Geico's commercials are so consistently entertaining that they make me feel guilty for not buying their product. Sure, I don't have a car, but the least I could do would be to sign up with them in return for all the hilarious commercials. Sorry, Allstate, but I don't care if I'm in "Good Hands". Make me laugh or it's not happening.
To make matters worse, Geico has come out with yet another amazing spot. This one involves an office breaking into a rock opera about the sexy topic of car insurance. The real win here is getting Warren Buffett dressed as Axl Rose.
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Some enterprising New Yorker has finally mapped out the legal parking places all over this fine city. Parallel spaces is "a Map for us, the New Yorkers whose several hundred thousand cars are on the street right this minute." The project started as a labor of love and has turned into quite the feat. And while I'd love to explain it to you, it's 3 p.m. Friday afternoon and this thing looks a bunch of Egyptian hieroglyphics right now. It's confusing, and I really don't feel like going through the tutorial, so that's all you.
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Call it wishful thinking, but we'd like to believe Google Maps considers bicyclists as big a pain as we do. That it too is tempted to shove those two-wheeling terrors right off their banana seats ever time it sees them riding on the sidewalk not in a bike lane where they belong. How else would you explain why its new bicycling directions are potentially putting cyclists' lives in peril?
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Today the New York Times tried to uncover why people don’t like sharing cabs with strangers. The new taxi-sharing program is designed to lower congestion and save commuters money. So, this should be a big win for the city. Sharing a cab can get commuters from the Upper East to Grand Central for about $4, but, as of now, not many people are psyched about the offer.
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When did the subway become the personal bathroom for people? No, I’m not talking about the homeless; I’m referring to real human beings, some of which have decided that the F train is a fine place to floss their teeth in the morning. Here we are in the best city in the world and not only is it common practice to stuff your face full of food, but it’s no big deal to apply makeup, clip nails or do any number of other things that should only take place in the comfort and privacy of a home. Now this morning, an entire train line was shot down in the middle of midtown because some woman decided to give birth. Note to the new mother: congratulations, you inconsiderate jerk!
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In one week’s time, the Roosevelt Island Tram will be shut down for remodeling, but don’t worry because there are plenty of ways to get between the small island and the big island. You can always take the clean and reliable F Train or you can walk. Yup, just put on your floaties and walk across the East River. That is the advice one individual got when they plugged directions into Google maps on their phone. It’s really not a bad trip, especially if the river is frozen over.
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The MTA may be ready to raise MetroCard prices again and/or cut service (yet again!). Yesterday Bloomberg said Albany has "to come up with some ways to fund the MTA, or the MTA is either going to have to raise rates dramatically or cut back service dramatically—or, what's more likely, some combination of the two." Students have already begun protesting the end of free student MetroCards. Maybe the MTA will have to scrap some of those big construction projects such as the Second Avenue Subway (which Bloomberg doesn't like) and the Seventh Avenue Subway Extension (which Bloomberg is in favor of since it will assist in his development of the West Side of Manhattan). In the meantime, photographer Andrew Schwartz was invited to photograph what's going on under the ground for that Seventh Avenue line.
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When Wanda Hanlon, owner of the vintage shop O Mistress Mine, closed her East Village store, she made a startling announcement: she would be moving her business to Hoboken. According to The Post, the Village had become too expensive for her shop. “I just couldn’t make it,” she told the paper. Giving up her plum Downtown location for the wilds of New Jersey, she explained, would be cheaper.
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