The Dailies

Word of the Day

Languor (n., LANG-gwoor)

Lethargy or the perhaps pleasant feeling of inertia, slowness on a vacation or school break, when the air outside is cold and the bedroom is cozy and there are many wonderful things to read within arm's reach.

Gif of the Day

TagsAnimalsHedgehogsPizzaSniffingOh, this is blissCheesy setups?

Link of the Day

Undercity

This is an old video. We've never quite known when to drop it into our catalog since it's long, a bit weird, and features some clearly illegal activity (as well as some adult language). But it is the kind of film that you remember a long time later. The winter break, the turning from one year to the next: these seemed like a good place to showcase it.

As a brief intro: Steve Duncan is an undercity explorer, going into tunnels and other places in search of the parts of the city that are unseen. Andrew Wonder filmed one night's exploration:

The old subway station from the video appears to be now open to the public (with a MTA Transit Museum membership):

TagsVideosUndercityBest of the internetUnderground, in the skyAfter darkThe city that never sleeps?

Happy Friday

It was a quiet car ride