It's that time of year where New York magazines cite Neil Degrasse Tyson and show past photos of the sun setting in between the buildings of Manhattan. It was officially Friday and Saturday, but it was nice out Thursday so I went out to my rooftop and took some pictures and video looking west down 13th St. I don't regret this decision because the following two days ended up being cloudy at sunset. Here is the vine I made and some stills I took:
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You know something? I'm a big fan of portmanteaus. Done well, they're an art form: concise, smooth off the tongue, the perfect expression of language -- the purpose of which is to express ideas as close to perfectly as possible, after all. Plus, they're kinda quirky and modern and flashy.
Someone told me about a lotion product or something today called Skintimate. That's a great portmanteau, that is, for the aforesaid reasons.
Manhattanhenge is the worst I have ever encountered.