Archive for 'The Bronx'
We Survived Hurricane Irene
… and Probably Should Get the t-shirt to express the survival. Thankfully not so bad; we fared okay. New Yorkers insist on grumbling, of course. Look, I’m not going to second-guess the order to evacuate the coastal areas of the city or whether MTA didn’t need to shut down service. Hurricane Irene could have been [...]
Posted: August 28th, 2011 under Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx.
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Come On Irene
At least the hype (hopefully hype) is exciting. I even got kicked out of the office early, but I work in Zone A, which got ordered a mandatory evacuation and the building’s landlord was turning off the electricity at 5pm. The following embedded video was from a friend of mine, MW. I share it as [...]
Posted: August 26th, 2011 under Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx.
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June Already?
Last Friday: saw Kung Fu Panda 2. Great movie – entertaining; great art. I thought it was missing a scene (plot-wise), but otherwise fun. However, I do wonder if 3D is going to be everything… Emil Guillermo posts on the AALDEF blog about the retirement of Shaquille O’Neal (recalling the anti-Asian problems of Shaq) and [...]
Posted: June 3rd, 2011 under Brooklyn, Los Angeles - Orange County, Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C..
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New Year’s Eve 2010
Well, the last week of 2010 hit NYC with a mallet, with the Day After Christmas Blizzard and the horror stories that came after it. I suppose the pleasantry was short lived – you can have all the cooperation and Christmas spirit and good will and fun in the snow. Then, comes the crushing reality: [...]
Posted: December 31st, 2010 under Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx.
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Last Week of October Continues
The annual viewing of “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” special tonight, plus a viewing of the more obscure “You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown,” wherein Linus loses his lead in the class president election with his broadcasted belief in the Great Pumpkin (and Lucy learns that it’s very hard to be the campaign manager). Hat [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2009 under Brooklyn, Honolulu, Los Angeles - Orange County, Queens, The Bronx, Washington, D.C..
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