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New York Diary: Photos from the Mermaid Parade

Brooklyn’s annual Mermaid Parade is a festival for freaks, drunks, and bemused Russian locals. Rosecrans Baldwin reports from the boardwalk.

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The following photos were taken at the annual Mermaid Parade at Coney Island, Brooklyn. the Times account of the parade can be found here.

The beach at Coney Island
The largest ashtray in the world



A young boy has a nice day
Years later, Karl Leveille would remember this as the best day of his life



A strange type of protective device
Octopussy’s brother



Man with open shirt, unattractive
Stud goes un-laid



Superhero gets away
Unnoticed by local authorities, Aqua-Man enjoys the company of friends



Woman makes adjustments
Deciding not to wear a bra later regretted



Jerk
Total asswipe blocks photo



A friendly conversation between strangers
Request for intercourse denied for ninth time



Blue-haired woman
Radical weight-loss program and liposuction does Dame Edna wonders



Lucky Ronnie Pyke
Traveling software salesman Ronnie Pyke leaves wife, children, no explanation.



Evil has a new face
Man actually did sign contract with the devil



Everybody dance!
Who says New Yorkers aren’t political?



Sad refuse
Danny Heeter ruins stranger’s day



Band rocks out
Sonic Youth doppelganger refuse to quit



Masked man
Stephan Sheroan answers announcer’s final call to ‘rock it!’

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Rosecrans Baldwin
TMN co-editor Rosecrans Baldwin lives in Paris, France. He founded The Morning News with Andrew Womack in 1999 and has been waking up early ever since. His first novel, You Lost Me There, is coming out soon from Riverhead Books. He currently writes the Letters from Paris column for TMN. His work has elsewhere appeared in The New York Times, New York, The Nation, and on NPR’s All Things Considered. Someday his ashes will be tossed off Mount Desert Island. Check out his personal site or .

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Feeling for Iceland

Iceland is having a tough time at the moment. With a little experimental music—though nothing post rock—the bubbling pop and folk sounds of Sin Fang Bous remind us of Iceland’s ability to charm, hypnotize.

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In his cabinet choices, as in his home state, our president-elect mirrors our 16th president. Gore Vidal’s historical novel about Lincoln helps to balance the dozens of more rigid bios.

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When it comes to things, what thing is best? This video provides an introduction to the extensive studies conducted by the Counter-Intuitive Comparison Institute of North America. Think more about the things that you surround yourself with.