Yesterday, for about an hour, many in New York thought there had been another terrorist attack when news of a Brooklyn man infected with inhalation anthrax spread like gossipy spores in the street. When it was later discovered the man was likely self-infected by his working with untanned goat skins to make handmade drums, the City actually paused for a public moment to catch its breath before we all returned to our inner lives.
Last week we sent in our taxes and another yearly duty was done. We're getting a bit back this year though not as much as last year. The only predictable thing about doing your taxes in America is the process is always unpredictable.
What was the worst Valentine's Day you were forced to experience?
I'll go first:
THE WORST
I was in Fifth Grade and the class project for February was to create a "Valentine's Day Train" where we each would create our own "coal car" out of colored construction paper so everyone in the class could put valentines in our hopper.
The original title of today's post was Sexualizing the Breast.
I later realized that title wasn't quite right and I changed it to be more precise: Sexualizing the Nipple.
The world is award-winning crazy and the delicious fact is none of those awards matter!
The awards ceremonies grow exponentially each year. Soon we'll all be winning awards for just waking up in the morning. In fact, you just won an award right now: The All-Time Great Blog Reader Award!
Other than running away and hiding -- which we are prone to do -- and other than talking slowly in a soft, soothing voice while bearing chocolate gifts and offering foot massages -- which few of us are prone to do -- what is the best way for a man to avoid the Red River Wrath of the woman he -- loves/works alongside/must be in the same room with -- but may not be able to tolerate one week a month?
We have all worked with Mean People. There are two types of Mean -- Situationally Mean and Innately Mean. The Situationally Mean are mean by choice; you ask them to be kinder and they change their behavior and become a regular human being. On the other hand, the Innately Mean are incapable of being kinder even if you ask them to change their behavior. I am more forgiving of the Innately Mean because they cannot help they were born that way; while the Situationally Mean are able to be kind but actively choose to be Mean. Making Mean the purpose of your day is unforgivable.
After 20 years of renting a life on the East Coast -- that's what you do out here because purchasing an apartment or a house is incredibly expensive because the AVERAGE price of a one-bedroom apartment in New York City is now a cool $1,000,000.00 USD -- we are now thinking it might be best to look into buying our share of the American Dream instead of renting it away.
99.99% of the people we know rent.
Where do we start to buy?
Can you do it all with a bank loan or do you have to bring a chunk of your own saved money for a down payment to the table first?
Do you find a real estate agent at the start of the process or only at the finish?
Is now a good time to buy an apartment or a house?
Is there a New York neighborhood or town or village reachable by train near New York City that would be more affordable than Manhattan or Queens?
I know there are books and magazines dedicated to this topic, but sometimes there are hidden self-interests in those publications.
I was never a big CSI fan until six months ago when I stumbled onto a rerun. I enjoyed watching the show then and ever since that time I have been working overtime to get caught up on all three versions of the show. I realize the scientific process demonstrated on the show is silly so this review will concentrate on the acting and the storytelling.
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