their Oscar pool last night?
On Friday, Tim Berne told me "You women have it all wrong with your worries about wrinkles and grey hair. I think bags underneath the eyes are sexy..." This was said in response to the fact that I became another earth year older last week. Also, Oscar Noriega subbed in for Andrew d'Angelo at the Andrew's cd release party/ benefit for his brain surgery.
Do you think that men argue with men differently than women argue with women?
Lastly, Sam Endicott, the singer of the Bravery reminds me and my friends of the Cure's Robert Smith. We saw them at Terminal 5. Yeah, I know, we should have gotten tickets to the Magnetic Fields that night instead, but they had sold out months before.
Number of people murdered in the U.S. in 2006: 17,034.
Some people have made the rough conclusion that it's safer to live in a city (where the crime rate is presumed to be higher) than it is to live in the suburbs because of this, which I find interesting.
Band of Horses played at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple not long ago. The venue is fantastic- haven't you ever wondered what the inside of a Masonic Temple is like?! The decoration is worse than you can imagine. Seeing B of H was more of an anthropological investigation for me; I was in the crowd but not of the crowd.
Did anybody win their Oscar pool last night?
On Friday, Tim Berne told me "You women have it all wrong with your worries about wrinkles and grey hair. I think bags underneath the eyes are sexy..." This was said in response to the fact that I became another earth year older last week. Also, Oscar Noriega subbed in for Andrew d'Angelo at the Andrew's cd release party/ benefit for his brain surgery.
Do you think that men argue with men differently than women argue with women?
Lastly, Sam Endicott, the singer of the Bravery reminds me and my friends of the Cure's Robert Smith. We saw them at Terminal 5. Yeah, I know, we should have gotten tickets to the Magnetic Fields that night instead, but they had sold out months before.
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Number of people killed in a car accident in the U.S. in 2006: 42,642.
Number of people murdered in the U.S. in 2006: 17,034.
While this is fun to think about, it's difficult to draw any real conclusions from these statistics (as I'm sure you know), because:
* Both suburban and urban statistics are lumped into one number (i.e., the murder numbers show deaths in both urban and suburban areas).
* The car accident numbers are total and not necessarily linked to commuting. The old saw goes that most accidents happen close to home. Moreover, 40% of those fatalities seem to be alcohol related, which further points to their not being related to commuting (or at least commuting to work).
Band of Horses played at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple not long ago.
The Band of Horses song that made it onto that Conormix that we listened to 40 or so times in Barcelona (because that was one of only a handful of CDs we had) was really a highlight. Their music even makes it possible for me to stand the recent Ford commercial that features the wistful Audrey Tatou/Hepburn lookalike.
Sam Endicott, the singer of the Bravery reminds me and my friends of the Cure's Robert Smith.
He reminds me of the guy from the Killers who reminds me of the guy from Interpol. These are all different bands, right?
Do you think that men argue with men differently than women argue with women?
I find intra-gender differences so great that it's difficult for me to make generalizations. The way I argue is very different from the way some of my more type-A friends argue.
But I'm guessing you feel there is a difference, so please elaborate.
dd, that question was posed to me by a business school professor who was making a generalization about how women interact when they disagree. a woman (who obviously has no idea how to cook) and i disagreed about whether or not Ratatouille was overrated or not. since i do not know this woman well, i didn't extoll the virtues of Ratatouille's humor and insight into the culinary industry (which would have set me on a course to demonstrating this woman knows nothing whatsoever about the pleasures of food) i backed down and gave the sentimentality defense- i saw it with my mother, who loved it and is into cooking. i could have dusted her up in a debate, but i would find little gratification in doing so, therefore i did not.
the intra-gender difference thing is huge, though, and probably, since most of my female friends are type As, i spend a good deal of time diffusing potential (unnecessary and unpleasant) confrontations. i think a lot of men do this too. also important is how drunk the other person is. in my experience, drunk-drunk or sober-sober disagreements result in better exchanges than drunk-sober exchanges.
Justin, you're correct about the lumping. I do have a phobia about dying in a car, though.
All of those bands are the brainchild of one guy who just employs actors, right?
All of those bands are the brainchild of one guy who just employs actors, right?
That would be my guess, too. I feel like I should find this Wizard of Oz.
Okay I'm drunk. Who is on??? Oh never mind, I know myself enough even drukn to know I'm off in about thirty seconds.
I think DD is on to something though. Less about gender more about type. Myself I'm a type Asshole. Very difficult to argue with but easy to asshole-ify.
Indie rock humor I am not getting. My problem. Okay I sleep now.
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