So maybe I’m not moving this just yet. The idea was to lock the journal down, to limit the audience. But I don’t really care anymore, so I’ll be back to the usual ranting shortly.
Category Archives: New York
3-7-04
I’m moving the host for this blog. Details soon.
12-6-03
SNOW! Check out the pictures here. As per usual, the local weathercasters got much of the storm wrong. In general, these guys couldn’t predict if a man who eats six bowls of chili is going to fart.
10-27-10
The town we live in, Ramapo, is often sub-exciting. There’s only one DQ, and it’s a pod DQ which puts this place in perspective (see my August 13 post for reference). However, seen on the bumper of a taxi this evening: RAMAPO MIDGET FOOTBALL Things may be looking up after all…
What began as a quick visit to Shop-Rite, the grocery store of little choice, turned quickly into the Gauntlet of People Who Push Carts Slowly in One Direction While Their Heads Are Turned 90 Degrees in Another Direction as If Someone Had Tried to Tear Their Head Off but Couldn’t Finish the Job. Then, of …
Okay, okay, much catching up to do. I got my badge back. Some of you now what that means, and for the rest of you it means I’m now working for the company I planned on. The work is fine and the people are actually extremely cool, which is the best part for me. Because …
I was beginning to become more and more agitated with the lack of decent iced tea here. Oh, sure, they call it iced tea, but they don’t understand the fundamentals: 1) Refills are always free. I didn’t order an “iced tea,” as if it was a single object; I ordered a liquid subscription. 2) It …
For those of you who are not Texans, a word about Dairy Queen and its relation to geography. The size of a community is determined by the number of Dairy Queen (DQ) locations: One DQ = a place down the road a piece from a town Two DQ = a town Three DQ = a …
Insane bid from electrician: $1,500 Maximum insurance out-of-pocket hospitalization: $1,000 Sense of superiority when you do it yourself, you don’t get fried, and it works on the first try: priceless
Imagine, if you will, that the mirror had never become such a common household object. Perhaps that could explain the innumerable hordes dressed in clothing too tight and too small. I get that it’s “hot” here (85 degrees, big deal), but even the triple-digit temps of Texas rarely drive people to dress like a tube …