Hold Fast

A Blog by Matt Browner Hamlin

Hold Fast - a blog by Matt Browner Hamlin

Entries Tagged as 'Living'

Super Parade Fat Tuesday

February 5th, 2008 · Comments Off

It’s an overcast day in New York City, with misting rain and temperatures in the upper 40s. The picture this morning is more bleak, I think, than the actual weather.

I was the 102nd person to vote in my precinct. I voted at around 9:45 AM and there was no line, with lots of poll […]

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Tags: Living

Eli!

February 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Victory!
Enjoy that champagne, 1972 Dolphins.
Update:

ESPN (rough transcript):
“All season the talk around the NFL was about whether the Patriots were the greatest team of all time. Turns out they weren’t even the best team Sunday.”
Update II:
I’m having server problems that’s preventing me from posting new content. My server thinks it’s October 29, 1973. I have […]

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There Will Be Blood

January 30th, 2008 · Comments Off

Roy at alicublog has a review of There Will Be Blood that really captures what makes this such a powerful and disturbing movie. I saw it a couple weeks ago and had trouble fully circumscribing the film in a way that allowed me to adequately respond to it. I recommend giving Roy’s review a read, […]

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Luddism in “Lost”

January 26th, 2008 · Comments Off

Brad Reed, writing at Network World, documents the case that ABC’s Lost has a Luddite strain. In short, technology is a harbinger for death on the hit TV show (which, incidentally, is one of the few network TV shows that I closely follow).
Characters who use network technology in ABC’s hit mystery drama Lost are a […]

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Tags: Living · Technology

Erik Moe for Resident

January 25th, 2008 · Comments Off

Erik Moe, the Dodd campaign’s art director / web designer, is considering becoming a Resident of NYC. I just signed onto his exploratory committee — you can too.

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Bad Fish

January 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off

As a New Yorker who loves sushi and eats quite a lot of tuna, this article in the Times on the high levels of mercury in tuna found in NYC sushi restaurants is pretty troubling. I don’t think I currently approach the danger levels cited for tuna consumption, but if I ate as much sushi […]

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Tags: Living