🔷 Open Thread

[Ron Newman]

What is pff?

 

[datadyne007]

What is pff?

The abbreviation of "pfft," a sound of surprise or disagreement. It's the written form of air blowing out of your mouth.

Used in a phrase: "pfft, yeah right."

 

[blade_bltz]

+1 Nice work haha.

 

[datadyne007]

+1 Nice work haha.

Not something you have to define everyday lol.

 

[tobyjug]

Even Hitler treated his dog better than Romney treated poor Rufus.

 

[Lurker]

 

[cozzyd]

Talk about a bridge to nowhere... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_to_Russky_Island

 

[datadyne007]

Cambridge is America's "most peaceful city"
http://realestate.msn.com/10-most-peaceful-cities#2

1. Cambridge, Mass.

Peace score: 1.41

The hard math: The Cambridge area notched nearly ideal marks when it came to the IEP's grading of its homicide rate (1.01), violent-crime rate (1.62) and incarceration rate (1). Its law-enforcement ratio earned a score of 2.08.

How a city leader views the area: "It's a university town, and it's pretty, too," Mayor Henrietta Davis says of Cambridge, which is near Boston and the Charles River.

Real-estate selling points: "At the top of the list is likely the interesting and wonderful, diverse mix of people who live here. On any given block, you can find university professors, doctors and attorneys mixed in with college students, musicians, artists and blue-collar folks," says David Shorey, a real-estate agent with Re/Max in Cambridge.

Peabody comes in at #5

Providence comes in at #6

 

[tobyjug]

If it wasn't for that marauding Henry Gates the "crime" rate would have been zero.

 

[Ron Newman]

Comparing suburban Peabody to urban Providence, Cambridge, Seattle, Minneapolis, and Portland feels a little 'off' to me. How do they define a 'city' ?

 

[Lurker]

Cambridge has quite a bit of crime and I am surprised it did so well on that list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUyzLvuhbps
Aw Hell why not....

 

[statler]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARN6agiW7o

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

That actually looks good. The steam punk NYC threw me at first but I can dig it.

 

[choo]

So essentially in a year no kid will ever have to read the great gatsby again.

Good impetus to re-read it tho.

 

[statler]

That actually looks good. The steam punk NYC threw me at first but I can dig it.

Yeah, I have an inordinate love of 1920's style, so to see it 'tweaked' sort of sets my teeth on edge.

But, although I would have rather seen a more straight-up set design, I'll still probably see this on opening night.

 

[statler]

"My name? Beton Brut. Here, give me a call some time."

 

[Lurker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqi5F5MqqTQ&feature=player_embedded

 

[BostonUrbEx]

I believe the Providence imagery on Google Maps has been updated. As I recall even just a couple weeks ago, the old I-195 bridge was still visible. Now there's just a scar.

https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.818648,-71.405082&spn=0.011818,0.022724&t=h&z=16

Feels better already!

 

[BostonUrbEx]

The railroad equivalent to a spaghetti bowl interchange?: https://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&l...3,-118.226666&sspn=0.004644,0.005681&t=h&z=18

 

[datadyne007]

SOM did a modern take on Minoru Yamasaki's iconic World Trade Center. As a huge Yamasaki fan, I fucking love this! (Apparently this was finished in 2010, but I never remembered seeing it in any news) Interestingly enough, it's part of the China WTC complex...

China World Trade Center Tower III -

Looking up from the base is nearly identical to the originals!