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Author: Tim Donnelly

Craigslist freebie/possible horror scheme of the day: Paint me, maybe

via CL today: Free oil paints & canvas to artist who wants to paint me! (11223) Portrait artist!!! Free oil…

Wednesday lunchtime linkage

A different kind of bookseller [OTBKB] What's the pissiest borough? [Gothamist] BK Heights shared the DNC stage [BK Heights Blog]…

Michelle Obama: ‘We were so young, so in love, and so in debt’

Michelle Obama pounded a beer can of democracy and crushed it against her head at last night's DNC with a message…

Free taxi rides this week, via your spacephone

An app called Uber is hoping to let you digitally hail and pay for taxis with your smartphone, which could…

So how you livin’ compared to four years ago?

Are you better off now than four years ago? Well, are you? It's a dubious framework for a question, especially…

Tuesday lunchtime linkage

A brewery grows in Carroll Gardens [Patch] Take that, suckers in the rest of the country not paying as much…

Craigslist freebie of the day: 80 ears of fresh corn

You can make one heckuva fresh corn salsa with all this. The Craigslist poster from Greenpoint says: "I have 80…

The week in brokeland, 8/27-8/31

Like Brokelyn on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest! -Did you miss our list of the best dive bars in Brooklyn? Put down…

Have some class, Brooklyn? Get free school supplies at Habana Outpost

This is the weekend for grabbing summer, throwing it on the bed and having one last big sloppy fling before…

Friday lunchtime linkage

BAM! A new stage hits you [NYT] Transplants discover Bay Ridge [WSJ] Are you ready for some fooootballs? [DNA] What…