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Monthly Archives: August 2007

“Tofus” Update

29-Aug-07

The Coop’s Linewaiter’s Gazette actually printed my letter. Hopefully this will inspire them to action, and our beloved comic strip will return.

Les étrangers parfaits

27-Aug-07

It’s the rare video of a cat and a computer voice that keeps me interested for three minutes, but between the Walter Benjamin quote and the Bronson Pinchot references, I couldn’t tear myself away.

45th and 6th

07-Aug-07

I had a job interview in Midtown recently. Dressed in proper interview apparel (I clean up fairly well, you know), I spilled off the too-crowded Q train at 42nd Street and into the beehive of morning commuters rushing through the station’s sweltering underground tunnels, emerging from the underground into the sea of tourists that is [...]

An Open Letter to The Linewaiter’s Gazette, a publication of the Park Slope Food Coop.

02-Aug-07

Dear Linewaiter’s Gazette, Some time ago your publication ran a comic titled “Meet the Tofus,” which introduced readers to the characters of Silken and Firm. I was intrigued by the single-paned strip’s enigmatic brevity, and looked forward to learning more about this soy-based duo. I questioned what was behind Firm’s jovial façade, what dark past [...]