GO ARIZONA!!!!

I’m a legal American citizen and I must show my ID when: 1.  Pulled over by the police. 2.  Making purchases on my department store credit card. 3.  When I show up for a doctor’s appointment. 4.  When filling out a credit card or loan application. 5.  When applying for or renewing a driver’s license or passport. 6.  When applying [...]

NEEDED A BOOST: WENT TO SALVATION ARMY: What I got and what I heard

I was feeling low this afternoon… job woes (never mind), so I went out of the subway exit that comes up by the door to the Salvation Army Thrift Store (Sallie’s).  I just felt like there would be something there that would make me happy for cheap.  It only took me 45 minutes to come [...]

A HAPPY ENDING

A while back, I saw a TV show about Lucille Ball, and, at one point, there was a clip of another actress, who said that she did not think that Lucy had “a happy ending”. I was saddened, and I began thinking about what a happy ending is. My  grandfather died when I was 13.  [...]

WAITING FOR JEROME MURAT

I live in New York City. Everybody comes here. Even  Venezuelan bands come here.  It must be easy to schedule a performance here, because just about everyone does it at some point in time, at some place in the City.  There are so many places to play. So, how come Jerome Murat does not come [...]

VALENTINE’S DAY: JUST ANOTHER WAY AMERICANS HAVE FUN

Valentine’s Day, as it is known where I come from, is another one of our “fun”, or “light-hearted” holidays. While it is interesting to know about the early origins of Valentine’s Day, far more interesting are the ways it has been celebrated in England and America throughout the centuries, and, even much more, how Americans celebrate Valentine’s Day now.

SE PEUT-IL QUE JE DEVIENNE FOU??? I Love Jerome Murat

Yes, it is true. Today, a few told me that they had seen the video. We talked about it. We talked about how it is said that it is done. We talked about what is happening in the video. A few people started in with “existential meanings” (I don’t know what that means, but I [...]

THE NOTEBOOK: a happy ending or….???

I’ve just had a most interesting experience.  Tonight, on network TV, they were showing “The Notebook”, a movie made from the Nicholas Sparks book by the same name.  I am not usually interested in movies made from books I have read and loved, but, with The  Notebook, it is different, because James Garner is in [...]

I HAVE A CRUSH ON SOMEONE

This is so funny for me. I actually have a crush on someone. I know that I am not going to do anything about it, and even if  he figured it out, I would not go there.  I know these things.  Still, I remember when  I turned around and asked him something, and he just [...]

LAPD GETS THEIR MAN (finally)

Many thanks to the dedicated personnel of the LAPD for refusing to give up, and for doggedly pursuing their man and, ultimately, bringing him in 26 years later!!! I was alerted to this interesting development in successes by American law enforcement by a Japanese friend who wrote: I cannot believe this!. LAPD finally arrested this [...]

MAKING IT HAPPEN

a lot of people stand around an whine that they don’t have opportunities… In New York City, non-citizens actually have more opportunities than citizens, if you stop to think about it. There are free (okay, sometimes people have to pay $5) medical facilities, and (basically free or really cheap) education. People who want education, and [...]