Blog Post # 544
posted 11 days ago, updated about 19 hours later | 5 comments
• • This is one of the things I will keep in mind — — as I go forth during a difficult week.
• • What will the outcome be from a choice? Did I really have a choice?
• • Long I stood and looked down one path as far as I could, deciding which route ...
• • What will the outcome be from a choice? Did I really have a choice?
• • Long I stood and looked down one path as far as I could, deciding which route ...
By George
posted 11 days ago, updated about 2 hours later | 2 comments
• • MAE WEST told a reporter that she almost married George Raft [26 September 1895 — 24 November 1980], a native New Yorker and an actor most closely identified with his portrayals of gangsters in crime dramas of the 1930s — 1940s.
• • Born Georg...
• • Born Georg...
Going Dutch
posted 12 days ago, updated 1 day later | 7 comments
• • It happened back in 1609 — — four centuries ago. In a few months, we'll toast it.
• • While the official celebration for New York's 400th birthday celebration does not begin until next year, a number of Dutch officials have been spotted...
• • While the official celebration for New York's 400th birthday celebration does not begin until next year, a number of Dutch officials have been spotted...
Inez Milholland, we cannot forget you
posted 13 days ago, updated 1 day later | 1 comment
This never-to-be-forgotten leader comes to mind for many reasons. If you never met INEZ MILHOLLAND
American voters being hoodwinked
posted 14 days ago, updated about 24 hours later | 1 comment
• • Any time there is a presidential debate — — ever since 1987 — — the media tries to get a copy of the secret contract that each White House hopeful has negotiated in advance of the televised debate.
• • Did you watch the debate or listen to it ...
• • Did you watch the debate or listen to it ...
Hanging around in Central Park upside-down
posted 15 days ago, updated 1 day later | 2 comments
• • Even before David Blaine launched into a "Dive of Death," NYC bloggers were broadcasting disenchantment with the "magician" who concocts these weird challenges — — a sort of airborne Evel-Knievel-wanna-be without the handlebars and the red-whi...
Atypical version
posted 16 days ago, updated 1 day later | 3 comments
• • Last time I checked the DSM — — it was filed under D.
• • But it seems there is a new improved version — — filed under A.
• • Authors used to write biographies about notable souls who were plagued with D. Poets penned verse, wrapping sly metap...
• • But it seems there is a new improved version — — filed under A.
• • Authors used to write biographies about notable souls who were plagued with D. Poets penned verse, wrapping sly metap...
Uh-oh! The HEGI is depressed!
posted 17 days ago, updated about 20 hours later | 3 comments
• • In case you think that Wall Street's economic bungee cord has snapped back into place, you must take into account that the gold standard for measuring hard times — — the High End Girlfriend Index — — is still off the charts.
• • If the ...
• • If the ...
On September 23rd . . .
posted 18 days ago, updated about 20 hours later | 1 comment
• • On September 23rd — —
• • On September 23rd, 1806 — — Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis, after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the USA.
• • On September 23rd, 1845 — — The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first base...
• • On September 23rd, 1806 — — Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis, after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the USA.
• • On September 23rd, 1845 — — The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first base...
Romania court rules what a penis is worth
posted 18 days ago, updated about 14 hours later | 2 comments
• • What is a penis worth? In Romania, it is worth $795,000, according to a court ruling this year.
• • The court in Bucharest, Romania, ordered a doctor to pay that amount in compensation after surgery that went awry.
• • The Romanian surgeon was...
• • The court in Bucharest, Romania, ordered a doctor to pay that amount in compensation after surgery that went awry.
• • The Romanian surgeon was...
