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  • The corner of Jerome Ave and 176th Street in the Bronx

    January 7th, 2021 January in New York City is always rough looking and the Bronx being what it is, it looks especially hellish at that time of year. This was shortly after riot season ended. There was a water main break and a lot of businesses along this stretch were flooded. There’s been a lot…

  • Heavy smoke in New York City from Canada’s wildfires

    I took this photo outside my office in south Brooklyn today around 2 PM. What’s supposed to be the heaviest of the smoke from Canada’s wildfires reached New York City today. In retrospect, I wonder why we were even at work. The air quality index hit the low 400s today on a scale that maxes…

  • An Average NYC Commute

    Today on the way home, a car sort of blew up next to us on the #FDR while we were under the #UN building. When we got to the #Bronx, a man was dancing in traffic with his pants around his knees and his junk hanging out. Really, WTF is going on here? #OnlyInNYC (This…

  • My gay cupcake…

    …to celebrate the beginning of Gay Pride Month.

  • The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling Podcast

    Podcast LINK. This was a really interesting look at JK Rowling’s life. I wasn’t aware of what kind of background she came from, other than that she wasn’t well off financially before publishing the Potter series. When I first started listening to this, I was under the impression that it was just going to address…

  • Pasir Ris, Singapore. May, 2009.

    Pasir Ris was fun, but Tampines was better.

  • 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…