I was running at the waterfront park on this beautiful day, feeling great and cranking out ten minute miles (which is really good for me), and the sun was streaming in my face, and reflecting off the water. Then, all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was an enormously obese guy on the subway sitting across from me dressed in an MTA uniform, with a slim piece of cardboard in his hand that was the size of a stick of gum. He kept twisting it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Whenever I want to go downstairs, I step into the hallway, which lately has been smelling as if someone is cooking a rotting corpse for dinner. Then, I step onto the elevator. The fan in the elevator lately has been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The other day, I stopped by my neighborhood branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. There were a lot of kids there and some of them were seated in front of internet connected computers doing whatever it is kids do on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday, I walked out of a cafe in Queens at the same time a woman walked out of the neighboring 99ยข Store. As we both stepped on to the sidewalk we simultaneously spotted, there on the ground, a wad of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I am in the elevator yesterday with a neighbor, and I press the button to close the door. Suddenly, out of no where. a hand comes and blocks the door from closing and another neighbor gets on. I immediately[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For those mornings when I’m running late, I am considering installing a zip line from my sixth floor bedroom window, down to the entrance to the subway station below.
There are some high school kids in my neighborhood that look like they are 40 years old. And not a good 40 either.
My neighbor has gone into the organic pita bread baking business and just gave me some free sample loaves. They are pretty good….and I’m surprised because he is a dilwad.
So I’m walking out of the wine store as a scuzzy, thuggish looking dude walks in. He sees that I have a hand full of coins that the cashier has just given me for change. Then the scuzzy, thuggish looking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…