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Friday, February 2
It's a small city, after all
 It was the end of last November, and I'm bringing Leo home from being boarded at the Wagging Tail. Trying to hail a cab at night with a dog can be a challenge, but I managed to get lucky.Turns out the dog-friendly and chatty cabby is none other than Ahmed Ibrahim, the matchmaker cabby. I wrote about him myself. He is quite a character. Ever since the initial media exposure back then, he's been hustling. During the ride, he managed to show me his vast press portfolio. He's soon to retire from being a cabby so he can devote more time to developing various projects, like a reality TV show (based in a cab, of course.) In New York City, even the cabbies have agents. Labels: NYC '; } 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); ?> |