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Handled one or two chores; visited various sites: New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central – Architects of the New York City Subway, Part II: Squire Vickers and the Subway’s Modern Age (on exhibit from July 30 through October 28, 2007) – cool stuff. Architect Squire Vickers worked as an architect of the [...]

Asian American International Festival Taking a few days away from the office – much needed, frankly, considering the latest oh-great-what’s-else-is-next in the land of Dysfunction… Friday afternoon – spent at the Cloisters in Manhattan. Never been there before, so it was great. Too bad about the humidity, but it was worth it – the beauty [...]

This week’s recap: Narrowly avoided Wednesday’s Grand Central Explosion. Was supposed to be at a meeting at 45 and Lex at 6:30; instead was stuck on a 4 train at Bowling Green. Later met up. with P at Times Square. Food this week: Sunday: Bastille Day on Smith street with Costa Rican food. Loved the [...]

The passing of Lady Bird Johnson. The passing of an era, indeed. The passing of editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette. Sad and sudden. I remembered reading his cartoons when he was in Newsday and when I was a Newsday reader. I never quite knew what to make of his comic strip “Kudzu,” but there were hilarious [...]

Friday the 13th – the bunch of us said goodbye after work to a departing colleague by going to Centrico in Tribeca. I had a variation of fried green tomato (tasty); wine (red Sauvignon Cabernet from Chile – some year that I don’t remember; only one glass, ’cause I’m cheap and I don’t drink all [...]

Sorry, been busy catching up with things at work. Will have to make a make-up entry. This Saturday we’re doing an advanced screening of a number of the film festival contest entries in Chinatown -you’re invited. Come by the FIVE POINTS Film Workshop (formerly Teabag) for a special screening of our 72 Hour Shootout Entry, [...]

Very hot in the city. Iced coffee time. Me bouncing due to more caffeine. OOps. NY Times reports a petition going on to get an express train on the F-subway line in Brooklyn – sign petition here www.petitiononline.com/bkln4fnv/petition-sign.html. I’ll get on the soapbox that MTA also ought to make a better W train, which is [...]

Went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art today to see the New Greek-Roman Galleries. Dizzyingly Awesome! You can be there all day to stare at the stuff. July 4th news item: Kobayashi loses to Joey Chestnut, a civil engineering student from CA. They ate 60+ dogs. Watching them on the big screen tv — well, [...]

Those Mars rovers just keep going and going… awesome! I reserve opinion on the Transformers movie, which actually got a positive review already in Reuters. All I can say for now is that I’d be really, really terrified if they wind up making a live action movie of G.I. Joe and My Little Pony and [...]