The ‘No Playing the Flugelhorn’ rule still applies

New York has finally acknowledged that those ‘No Honking’ signs were not stopping anyone. The honking never seems to stop anyone either, so the whole debate seems futile. (NYT)

Trying to escape death is also futile. Apparently the average life span of a species can usually be determined from its average size. (NPR)

Detroit may be suffering from severe neglect, but this photo project shows that it isn’t a ghost town yet. (Wired)

Another still-living relic is this incredibly ornate Queens movie-theater-turned-church which looks almost exactly as it did when it was built in the 1920’s. (Scouting NY)

Snazzy sign via Wikimedia