the starlings and the pigeons in city hall park the traffic coming off the brooklyn bridge then into the subway and under the river a…
2014.
Posted onIt’s always fascinating to look to the new year. All we can do is guess what’s going to happen. Will we be okay? Will all…
The “Defense” budget
Posted on 0 commentTalk about a bunch of doggerel: six hundred billion dollars for “defense.” They used to call it the War Department, before 1945; unless there was…
Well, this certainly stinks.
Posted on 0 commentPine beetles have been destroying the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Of course, they didn’t just recently develop an appetite for pines: they are called pine…
Letter to NYSDOT re: Preserving the Rails.
Posted on 0 commentSeptember 14, 2013 Raymond F. Hessinger, Director, Freight & Passenger Rail Bureau, NYS Department of Transportation, 50 Wolf Road, POD 54, Albany, NY 12232. Dear Sir: I strongly…
What I believe.
Posted on 0 commentGovernment: I believe that government of and by the people is not necessarily government for the people. We don’t usually know much at all about the representatives we…
Fran Frey obit
Posted on 0 commentFran Frey sang 26 sides for George Olsen’s band in the 1920s and early 30s. I got this obit from Ancestry.com; registration is required, so…
Mexico Obesity Rate Surpasses The United States’, Making It Fattest Country In The Americas
Posted on 0 commentIt’s hard to break old habits. With all the fun things we can do just sitting around the house, it’s not an easy thing to…
You can find ANYTHING on the Internet. Really.
Posted on 0 commentWhen I was 5, my family went to West Virginia on vacation. We took a ride on the then-new Cass Scenic Railroad. I bought a…
One of my favorite SF books.
Posted on 0 commentFlow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars It is quite fashionable, here in 2013, to say…