I’m being a little optimistic here, in that I’m hoping that the presence of these two trucks parked two blocks away from my house for the past few days means that my neighborhood is getting prepped for Verizon’s Fios service. It’s no secret that I feel confined by the speed of my current DSL line,… Continue Reading
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Up my block let the summer expire…
I was up and around early enough to catch some of the West Indian Day Parade as it passed by my apartment. It was barely 9:30 and people were already partying with abandon. Admittedly, events have been going on in all the surrounding neighborhoods for the past few days. It’s the last pulse of summer,… Continue Reading
Fuck You, New York Times Real Estate Section
I watched this happen ten years ago to my old neighborhood, Fort Greene. It’s the beginning of the end for the neighborhood. Now will come the weekends of people wandering the streets “getting a feel for the area” and then the one of the big realtors will swoop in and then comes the pricing escalation… Continue Reading
One block away…
I’ve been passing these on the way to work for the last week or so; they’re a block away from my house in someone’s front yard. The school year is wrapping up, and as it does, I’m frightened to realize how much planning I need to start doing for the coming one. Running a program… Continue Reading
A decision, of sorts…
I’m being offered exciting additional responsibility in my life. I’ve spent a full weekend having some serious meltdown about everything that I’m currently committed to. It’s affecting my emotions and my health, and so I’m going to take the excellent advice that some of you have offered me in the past: I’m going to let… Continue Reading
Yassuh…
Dear Pepsico, When marketing your canned chemical/corn syrup infused water brew in neighborhoods whose population is primarily African-American, it might be better to think for a minute before using slogans that are so redolent of the dialect stylings of Messrs Amos and Andy. An’ dat’s de troof! Tags: commerce, daily photo, my neighborhood, race
There’s no eggs like…
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