Category Archives: The City
Andy Rooney Wishes He Thought of This Stuff
Seems like almost everybody has a flat screen TV in the house these days. You can get one for a few hundred dollars now, with high-definition that’s sharper than what you see out the living room window. And yet every … Continue reading
Filed under popular culture, The City, Uncategorized
Tom Waits sings “Waltzing Matilda”
I saw Tom in Ithaca, New York around this time, in an old Vaudeville Theatre. The marquis read, “Tom Waits, $4.” Unforgettable.
Filed under popular culture, The City
Transparent Horse Feels Awkward on Elevators
Middleburgh, NY – Fred, a transparent horse, continues to feel self-conscious when riding elevators. Sensing that other passengers are looking through him and winking at each other, he stares down at the floor or up at the ceiling until reaching … Continue reading
Filed under Headlines, popular culture, The City, The Lobby, Work
5 Signs It’s Really Snowing Out There
5. Short guys wearing snorkels 4. People at airports putting tiny chains on luggage wheels 3. Shy dweeb from high school shop class suddenly gets all kind of attitude behind wheel of city plow 2. Post Office delivers notice saying … Continue reading
Filed under Feeling Listless?, Holidays, The City, The Street
Just Say No to Nose Chowder
By now you’ve probably read of the disturbing new trend in substance abuse among American teens: the snorting of piping hot New England Clam Chowder. The kids are taking it right up the nose – first by the cup, eventually, … Continue reading
6 Minutes
On Monday afternoon, my daughter and I were sitting in the Northwest Airlines lounge at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, at the gate where the plane to Detroit was also supposed to be sitting. But this story does not turn … Continue reading
Hundreds of Old Ladies Seized
Barnstable County cat accused of spinster hoarding September 29, 2007 — Animal Welfare groups are working with Barnstable County officials to remove more than 300 old ladies living in a small ranch house owned by a local cat. Authorities who … Continue reading
Filed under Headlines, The City, Til death do us part, Women
The doorman at my cousin Len’s apartment building
in New York has been taking a correspondence course to build his vocabulary in hopes of getting a new job, and he’s beginning to annoy/exasperate/acerbate people. “Enjoy the crepuscular, ma’am?” he asked one evening, greeting the old lady who lives … Continue reading
When you take away shopping and eating,
most American cities have little to offer but exorbitant parking, traffic, and museum exhibits that depict life before there were cities.
Filed under The City
