י״ט באייר ה׳תשס״ג (Wednesday 21 May 2003)

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 …

י״ט באייר ה׳תשס״ג (Wednesday 21 May 2003)

… FREEDOM! I just saw the Skatalites, and they were everything I expected and more – better than the last time I saw them, in 2000. Standout songs tonight included Carry Go Bring Come, Occupation, Phoenix City, and Guns of Navarone (one of my all-time favorite Skatalites songs). I wasn’t too thrilled about Simmer Down, [...]

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

י״ח באייר ה׳תשס״ג (Tuesday 20 May 2003)

EZRA AND MIRIAM ARE GETTING MARRIED!!!!!!

Straight flush

ט״ז באייר ה׳תשס״ג (Sunday 18 May 2003)

I finally got my deck of Iraqi regime-leader playing cards! $5 on Broadway around 20th Street. Woohoo!

This weather is mad

ט״ו באייר ה׳תשס״ג (Saturday 17 May 2003)

It’s 17 May, and the temperature is 48 degrees, with a 44 degree wind chill! A wind chill in the middle of May! What is going on?

I want a refund!

י״ג באייר ה׳תשס״ג (Thursday 15 May 2003)

I’ve taken at least ten subway trips since they raised the fare from $1.50 to $2.00, which means I’ve spent $5.00 more than I would have spent if the price hadn’t been changed. It seems that now a judge has ordered the MTA to return the fares to normal! And immediately, the MTA appealed – [...]

The Starbucks vortex

ט׳ באייר ה׳תשס״ג (Sunday 11 May 2003)

When I lived in an apartment overlooking Astor Place and its two Starbucks, I used to joke that it was a Starbucks vortex and that the world was ending because there was finally a corner with two Starbucks, etc, etc. And now my cause has been taken up by the Village Voice: they conclude that [...]