Re: Dear New York
 

"New York’s tallest building was deemed taller even though it has six fewer floors and its roof is more than 100 feet lower than the top side of the Willis Tower."

"Both buildings have long masts poking skyward from their roofs. But those on the 1,451-foot Willis Tower are considered antennas, which the council does not count in calculating the height of a building. The 408-foot long mast on 1 World Trade Center, on the other hand, is more than just a means of improving radio signals, its developers argued. They called it a spire and insisted it was a critical and permanent element of the architects’ overall design."

Well, we'd all be bigger if we started measuring at our balls.

Re: Dear New York
 

Why don't we just make Pluto a planet again while we're at it?

Re: Dear New York
 

Dear Chicago,

Why do you hate America and love terrorism?

Sincerely,

Minneapolis

Re: Dear New York
 

Does the Height Committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat sound like something susceptible to making arbitrary decisions?

Re: Dear New York
 

I'll respond with a quote from Atticus's favorite Mel Brooks movie:

Evil will always triumph because good is dumb.

Re: Dear New York
 

It's probably made up of the same assholes in the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union.

Re: Towards A Virtual Williamsburg!
 

2.

And the guy with the treadmill was Str8outta...somewhere. Van Nuys? He was also the guy who was gracious enough to offer to get us all Sting tickets before they went on sale to the general public.

Re: Dear New York
 

I don't think I know anyone in NYC who cares about this even a little bit.

TM

This is what happens when you go to Exeter
 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...mpetition.html

"Girl who bedded three men a week named 'Britain's horniest student'".

Article
 

This is a very interesting article about the relationship between attitudes toward violence and the different "nations" (and their origins) in this country:

http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine...p-in-arms.html

TM

Re: Dear New York
 

Is this a whiff?

But I was serious about the Pluto part - losing a planet really pissed me off.

Re: Towards A Virtual Williamsburg!
 

I really don't like having wifi on planes. It's nice to have a chunk of time when I don't need to check my email because no one can send me anything.

Re: Towards A Virtual Williamsburg!
 

Oh, that's makes sense now. Thanks.

Re: Dear New York
 

Hey, there's the roof and then there's the shit people put on the roof. We are from the City of Big Shoulders, Hog butcher to the world. We know.

Re: Dear New York
 

Dear Minnesota,

Hush now, or nobody at the kiddie table gets pudding.

Yours,

The Windy City