but do you? The company that owns twitter, yesterday, sold access to the last two years of tweets to an English company. Now every tweet you ever sent will be used to market to you goods and services. Are you aware of the public access of tweets? There is no privacy. The tweeter can only …
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I know….
This isn’t a current events column. This isn’t about world news.. but it is about what catches my attention in a day… does anyone else notice that the Costa Cruise Line is sitting with a second ship stuck – blessedly upright – in the middle of a large body of water…with no electricity no hot …
Homeless
What do those of us that have a daily place to lay our heads, and take clean clothes from a closet or some such, actually understand about being homeless. Very very little I’m afraid. For a homeless person in the City, there is food to be had: it is given free in many places and …
Wings
It happened again, I am ascending a long flight of stairs with a rolling suitcase in my right hand, concentrating on looking down, not up -makes the flight seem less long – when all of a sudden my bag takes flight as if it has sprouted wings. It is an amazing sensation. It is sudden, …
Phil got it Wrong!
The groundhog in P-city Pennsylvania, got it wrong. Guess he didn’t take into account global warming. Yesterday it was 57 warm, sunny degrees in the City, with a light wind blowing. If one could think away the sky scrapers, it was a day at the beach. Like any northern country when spring weather strikes in …
The Blest
At first glance I thought they had been cleaning out their fireplaces or last night been to a night club with a variation on the hand stamp: the black smudge on the center of the forehead. Finally after I saw it on too many ladies of a certain age and not the nightclub inclined demographic, …
THE Library
There, on 5th Avenue, an exquisite building, blindingly white, guarded by two stone lions. The City’s main branch of the public library. Being in any library is always a special thrill and hate to admit it, but this was my first visit here. [Rather like living in Washington DC and not ever entering The Capital.] …
V-day
A buzz in the air, a scurrying in the evening. It was men I saw carrying bouquets, standing at the counter of the chocolate shop, clearly sensing the importance of not arriving empty handed. One savvy young man [SYM] relayed this story: A friend asked the SYM if he needed to do more than just …
A Gift
Yesterday, upon visiting a friend out of the City, I was surprised by the gift of lunch at her house. Rather than going out to dine, she made the effort to treat us both at her house. It was so delightful and nourishing. Today, a friend was coming to visit me, so as a surprise …
Mystified!
Attended a somewhat intimate double jam jazz session tonight, maybe all in, 50 attendees. The sole purpose to be at this place at this time was to listen to this quartet. During the session, within eye shot, two women of middle age, separately, seated in different rows were checking their email during the sets. What …