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Top Ten Most Badass Animals Native to the USA {Gadling}
Nov 9th 2009 5:49PM I live in NY. We have quite a few rattlers, coyotes and bobcats. We're also starting to see bears in the area occasionally, although I hear New Jersey is really starting to have a problem with them. The bobcats usually stay in the higher mountain areas, but the coyotes and rattlesnakes are all over the place. I've never encountered a rattlesnake personally, but I see coyotes every so often. They have always been very shy animals and usually travel alone, but it always makes sense to be alert, and we don't leave small pets or children outside unattended.
Six ways to enjoy Madison Square Park {Gadling}
Oct 21st 2009 9:09AM Excellent post! I don't spend much time in that area of the city. I can't wait to check it out!
An open letter to the soon-to-be new owners of the Travel Channel {Gadling}
Aug 26th 2009 8:21AM Yay! I hope someone forwards this to the "powers-that-be" at the new owner's company. I stopped watching the Travel Channel for this exact reason.
Top U.S. ports of entry {Gadling}
Aug 3rd 2009 8:56AM I don't understand why your posts seem to always take some sort of potshot at New York. I'm a lifelong NYer, and frankly, it bothers me when you do this. If you're so unhappy here that you need to constantly disparage my home state/city, why are you here? Please go back and reread your past posts and you will see a pattern.
I'm thrilled that more people arrive in the US through NY than anywhere else and Queens is the perfect example of what America is about. Queens is a borough made up of hardworking, family oriented immigrants and/or their descendants pursuing the American dream. It's a wonderful first impression for newcomers.
Anyway, it's not like anyone arriving in NY actually even gets to see Queens. Upon leaving JFK by car, you get right onto highways that take you to into Manhattan or surrounding areas. There are trains and buses from the airport right into Manhattan and cab services that will take you anywhere you want. If Queens is so distasteful to you, it is easily avoided.
Apparently, everyone hates Detroit {Gadling}
Jun 26th 2009 7:37AM I understand how New York can be on both lists. As a native New Yorker, I've always known that the natives are the nicest and most helpful people. It's the transplants and tourists who tend to buy into the rudeness stereotype and I've even overheard someone telling her friends that it's OK to be rude in NY. People - it's never OK to be rude and obnoxious, no matter where you are.
What we ARE is sarcastic. Maybe that's what some people consider rudeness. New Yorkers invented sarcasm, and sometimes there is a fine line between it and rudeness. I guess where that line is depends on where you originally come from. Some people just "get" us and some people don't.
Jay Leno's traveling to his future song. What's yours? {Gadling}
May 30th 2009 3:39PM 1977 - I left my family to go away to college and never really went home again. "Freebird" was the song.
Jodie Foster or me. Speeding stories. Who faired better? {Gadling}
Mar 2nd 2009 8:19AM thank you TrafficLawyer. The directory of traffic courts is now bookmarked on my computer.
Val Kilmer, "King" of Mardi Gras? {Gadling}
Feb 26th 2009 6:34AM Iceman is looking more like Frosty the snowman these days, eh? (Sorry, couldn't help that one - I see that photo and the one-liners are just nonstop).
I'm sure he's a lovely person, but you realize that if he runs for the New Mexico governor's job, this photo is an opponents dream. Expect to see it again and again.....
Uma Thurman, this is the captain speaking: Please sit down {Gadling}
Jan 22nd 2009 9:31AM You forgot the rest of the story. The reports I read said that after all this, she was seen smoking a cigarette outside the terminal.
Minding the gap {Gadling}
Dec 13th 2008 8:53AM Unfortunately, we live in a litigious world. If some idiot doesn't pay attention and falls in, and there is no warning, then huge lawsuits usually follow. My guess is that most of these signs go up as the result of at least one lawsuit.
