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  • Looking down at the water while riding the Staten Island Ferry

    2013

  • Heavy rain in the Bronx last weekend

    It rained all weekend long, from Friday night to Sunday night. I can’t remember the last time it rained this hard here. It reminded me of downpours in Georgia from when I lived there as a kid. The sound was comforting, even if the rain ruined our plans for the weekend.

  • Crown Coat Front Co. Inc., 105 E. 16th St. between Irving Place and Union Square

    The business was in operation from 1947 to approximately 1957 and produced coat fronts, which are defined “…by George E. Linton (The Modern Textile and Apparel Dictionary, Fourth Revised and Enlarged Edition, 1973) as [a] “Trade term for a built-up stiffening or shape-retaining interlining for the fronts of coats, made of stitched layers of haircloth,…

  • Having fun with my wife’s bike

    My wife has a small folding bicycle with little wheels and it just seemed really fun to ride it. It felt like I was on a kid’s bicycle. It’s pretty sturdy though, and a folding bicycle is easier to get around the city, whether by train or in the back of the car. This is…

  • Roses perfect in every moment

    These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are… There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • “Why ain’t you rich?”

    America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, ‘It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.’ It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though…

  • Dinner out at Hummus Place

    This was in 2013 at the 9th Street location near Tompkins Square park in Lower Manhattan that no longer exists, which is a shame. It was a great place to get tasty, reasonably priced Middle Eastern food with fast access to a park to relax afterwards. I liked the vibes in that area as well.…

  • Broken social structures

    If you see someone being attacked and you step in to help them and you injure the attacker, the attacker will sue you and most of the time you’ll lose in the lawsuit. If you see an injured person and try to help them and the person dies, the family will investigate you and sue…

  • 42

    Just got a random call from someone about Medicare benefits. I told her I’m not old enough. She asked me how old I am and I said 42. She hung up on me. It was probably a scam call, but all I can think about right now is the answer to the meaning of life,…

  • Walking down a narrow street in Tel Aviv. 2014.