The Water Company needed to change the water meter. It’s in the basement. To GET to the water meter I had to move a ton of shit that was not on the list of shit to be moved yet. Moreover, I had to move that shit into an area that had been previously cleared and is now infested with “foreign” shit. Well, it is winter in New Jersey so there is nothing happening outside, and maybe I’ll paint the water meter room!
I would like to take this opportunity to move several quotes I’ve accumulated over the last year into an area I’ll be calling “Random Thoughts”. Look for it soon…
Midtown Manhattan, New York City Hudson Yards (and most EVERY Manhattan building):
Built on concrete pilings into bedrock vs San Francisco “rubber shock absorber” technology that allows buildings to shake and not crack.
Not to worry, there hasn’t been an earthquake in New York City — EVER.
Thoughts at turning 75:
“If you don’t know anyone twice your age — YOU are old.”
Something to think about:
The “Founding Fathers” of the United States of America (ALL the Founding Fathers) would have been found guilty of treason and hanged for disobeying British laws .(think Edward Snowden) Sometimes one’s values, trump laws.
(fill in the blank) is a great solution – if you don’t let it become a problem.
I once saw Muhamad Ali sitting at an airport – staring. Just staring. I am so sorry I did not have the courage to sit with him for a while.
Alec Baldwin on Donald Sutherland’s passing 6/21/24: “Donald was a complex, complicated and quirky man in the most delicious way. He had a gentle, childlike boyish streak in him that I absolutely adored”. 26 words that can (somehow) totally sum up a person’s life – incredible, Alec, I hope to do the same for you someday.
My Mom made a salad every night with dinner. Lettuce, tomatoes, onions and sliced radishes with a vinaigrette dressing. EVERY night. We also had mashed potatoes every night (my job was to peel the spuds). EVERY fucking night. When I left home, I was 6ft 1 in and weighed 185.
The human body is perfectly adapted to an environment that no longer exists.
“No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
Always remember and picture in your mind the image of an angry Jesus kicking the moneychangers out of the Temple. At the time, in his mind, they were fucking bastards (I know, I know, it loses something in translation). But this is the same guy that at his Mother’s suggestion provided the Wine at a Wedding.
zeug·ma (zo͞oɡmə) noun:
A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g., John and his license expired last week) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts).
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