tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1592414 2011-04-02T17:36:06-04:00 Avocadoblog is a discussion of politics; urban life; Restoration Hardware and how it's a force for evil in our society; arts and culture; world affairs; artisanal salt (yes, this does exist, and yes, it will be discussed here); truth/beauty; beauty/truth; falls from grace; etc. Sorry not to be more specific/exhaustive. It's probably worth pointing out that this blog and the website it accompanies (The Avocado Papers) have nothing to do with avocados as such. So yeah. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55098292988340147e3b196a6970b 2011-04-02T17:36:06-04:00 2011-04-02T17:36:44-04:00

Yesterday, I sent the following text message to Persephone: Two giraffes from the circus or radio city or somewhere flattened by a city garbage truck on madison ave. still happening. One is still alive but they r going to shoot...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/avocadoblog/~4/Kbm8IihKIUE" height="1" width="1"/>

Avocado876 http://blog.theavocadopapers.com/avocadoblog/2011/04/payback.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5509829298834014e5f2ea088970c 2011-02-12T17:05:13-05:00 2011-02-12T17:08:48-05:00

The Times, yesterday, on sale at my local deli in Midtown: The Times, today, on sale at my local deli in Midtown: "Mubarak Won't Quit" was (severely) obsolete news by the time I took the first photo yesterday. "Mubarak Out"...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/avocadoblog/~4/FDQ_4iBYJw4" height="1" width="1"/>

Avocado876 http://blog.theavocadopapers.com/avocadoblog/2011/02/todays-news-tomorrow.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55098292988340147e2578fcd970b 2011-02-05T23:25:44-05:00 2011-02-06T03:08:00-05:00

In a cab, just now. The driver: "Where ya from?" I told him I grew up in Maine and had lived here for twenty-two years. I didn't tell him that I was born in D.C. because I didn't think he'd...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/avocadoblog/~4/ZLB9_SvNRKQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Avocado876 http://blog.theavocadopapers.com/avocadoblog/2011/02/scumbag.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55098292988340148c835ed35970c 2011-01-31T20:57:36-05:00 2011-02-05T23:31:07-05:00

New York State Senator Eric Adams (whose daughter is apparently the most delinquent juvenile in the history of the world) explains some of the finer points. Remember, inspect what you expect. If you forget that, you're fucked.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/avocadoblog/~4/RovkRLEG6wI" height="1" width="1"/>

Avocado876 http://blog.theavocadopapers.com/avocadoblog/2011/01/how-to-deterrmine-whether-or-not-your-child-is-an-owner.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55098292988340148c826193c970c 2011-01-29T22:29:44-05:00 2011-01-29T22:29:44-05:00

Winter is especially difficult. 4:23 PM, Driggs and North 10th, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/avocadoblog/~4/KkOp61uRXE8" height="1" width="1"/>

Avocado876 http://blog.theavocadopapers.com/avocadoblog/2011/01/new-york-is-a-tough-tough-place-not-everyone-makes-it.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55098292988340147e1eaa1df970b 2011-01-24T11:34:31-05:00 2011-01-24T11:37:04-05:00

When I miss my dad: well, all the time, of course, in a generalized way. But there are specific situations when I miss him more acutely: when I've just finished a trip from Maine to New York City and want...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/avocadoblog/~4/6SWbIWh1YWE" height="1" width="1"/>

Avocado876 http://blog.theavocadopapers.com/avocadoblog/2011/01/when-i-miss-my-dad.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55098292988340148c7be664a970c 2011-01-18T11:45:07-05:00 2011-01-18T14:43:45-05:00

Have a look, please, at this, currently the top story on the Drudge Report: A state dinner for a Communist leader? Which commie? Castro? Or... like Stalin or Khruschchev? (Except those guys are dead. Same with Chairman Mao: dead. Lenin...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/avocadoblog/~4/7Pkqt-3dlyQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Avocado876 http://blog.theavocadopapers.com/avocadoblog/2011/01/classic-drudge.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55098292988340148c6b9e6c2970c 2010-12-14T16:55:00-05:00 2010-12-16T13:58:45-05:00

I stepped onto the uptown number 6 train this morning at Union Square. It smelled as if someone had, last week, stitched shut the anus and penis of a male goat or pig or moose, preventing him from urinating or...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/avocadoblog/~4/oJyHINISmpE" height="1" width="1"/>

Avocado876 http://blog.theavocadopapers.com/avocadoblog/2010/12/true-grit.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e550982929883401348882bfc1970c 2010-10-27T14:59:57-04:00 2010-10-27T14:59:57-04:00

From the property manager of the office building where I work: Please be advised that the commencement of the Lobby Renovation Project which was scheduled to begin on the evening of Friday October 29, 2010 is postponed until further notice....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/avocadoblog/~4/4IR1DXznS8w" height="1" width="1"/>

Avocado876 http://blog.theavocadopapers.com/avocadoblog/2010/10/memo-from-building-management.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55098292988340134858541ab970c 2010-07-19T03:28:41-04:00 2010-07-19T03:34:27-04:00

Here's the conversation I would have had with my dad this morning, if he hadn't died last week: Me: "Hi Dad!" Dad: "Hey, old man! You're all safe back in New York?" Me: "Yeah, got in just before two last...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/avocadoblog/~4/3A_LVZQfsu0" height="1" width="1"/>

Avocado876 http://blog.theavocadopapers.com/avocadoblog/2010/07/hypothetical-conversation-between-me-and-my-dad.html