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Monday, July 9
Sex in City of Taxis
Conny and I have been catching up with HBO's series Sex in the City on DVD. We're pretty much done with the 1st and 2nd season. It's an enjoyable comedy, hardly heady material, but I find as much as I enjoyed the occasional episode on HBO, the show is even more enjoyable when you can watch a few of them at one sitting, in order. It gets a little bit more depth that way. Not a lot of depth, mind you, it's pretty silly stuff, but a wee bit more. One thing about the show that occured to me on my commute this morning, though. I can't recall a single episode where anyone was riding a bus or a subway. Either everyone is walking, or hopping in taxi or a car. As unrealistic as the show is, I find this absence odd because the subways are such a vital part of New York, you'd think they'd get an occasional mention, if not appearance. My guess is the omission is simply a technical one. Getting permission to film anything regarding the MTA is apparently a pain in the ass, especially for a show with "sex" in the name. Can anyone can point to an episode where mass-transit is shown? Other than in the background, or with Carrie's ad on the bus, that is... '; } else { if(stristr($filename,"archive")) { $dir=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; $template='_01_archive.html'; $tail=strlen($template); $thisArchive=$filename; //$files=scandir($dir); $dh = opendir($dir); while (false !== ($filename = readdir($dh))) { $files[] = $filename; } sort($files); $earlyarch=""; $laterarch=""; $prevarch=""; $next=0; foreach($files as $file) { if (substr($file,-$tail)==$template) { if ($next==1) { $laterarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; $next=0; } if ($file==$thisArchive) { $next=1; } else { $prevarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; } } } $link=''; $divider=''; if(file_exists($earlyarch)) { $link='< Earlier Archive'; $divider=" | "; } if(file_exists($laterarch)) { $link=$link.$divider.'Later Archive >'; } $link=$link.' '; } } echo($link); ?> |