In the news

New Paltz, NY is having marriages to gay couples today, as offered by the mayor (aged 26, elected last year as a Green). (Short article from today's NY Times.)

Most of NYC's pedestrian crosswalk buttons don't work. I hadn't thought about it before, but with increasing traffic in NYC and the rise of computer sensors at intersections, it makes sense. There are still a couple hundred of working ones left, at less trafficked intersections. (Another short article from today's NY Times.) I shall revel in the button on Cambridge St. by the high school, which has immediate effects, even more.

Not in the news: I still didn't open it, but it is amusing to get spam from "Deafness E. Flimflam".

Free movie?

I picked up a card that gives admittance to two people Monday March 1, 7.30 pm, at the Kendall Sq. Theatre, to a free screening of Goodbye Lenin!, which has won lots of awards, yadda yadda yadda. Note: they give out too many of these, to ensure a full house, so you'd have to arrive early to make sure you actually get in.

I can't go. Any takers?