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Flight – Delta. Snack – processed cheese and crackers (“ooh, processed cheese…”). Some kind of chocolate chip shortbread which tasted a little stale. Some kind of raisin cranberry mix, which I never did get to eat. My brother took the peanuts. Turbulence. Ugh. Was not a good feeling. Finished reading John LeCarre’s “The Spy Who [...]

Ok, not really panicking, but kind of got a little frazzled cleaning my office before I left for my 4 1/2 day vacation in San Fran. Tomorrow – off to San Fran. It’s been years since I’ve been on a plane; uh, yeah, I’m a little worried, but hopefully I’ll just sleep it off. I [...]

Went to the 34th annual Atlantic Antic, Brooklyn’s largest street festival, Sunday with P-. This was interspersed with laundry, which happened to be directly in front of the laundremat. The place was mobbed. Won $2 at the NY Lottery stand, which I then proceeded to lose on the next ticket. But I got a MegaMillions [...]

Interesting article on the luxury condo development in NYC’s Chinatown, which apparently some morons have taken to marketing as “Soho South” (which probably would cover just about everything below Soho). Concerns about gentrification, and just a touch about discrimination and the rising costs of affordable housing in this city. A sad NYC story – on [...]

I’m on day 3 of Cipro, which is not a real fun thing. Right now the cure is worst than the diseas that it killed off 2 days ago, E. coli., similar to the other 100 episodes and 1 death so far in the U.S. The antibiotic supresses the appertite — it’s really wierd when [...]

Just took 2 mental health days, Wed & Thurs.  First day was strange, I didn’t know what to do.  Shocked my system.  Didn’t sleep all that well and then tried to nap but only fitfully during the day.  At least I got to play some hoops later in the day.  Not at all that peaceful. [...]

Some stuff from the NY Times – weird stuff. An article on Condoleeza Rice’s life as the single secretary of state.  The writer Helene Cooper got on a bit much, I daresay, as she wrote: There are perils to being unattached in the stodgy world of diplomacy[...] The single, sophisticated American secretary of state once [...]

They weren’t kidding about the Dog year not being too good for me. I picked up a really strange stomach bug Sunday night – severe chills, fever, running to the bathroom continuously. However, no sore throat or throwing up. Waiting for the doctor’s appointment at 3 today to figure out what it is.

This night – seeing the Tower of Lights from my Brooklyn cement backyard – quite something. Still something that seeing the pictures of what happened back then and reading the stories of mourning then and now: it’s still heartbreaking; it still makes you want to cry. FC’s post is most eloquent, and I can’t add [...]

The late Jerry Orbach originated the character that sings the song “Try to Remember” from the musical The Fantasticks, now being revived on Broadway. Try to remember that time before September. Try to remember the kind of September When life was slow and oh, so mellow. Try to remember the kind of September When grass [...]