“Nowadays, Corlear’s Hook does not get much press. Named for the hump of land that protrudes into the East River, Corlear’s Hook is no longer a neighborhood and only a small park designates its existence at all. However in the 1820s, The Hook, as it was known to sailors the world over, was a wild place indeed.”
https://infamousnewyork.com/2019/07/12/corlears-hook-birthplace-of-the-hooker/
“The point of land on the East River now called Corlears Hook was named after the schoolmaster Jacobus van Corlaer, who settled on this ‘plantation’ in 1638.
As early as 1816, Corlears Hook was notorious for streetwalkers, ‘a resort for the lewd and abandoned of both sexes’, and in 1821 its ‘streets abounding every night with preconcerted groups of thieves and prostitutes’ were noted. In the course of the 19th century, they came to be called hookers.”
"The Flavor Graveyard exists in two incarnations: on Ben & Jerry’s websites around the world, and also at the Ben & Jerry’s Factory in Waterbury, Vermont. Yes, there is an actual Flavor Graveyard on a hill overlooking our factory, complete with granite headstones and witty epitaphs for each flavor."
https://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/2015/flavor-graveyard-depinted
The Your Kickstarter Sucks podcast has informed me that Ben & Jerry's maintains a graveyard for their discontinued ice cream flavors
Some background on the above here.
Check this thing out!
From the Codex of Terrifying Phrases: “I bought a cheap jackhammer online”
https://www.theautopian.com/what-its-been-like-fixing-houses-as-a-car-mechanic/
Photo by Kip Ruhl
Larry Stark (1941 - 2024), American, born Benton Harbor, Michigan
2001
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/51556
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
Lana Austin Vs Julia, Celine Faery ( PWA - International Collision - 2025 )
Original : https://www.flickr.com/photos/miguel_discart/54564169549
#Belgium #Bornem #Fatal3WayMatch #InternationalCollision #Julia #LanaAustin #Man #NewChamp #PWA #PWAQueenOfDiamondsKampioenschap #ProWrestlingAllstars #Sport #Woman #Wrestling
Family Tree Maker
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CD-ROM
Nov 1996
https://web.archive.org/web/19961104100915/http://www.everton.com/cdrom.html
http://oldweb.today/random/19961104100915/http://www.everton.com/cdrom.html
Just mix it in with pasta from a new box. No one will ever notice, not even you. I promise
Trying to imagine living through the year of our dog 2025 and still having this much energy left to get mad about pasta recipes leaving a little pasta in the box
https://slate.com/life/2025/06/food-recipe-cooking-perfect-pasta-dinner.html
Wow, that's gotta be, what, a $26 USD payout?
This is really cool. Volkswagen of America is going to restore the vintage bus that survived -- but was seriously damaged by -- the Palisades fire.
James Hoffmann drops a pretty big video today on why Starbucks accidentally helped foster the popularity of the Hario V60 and other manual pour over devices. It's a deep dive into the Clover, a device we wrote a lot about on CG back in the day. Jim asked me to contribute some historical footage, was happy to help out.
A work message i actually typed without thinking and came so close to sending just now:
"hey ryan. Quick question. What the fuck"
Marc Maron announced that he will end his "WTF With Marc Maron" podcast this fall. "We're tired, we're burnt out, and we are utterly satisfied with the work we've done," he said on today's show. Maron, who is also an actor and standup comedian, has recorded more than 1,600 episodes with everyone from President Barack Obama to Carol Burnett. His interview with Robin Williams, recorded in April 2010, was the first one-on-one podcast episode to enter America’s National Recording Registry. Here's @RollingStone's story.
#Podcasting #Podcast #MarcMaron #Maron #WTFWithMarcMaron #Entertainment #Lifestyle