Recent Entries

• DEEP FREEZE

  January 1, 2018

  Last night I had to watch a large group of individuals who had just recently  escaped from the supervision of Nurse Rachett. They were congregated at the Ground Zero  in order to be able to impress future Generations with how strong and resilient they were and able to withstand extreme weather co...

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• TIMES SQUARE CUSTOM

  December 29, 2017

  Today the temperature has fluctuated between 12 to 21 degrees. Now as the daylight  darkens the temperature will sink into the low teens. The AA meeting I like on Friday nights is in an old and historic Church and   the parking area is in the Cemetery. It is about a quarter mile away from the&hel...

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• COUNTING DOWN

  December 28, 2017

  Tuesday evening I was at my Grand Kids for a visit and was surprised by an offer from my S.I.L. January 6, a Saturday I am taking my youngest Grand Daughter to a Broadway Play. It is an afternoon Matinee with a two PM. start.  They came from Outside, a story of 911 and the immediate…

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• CHRISTMAS TIME

  December 26, 2017

  Where to begin. Good or bad? I had a date Saturday night at one of NJ's best seafood restaurants, Diomede in Little Silver NJ. Under joint ownership the restaurant and a fish market abut and flourish under single ownership. It has the operations and staffing from the family that owns both. The Ch...

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• DATE IS NOW SET

  December 20, 2017

  I will be moving on January 20, 2018.  I received a call late evening Monday letting me know that the final Inspection has been passed and all systems are go. The last unresolved issue to to determine if FIOS service is allowed or if I might have to switch to Comcast. Not a biggie and…

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• RAMBLING

  December 18, 2017

  I have asked my Grand Daughter to select a restaurant  for dinner after the play. This way I don't have to worry about picking one that might be too stuffy; foo fooey, too old  or anything else repulsive to a 17 year old College Sophomore. My particular favorite in the Theater district is Joe All...

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• PATENTS

  December 17, 2017

  My grand-son-in-law ( is that an ever awkward title ) when he was young, 9-10 went with his Grand Father for dinner at a Chinese Restaurant. He became very frustrated that he was unable to use the chopsticks the Grand Father wielded with such dexterity. When later he was at home he took out penci...

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• OFF TO SHOP, NOT CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

  December 15, 2017

  Before I even get started I have to erase the song from my head. I am humming, whistling and silently singing the song from Cats, Memories. How it infected my brain I have no idea but it is there unrelentingly. I am c hanging and about ready to go out the door. Destination, Costco. I…

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• IT IS COLD FOR HERE

  December 13, 2017

  The temperature here all day has been hovering between 29 and 31 degrees. My blood and my system have not adjusted to this degree of cold. It takes me time to get comfortable with any extreme of temperature. My Mother used to proclaim that the blood needs to either thicken or thin in order for&he...

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