PaulKatcher.comA view from Manhattan's Upper West Side. One man's takes on sports, news, New York City and wacky web findsSometimes You Feel Like a Nut. Sometimes You Don't- June 23, 2008 A Mounds candy bar commercial breaks out in Central Park.http://paulkatcher.com/archives/001177.shtml Why is Preferred Photo Still Indexed on Google Shopping- June 14, 2008 I'm in the market for a 50mm f1.4 lens for my Pentax K10D and, as I often do, I included a Google shopping search to my price-comparing routine. The cheapest price, by about 12.5% ($25 on $200) is offered by Preferred Photo. Being the highly usable app that it is, Google links not only to customer reviews of the product, but of the vendor. And the overwhelmingly majority of people say that Preferred Photo is untrustworthy. Like not even close. Here is where reviews of Preferred Photo start,.http://paulkatcher.com/archives/001176.shtml Need More Space This Should Do For $70 Million- June 11, 2008 I don't know how gazillionaires go about finding new residences, but it probably doesn't involve laptops at Starbucks, Craig's List and bullshit descriptions like "cozy," "needs TLC" and "a fixer-upper's dream" &151; you know, euphemisms for "shithole shoebox." But NYC's most luxurious for-sale homes do indeed live online. Take this five-bedroom penthouse triplex at the Pierre Hotel. Take it, that is, if you've got $70,000,000 laying around. What a bargain, though. Assuming a 20% down...http://paulkatcher.com/archives/001175.shtml Ladies and Gentlemen, the Batshit Hogan Family- June 7, 2008 Where to begin with these loons &149; First, that's former steroid-aholic dad working suntan oil on his daughter's ass. &149; Second, jailed son pleads with oil-boy dad to "work on that reality deal" so that it's all lined up for when he's released from the pen. (prison call transcript Nancy Grace segment) &149; Third, insane mother (in transcript above) claims that the mother of John Graziano, the passenger-turned-vegetable in Nick's speeding car, is "not suffering. I am! I have the...http://paulkatcher.com/archives/001174.shtml How I Hope Giambi's Walk-Off Homer Impacts the Yankees- June 5, 2008 Let's see 'em go from this: To this:http://paulkatcher.com/archives/001173.shtml |