I ditched Verizon DSL and signed up for Optimum Online. It’s a little more expensive, in the long run, but my bandwidth has at least tripled, if not quadrupled. Verizon had a much-publicized "HI we’re speeding up your DSL!!" campaign. Nothing here. Very, very pokey "high speed" Internet. I called and they said I was already provisioned at the highest possible speed. Huh? I’m pretty sure our CO is just past Atlantic Avenue, so that doesn’t make a lot of sense. Anyway, goodbye, Verizon DSL. I will not miss you.

Post your war stories below. Also, check out this very popular "High Speed Internet in PH" thread.

This happened last Tuesday, Jan. 4, at about 5:30 PM. Looking for updates… have not found any yet.

"Edward Ruiz, 27, was stepping out of the
Lincoln Continental he had just parked on Flatbush Ave. at Dean St. in
Prospect Heights when he was hit by a passing 1995 Jeep Wrangler headed
north on Flatbush Ave."

"Ruiz suffered severe head injuries and was clinging to life at Brooklyn Hospital Center, police said."

"Cops said Ruiz, of 21st Ave., was accidentally struck by a 49-year-old
woman driver from the Bronx. She was not charged, cops said."

ranjit writes: "Every Saturday, if I can, I go to my local greenmarket (at Grand Army Plaza),
buy some goodies, take them home, and scan them. I’ve been doing it
since 2000 or so, though this set only contains more recent ones."

Le Gamin translates as "Naughty Boy," according to Brooklyn Papers’ Neighborhood Dining Guide.

 556 Vanderbilt Ave. at Dean St.; 718-789-5171

Also name-checked: Aliseo, Brooklyn Museum Cafe, Garden Cafe, Hibiscus Cafe, New Prospect Cafe, Soda Bar, Tavern on Dean, Terrace Cafe, Tom’s Diner.

"SODA BAR is like those parties people had in their dorm rooms in
college, except with a lot of space. It’s a good old drunken time and a
serious regulars spot. You don’t have to get in your hot-girl tube top.
You can bike over in your ‘drunk neighborhood’ clothes and fit right
in."
[VOICE Best of New York 2004]