FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Thursday, March 1, 2012

 

Park Slope Photo via Park Slope Lens

Rise and shine, FIPS'ters! Welcome to your day! Um, yes, thank you internet. Because of you, Angelina's legs live on in infamy and sad news spreads quickly ( RIP Davy Jones). Also... bonus celebrity goss, Snooki's preggers. 

Up next: Your Park Slope weather, "On This Day in BK History" and "On This Day in Fips'tory:"

PARK SLOPE WEATHER (VIA WUNDERGROUND):   

40% Chance of Precipatation

Temp:    52 / 46   oF

Sunrise:  6:30 AM 

Sunset:   5:46 PM

ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1951):

 Temper, temper, Karl of Brooklyn. 

 

 [READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCHIVES] 

ON THIS DAY IN FIPS'TORY:  

• 2011: KID PEES IN PARK (AGAIN) / OTHER KIDS FROLIC IN IT / I DO NOTHING 
• 2010: ORGANIC AS FUCK: WHERE'S THE COOP GOSSIP?

FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Wednesday, February 29, 2012

pic by Flickr User Tom Starkweather

Rise and shine, FIPS'ters! Welcome to your day! It's a leap day bitches!!! Today n politics, the lesser of two evils is victorious in Arizona and Michigan.  

Up next: Your Park Slope weather, "On This Day in BK History" and "On This Day in Fips'tory:"

PARK SLOPE WEATHER (VIA WUNDERGROUND):   

 100% Chance of Precipatation

Temp:   46 / 41  oF

Sunrise:   6:32 AM 

Sunset:    5:45 PM

ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1888):

 

 [FROM THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE ARCHIVES] 

ON THIS DAY IN FIPS'TORY:  

• This is FIPS's first leap day!

FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Park Slope pic by Deepti Sahrawat

Rise and shine, FIPS'ters! Welcome to your day! In tri-state area news: A jet makes a botched emergency landing at Newark International Airport, and in National news, the Daytona 500 has been delayed because of a fiery explosion.

Up next: Your Park Slope weather, "On This Day in BK History" and "On This Day in Fips'tory:"

PARK SLOPE WEATHER (VIA WUNDERGROUND):   

0% Chance of Precipatation

Temp:  46 / 34   oF

Sunrise:  6:33 AM 

Sunset:   5:44 PM

ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1894):

 Some sick shit was happening in the borough during the late 19th century. 

 [READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE ARCHIVES] 

ON THIS DAY IN FIPS'TORY:  

• 2011: [WHO GIVES A SHIT] How Often Do You Order In?
• 2010: This Weekend in WTF...
• 2009: Bar Toto = V. Fucking Good

FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Friday, February 24, 2012

pic by Flickr User Shawn Hoke Rise and shine, FIPS'ters! Welcome to your day! In celebrity news hilarity, Zac Efron dropped a rubber at a kid's movie premiere & Lin'ept is by far the worse Lin'ism yet as the Knicks lose to the Miami Heat.

Up next: Your Park Slope weather, "On This Day in BK History" and "On This Day in Fips'tory:"

PARK SLOPE WEATHER (VIA WUNDERGROUND):   

90% Chance of Precipatation

Temp:   63 / 37  oF

Sunrise:   6:38 AM 

Sunset:    5:40 PM

ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1880):

To commemorate the end of this President's Day week, let's see how hardcore Brooklynites were about President's Day in 1880.   

 [READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE ARCHIVES] 

ON THIS DAY IN FIPS'TORY:  

• 2011: NO, I WILL NOT DISCUSS MY "BIG CITY LIFE"
• 2010: Another Reason to Leave/Love Park Slope [Red Hook]
• 2009: The *One* Thing I Like About The Motherfucking Q Train

FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Thursday, February 23, 2012

Park Slope photo via Flickr User benrubenstein

Rise and shine, FIPS'ters! Welcome to your day! In national news, thank goodness Lindsey's getting her life back on track.... again, & honestly can we stop humoring these guys? 

Up next: Your Park Slope weather, "On This Day in BK History" and "On This Day in Fips'tory:"

PARK SLOPE WEATHER (VIA WUNDERGROUND):  

40% Chance of Precipatation

Temp:   59 / 45  oF

Sunrise:   6:39 AM 

Sunset:    5:39 PM

ON THIS DAY IN BK HISTORY (1938):

I wonder if he had his right pant leg rolled up? 

 [READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCHIVES] 

ON THIS DAY IN FIPS'TORY:  

• 2011: Lost + Found On Craigslist: HARP STRINGS
• 2010: Interview with the F-train's 4th Amendment Vigilante 
• 2009: REVIEW: Hanco's Open: Part Deux