I wonder how *much* disaster I may be courting by using my computer during a thunderstorm. The internets seem mixed on this topic. But thundering it is, and so far, I am undeterred ( Read more... )

( LLama's adventures in New York - Day 3 )

( Adventures in NYC - Day 2 )

...and rock to wind the string around. (Because everybody wants a rock to wind a piece of string around.) -They Might Giants, "We Want a Rock" (FloodPerhaps in the new economy, we'll see a resurgence in rocks with pieces of string wound around them. The perfect gift for the person who has everything ( Read more... )

( Dawn Break )

* A fish distributor truck emblazoned "Meat without Feet"

* The separate escalator contraption for shopping carts at Bed Bath & Beyond Store near Lincoln Center. You just slide your shopping cart into the track that runs parallel to the people escalator and it gently moves it up the incline to the next floor. Amazing! Only in NYC ( Read more... )

Enjoyed a delightful celebration of the Sabbath in environs of the upper west side, in the bosom of alma mater Columbia. Friday night, sister-llama and Josh-llama and I attended Shabbat dinner in Tamar Z's snazzy new apt (mysteriously bare of all roommates except traces of the oft-named, but rarely seen, evil subletter ( Read more... )

Good morning, New York City. Currently sitting in the living room of Yossi and Jamie on the Upper West Side, who have put me up on the sofa of their apartment and conspired to feed me oodles of delicious food. Jamie also purchased a horned melon (an orange nubbly fruit that looks like it had its genesis in a Dr. Seuss book) because she always ( Read more... )

Alas, there was no time traveling, but there was much subway traveling. And it is completely possible that the existence of Teaneck, NJ has caused some kind of rip in the space-time continuum.

( Adventures in Hat Retrieval )

Greetings, Philolings, Geezers and friends ( Read more... )