You can see the outfit: green body suit with a pair of outer-skivvies. Couldn’t get a closer picture because as the norm is pay to photograph, this was another !4th Street-Union Square performer I was not certain I wanted to encourage. What made his act ‘remarkable’ was there was no music, no accompanying sound from …
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Good Riddance
12 noon on Sunday, 28 December, put all your grievances on cards and bring them to Times Square. There, en masse, shedders will be available for each and everyone to rid themselves of bad memories, thoughts, ideas, anything you can get on the page. I can see a few photographs being ‘no more’. Clear out …
ps on Buddhist Temple
The actual posting was amended.
The Saw
At Union Square Subway station, there is a large common area where the N and 4 5 6 trains and the L are all accessible. In this area different forms of entertainment showcase. Many of them are worth watching and donating towards. But there is one- a middle-aged woman ‘saw’ player who is heard the …
Passwords
You’ve all read about the Sony hack. Words said, opinions shared, salaries discussed, social security numbers breached. And you are exhorted to change your password frequently. Does anyone really think it makes a difference? It just depends how high up the ‘important scale’ you are.
What?
No longer can we in the US of A manufacture a manhole cover?
Buddhist Temple
The building behind the stoplight and under the sign board, is a temple. Rather unassuming. But there it is, none the less.
The Sandwich
Last evening on the subway, a poorly dressed, bleary-eyed man with scruffy face hair boarded the car I was in, as the doors were closing. He immediately began with his pitch that he needed help. He mentioned something about a child, housing, a place to sleep but none of it was particularly easy to follow. …
Santacon
The quote below [Time] puts it so nicely. ‘People dressed as Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus celebrate in Times Square as they gather for the annual Santacon festivities on Dec. 13, 2014 in New York. Organizers had promised to tone down the annual booze-soaked event this yearUndaunted by the popular backlash against the notoriously rowdy …
My Fantasy
The following link is to a story, I find enthralling. The title is: Deathbed confession sends New York family on $4.5m treasure hunt. It is akin to my favorite joke. A wife was sitting for a portrait in her living room. At the moment her son walked in on the session, the artist was painting …