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A friend in need.
I spent last night in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn apartment-sitting for a friend who’s away for a wedding, but needed someone there for a previously-scheduled exterminator visit early in the morning. It was a nice change of pace, a new place to visit, and the pay was certainly not bad. However, it’s always a lovely feeling Continue reading
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Gingerbread NYC – The Great Borough Bake-Off 2025 at The Museum of the City of New York, December 7th 2025.
Image Description: a hanging sign that reads “NYC Gingerbread”. Image Description: a gingerbread rendition of the Statue of Liberty. Image Description: a gingerbread rendition of the Christopher Street – Stonewall station. Image Description: a gingerbread rendition of the Westside Tennis Club. Image Description: a gingerbread rendition of a bagel with lox and cream cheese, and Continue reading
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Rules of the Writing Road.
Sports Night S2E21, “La Forza Del Destino” – Remember, please, if you’re going out on a date and you want to impress someone, it’s a “dog eat dog world,” not a “doggy-dog world.” This is a reminder that the Rules of Grammar are never to be taken for granite. 1 Continue reading
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Trader Joe’s Mandarin Orange Chicken over white rice.
Image Description: two bowls of Mandarin Orange Chicken sprinkled with sesame seeds over white rice. December 4th, 2025. 1 Continue reading
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New Chair Day.
…or as my community refers to it, “Wheelchair Christmas”. TiLite Z in Tangerine Metallic w/ SmartDrive MX2+ Power Assist. Image Description: a brand-new TiLite Z ultralight wheelchair in Tangerine Metallic with black hardware and Smartdrive MX2+ Power Assist system, in a courtyard in lower Manhattan. December 3th, 2025. 1 Continue reading
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A BEC late lunch of champions, with hot sauce to counteract the wind chill.
Image Description: a tray containing a Bacon, Egg and Cheese on a plain bagel, with a Poland Spring water and two packets of Cholula hot sauce. 1 Continue reading
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Thankful for cooking.
Some people call me the Sauce Boss. Actually, no one calls me that, and as Sports Night (S2E11, “The Cut Man Cometh”) was helpful in reminding me, we cannot choose our own nicknames. …but this came out rather well Image description: cranberries, the juice and peels of two oranges, ginger, cinnamon sticks, and sugar in Continue reading
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Some random thoughts on Disability…
Another Disability Tax that I wager most able-bodied people don’t think about – for those of us that use backpacks in our lives, it’s more than slightly annoying to have to outfit two of them. One for ambulating, and a second for wheelchair usage. Luckily it’s not a one-to-one duplicate (regular gloves vs wheelchair gloves, Continue reading
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I blame Steiner.
I had a dream last night that I was explaining Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?” to German actress Juliane Köhler. If this were a joke, it would be easy. My sense of humor will be my Downfall. (To confirm, the dream actually happened.) 1 Continue reading
