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One year after the tsunami. Various ceremonies. But, what is in the aftermath?
Johnny Damon, shaved and not stirred (there’s a picture of him shaved somewhere in that link).
“Doonesbury” of late has been interesting - B.D. is slowly making his way to the V.A. hospital for counseling. Mike’s daughter Alex has [...]

Wishing you all a warm, happy Christmas and Holiday Season. A time I think to count our blessings, give thanks, be generous and act in the best of human spirit.
A lot to appreciate, be thankful for blessings received as well as to to give this year. Hope you all are going to have [...]

Well, at this hour, the state mediators apparently got the union and MTA management together, and NY Times’ Sewell Chan and Steven Greenhouse’s article was a good read - plus, I came out feeling a lot more impressed with the power of mediation as a form of alternative dispute resolution:
Jerome Lefkowitz, a labor lawyer who [...]

Today, I went back to work after having a mini-vacation on Monday and Tuesday (requested and approved long before I thought the MTA strike was going to happen). So, I got dropped off at the Brooklyn Bridge and walked this morning, making the classic NYC MTA strike trek. The walk wasn’t so bad [...]

Day 2 of the strike. P is riding into the city now with a coworker who is driving in at 3:30 am to avoid the HOV-4 rule. It took her 3.5 hours to get home yesterday: upper East Side to Penn Station, LIRR to Jamaica, then Flatbush, then a walk downtown. P’s brother-in-law is [...]