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Oh the joys of being single! The crazy nights out, the boys flocking to you and throwing themselves at your feet, the endless evenings devoted to eating string cheese and sweet potatoes in your underwear while watching episodes of The View on your DVR. (Did you see Whoopi's shoes Friday? Amazing.)
Last night, for the first time in two weeks, I went out trolling for hot men with the ladies. It was great. Great bar, great drinks, great company. While I was waiting in line for the bathroom, this really hot guy started flirting with me. SCORE. We had a fun little back-and-forth and it was on. And then he smiled at me. It was a smile I'll never forget. I will never forget i ... read more.
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There is a cartoon quality to the relationship between New Yorkers and tourists, a Road Runner and Wylie Coyote tug-of-war that causes steam to pour from locals' ears and visitors to run screeching over cliffs. It is an exaggerated, farcical, co-dependent relationship, and one that was flamed this week by Travel & Leisure magazine’s annual “America’s Favorite Cities” survey. The public has spoken, and they’ve voted New York as the number one rudest city in the USA.
Of course, we’ve heard this all before, and as a tour guide I see things from both perspectives. I empathize with New York’s over-eager, confused visitors, but I also get furious when they don’t stay to ... read more.
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When I'm alone in the water, I have plenty of time to talk to my-self. Today I'm rapt in reverence as I excite the fact I am the grandson of persons who did not graduate high school. I call their names: Elsie, Willie Louis, Tissie, Bud, Mae and lament their absence from where I fondly recall them being. Their living room, kitchen, porch and front yard are places where I would and very much want to meet to regale them with the details of my adventures. “You are with me now,” I speak to the sky. “Reach me in the Spirit,” I plead to the wind. I hope the seas and air deliver my messages priority first class to their resting places. A living room with no walls or ceiling, ... read more.
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Should I stay or should go?
If you say that your are mine
I’ll be here until the end of time
So you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
?The Clash
Last week I was about to throw in the towel and declare Joanne Woodward the official winner of the Woodward/Morfoot conundrum. Harry and I went to the doctor’s office three times in five days. Needless to say he was really sick. Watching him cry because his throat hurt made me want to weep. I also wanted to pull my hair out because I was on deadline, had to hand in a portion of my thesis, and needed to prepare for a class that I will help teach at The New School that starts tomorrow. Oh ... read more.
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Hello to all, and I hope everyone is well. I know its been some time since my last entry. So much in my life has changed—some glitter and gold moments and some rough patches, but that is the beauty of life! As the holidays approach, I often begin to reflect on the many things in my life that I am thankful for. Today, I want to touch on the appreciation I have for the lessons my mother has taught me, and how small the world seems at times.
In my last entry, I talked about the difficulties of going to a job interview at a site that was not exactly accessible. Since then, I have gone on two marvelous interviews with what seems to be an amazing organization that promotes a ... read more.
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These are unnatural times. Part of this is the fact that the natural human instinct toward wisdom, which has been guiding us since the relighting of the Dark Ages, is now being constantly blocked and thwarted by corporate efficiency (a.k.a. greed), political correctness, and assertions of spirituality (or, as they say where I come from in the Deep South, “spiri-chality”). It’s all about American Puritanism, that basic aggressive march towards virtue and money. In other words, Americans deserve wealth because of their virtue—the ability to forgo natural human drives, pleasures, and instincts, in favor of an approximation of—or, a lot of lip service toward—that 21st century ... read more.
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It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a poor man to enter into the middle kingdom in America. Thus sayeth the Times.
These hyperbolic Republican primaries are bogus. As if we did not implode 3 years ago because of 8 years of Bushian malfeasance.
Maybe it’s not the primaries that are bogus, maybe it is the idea of cultural evolution. Look, the practice of Social Darwinism has not evolved in over a hundred years and is the driving animate behind every Republican contender.
There is a direct line of progenitors from 19 th century intellectual ancestors to the spunk filled ex- speaker Gingr ... read more.
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When I was a little boy, my Ryan grandfather and I sat on his long York Avenue stoop and read The New York Daily News together. If he was feeling good, Pop would spring for a dime and I would run up to the newsstand on 86th Street and buy two newspapers, one for each of us. I couldn’t fully read yet but to have my own paper and study the pictures, pick up some new words as Pop repeated them out loud while I memorized the letters spelling them; well, I was happy as a kid could get. Read (kind of) football, baseball, hockey and basketball news, learning all the players, the teams standings, and sometimes seeing these great old photos in the center of the paper by a guy named ... read more.
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Since I have somewhat bashed JFK for its lack of signs it's only fair that Miami gets a shout-out for its ill planning as well. At question here is the new $270 million central Rental Car Center or the RCC.
In practice, the center itself is great. Sixteen rental car firms all under one roof. One stop shopping. However, the getting to and from the center should have someone asking for their money back.
For those unfamiliar with Miami's airport, it is shaped not unlike a U with the various terminals dotted along that U. The rail system that takes you to the RCC is accessed through a tunnel from the bottom of that U. That means if you come in at one of the U's ends, yo ... read more.
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I love my European travel, but I'd like for someone to explain the European airport taxes and fuel charges to me. In Europe, each city and each country impose their own fees on air carriers. No matter how good a deal you get on your ticket, it's pretty much assured that you will have another $300 worth of taxes tacked on top of it...or more. I recently found a February deal to Edinburgh for an amazing $286 round trip, but when I went to book it, the taxes and charges on that ticket totaled an astounding $613—more than DOUBLE the cost of the ticket! Ouch!
Now, there are even more penalties with the imposition of the European Union’s so-called “Green Tax” which went int ... read more.
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