Category Archives: NEW YORK

Allo la Poubelle

January 4, 2011 – 8:14 pm

Recycling is one of my weapons to diminish my carbon footprint on the Earth. No car is another. An avoidance of plastic packaging has shrunk my trash contribution to South Oxford Street to the size of a small paper bag. I donate my organic trash to the compost heap at the Fort Greene Farmer’s Market […]

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Au Revoir Blizzard

January 2, 2011 – 6:50 pm

The 12/26 snowstorm paralyzed New York City. 24 inches of white was too much for the sanitation workers to handle. Streets and avenues in every borough were clogged by drifts. Plow crews were overwhelmed by the workload. 911 was besieged by emergency calls. The media accused the mayor of failure bordering on GW Bush’s response […]

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Blizzardholes

December 31, 2010 – 12:40 am

The first disaster in the Bible is the Flood. 9/11 was a modern catastrophe meant to change the way America lives. No more SUVs. No more fast food. No more stupid fat kids. Unfortunately this was not the case and New York was laid open for a winter attack of snow this Xmas weekend by […]

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Where Am I

December 27, 2010 – 6:20 pm

Two years ago I left Thailand for the USA. My good friend AP promised a soft landing. I had $100 in my pocket and Mam was pregnant with our son. No job. No place to live. Pressure and stress. I survived that summer as a dog minder in Palm Beach. Pom Pom was a crackhouse […]

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MUDD CLUB Reunion Highlights

December 23, 2010 – 10:24 pm

Thirty years later the Mudd Club lives if only for one night To see a little of that momentuous evening pleace go to this URL

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