Yesterday, after deciding that Tobacco Unit was not helping but hindering me in my efforts to have a smoke-free residential public space in my building, I decided to make 311 inquiry one last time. If I reported the fact that these smokers also drink beer on the stairways and hallways, in fact leave their kegs on the hallway heater, would 911 then come and pay a visit.
I was asked are they doing any harm to me. I answered the smoke is definitely harming me, its visibly in all my rooms.
The answer was are they belligerent.
I said well look I am a woman forced to use my stairs because the elevator isn't working. When I get up to the last stairwell there are several beer kegs on the hallway heater. There is a man straddled on the whole stairway so I can't pass. He's drinking.
The answer was oh. Yes you can call your local precinct.
So the answer is yes 911 will prosecute liquor but not illegal smoke.
I think this tells you that if you give alot of money to the city then your product is legal no matter how many millions the City is spending on advertising to say otherwise.
Nov 30, 2007
Did you know 911 will answer liquor but not smoke?
Nov 28, 2007
Miller ain't lite at No. 6
Miller No. 6
But can you brand it?
the how to has the answer here
Do you think you should make self-googling a ritual?
see Digital Inspiration
I for one find ego-surfing in google deflating. See my googlism below, none of which are me:
Googlism for: elise miller
elise miller is a senior certified iyengar yoga teacher and founding director of the california yoga center in mountain view
elise miller is the founding director of the california yoga center in mountain view
elise miller is with us no more
elise miller is the executive director of the jenifer altman foundation
elise miller is the executive director of the jennifer altman foundation
elise miller is founder and president of equis
elise miller is currently writing cock
You might run into some real difficulties with your most common name in all of the helpful advice above.
Lifehacker throws out an SOS advisory on reclaiming your name on line here. Uh well that is unless someone hi-jacked your discarded google blog that retains your name. Yeah you might as well be on Gilligan's Island.
old blog shes-a-good-egg-martha.blogspot.com now hijacked and ranking no. 4 in the google ego surfing line up for "elise miller." However, it only has 4 posts. It has my years of blogspotting attached to it. Not even the Skipper will help me.
The proof is in my cafepress store since 2002 == here.
Go to court, hello I live in New York City, now what case do you think would be a priority to me? People who break into my apartment building and make the staircase and elevator the local bar and 911 won't come or my ego surfing? Heads or tails?
You know, maybe this common names as a brand post wasn't such a good idea.
There are over 30.7 million google links to "google identity" You can even pimp your google identity.
Maybe the brand to be afterall is "Best of Trendy." Ah millions of ego purrs. Especially when people flatter me the most by writing "the best of best of trendy" and they stay down at no. 6. purr...
Nov 27, 2007
Pimples and Freckles removed
Grandmother Ehler's father's mother was Vondersmith
Daddy Jim Constantine in front of his jewelry store "The Time" in Mansfield. His dad, a jeweler and metalsmith, was Mayor of Mansfield during Civil War time.
I stand corrected by a reader who turns out to live in New York and is my ancestor. The fact being that Dr. Vondersmith is also a grandfather for her too. I've gone and mixed up first names. So Dr. Vondersmith is Dr. Eli Vondersmith. I think he is my several great grandfather on my dad's mom's side. That would be my grandmother Ehler, the "super" serial entrepreneur.
The reader made me smile at the beauty of the internet and search engines. I had not looked Dr. Vondersmith up on the internet. I had obtained handwritten census records in 1973 in Manhattan's Census Record archives and thought that I would not find more. I've only looked up my mom's side, the reason more or less, to prove the value of the internet to her. Her bearing much animosity to computers in general, well deserved to say the least, was dissolved as I unravelled the mystery of the Constantine's for her via the internet. Oh and of course the search did require some ultra-detective finesse.
Today I searched for Dr. Vondersmith and smiled again. The reader, my new found cousin had provided this information on another forum. Dr. Vondersmith was into essential oils product and very likely not against advertising. Also as my mom always said he was a Yankee, a surgeon in the Union army, whereas her relatives were on the other side.
Vondersmith,Eli W. served as a surgeon in the Union army, company F,
unit:6 N. Y. National Guard. (30 Days, 1863.)
Newspaper: New York Daily Times, 04 April 1854 (page 4?)
PIMPLES AND FRECKLES can be removed from the face by using ELI W.
VONDERSMITH'S EXTRACT OF ROSES AND ELDER FLOWERS. I will warrant it, or the
money will be returned. Camphor Ice - Camphor Ice - A certain cure for
chapped hands and lips. Persons who are troubled with Salt (Rhoom?) will
find this an excellent remedy. Prepared only at ELI W. VONDERSMITH'S Bowery
Drug Store. No 158 Bowery, above Broome-st., and sold by Mrs. HAYES, No. 175
Fulton-st., Brooklyn.
Oh well ...touche
Nov 24, 2007
GQ has low IQ about Mayor
Lots to say here but let's just slim it down to some smoking quotes and succinctly dissect them. So Easy.
GQ has collected our mayor (NYC's that is) for 2007's Men of the Year. Also in that net from Gillette, a famous golf player, a soccer and a tennis champion.
GQ: "How did he quit smoking."
TM: "Cold Turkey...
TM: "I’m a believer that you can’t do anything partway."
To increase your "no smoking" IQ think about this:
Rudy Giuliani and Peter Vallone Sr. both drafted and placed bill to ban smoking in the bars into legislation before Mr. Bloomberg's mayoral takeover. Philip Morris (now child of Altria) took them to court and made plans to leave town. The battle for smoking in NYC bars had already been fought and would not be fought again.
And certainly the ban to quit smoking at the bar has more holes than a slice of Swiss cheese. If Mr. Bloomberg has done anything about smoking in New York it has been partway. A fact is that the smoking outside of bars has incrementally and visibly increased. The availability of free quit smoking products to those who find out about them had no scientific or medical backing except via Altria based foundations.
Factoids to chew:
- Over 50% of the bars in New York City allow smoking due to a loophole about food.
- All of the bars allow smoking at the door of their bar
- People in New York City roam the city on foot waving a cigarette on the backs, in the face and in the air of their non-smoking victims. They even throw their cigarette butts, still lit, indiscriminately up in the air, on the sidewalk, in the con ed boxes, without looking.
- People smoke voraciously all day long in front of the door of their office buildings. The truth is that workplaces are not smoke free, the smoke passes through the door and windows into the ventilation systems.
- If you call 311 about cigarette smoking in the illegal places of your apartment buildings; i.e., stairway, elevator, hallway, window awnings and laundry room; they will ask to connect you to 911. When you are connected to 911 they will say that it is not their problem. When you insist to talk to the fire department, the fire department will say they don't handle homes. When you reiterate this is a fire violation in the public spaces of the building they say maa-m its not our problem. When you write to the Fire Department Commissioner you get sent back an email from the FDNY that they will funnel the complaint to the appropriate department. When you fill out the smoke free online complaint form you will not get a followup on your complaint.
You must not lose momentum. You must keep on because your health is at stake besides the fact that you are paying $1200 a month to live in a place that is not habitable. The building owner and his manager say they are doing something but it can't be done overnight. Yet wasn't that seven months ago? Your landlord says that she can't do anything, she doesn't have time and if you want to move out you can. No mention of your $2,200 broker's fee, rent deposit or the $1,000 you had to put in locks for the apartment. She also says sadly don't worry about her; she wants you to be happy.
Somehow you must get through to the New York City partisanship and bureaucracy that you are not for complaints, you are for change!
"Besides, if it means saving lives—which we have—they can call me whatever they want. . . . But the smoking ban is just [one thing]. I’m setting up my foundation, because that’ll be my next job probably. And I gave 125 million dollars for a two-year program to try to attack worldwide smoking."
Factoids:
- Where is the proof about saving lives? In a city where most residents don't see the doctor and most residents do not have insurance, where is the proof?
- Mayor Bloomberg has palled up with Altria (parent and cover for Philip Morris) in a load of philanthropic endeavors. This is bad. It portrays Philip Morris as not bad to the children and the teens. It speaks look at all the good that Philip Morris does. Did you notice that the New Museum of Art looks like the toppling cigarettes of its most avid supporter, Altria, yet receives accolades from New Yorker architecture reviewer?
See also:
How multinational stalks the globe
Supreme Court favors Philip Morris in 2007 case
Big Tobacco has penetrated the world market with smuggling, without any regard even for the poorest third world countries.
Tested on Scientists not on Animals
Sold!
My mom rushed over to see my last haircut picture. She was disappointed, you have white skin, that picture has your skin wrong. Ok so I dusted off with some of that mineral makeup and yes, it was not my skin color, it also dried out my skin.
I don't use makeup. I liked the idea though of something transparent between me and the cigarette smoking streetwalkers of New York City. I purchased it from the beautybucks place in town. They told me that the product would be a perfect match. Strike. Did you know that Beauty.com guarantees a 100% color match and
$10 off $60 at Beauty.com!
I've now found a skin match through Whole Foods Mineral Fusion where a $20 mineral makeup kit was on sale. I paid $80 less than what I spent at beautybucks. Don't get me wrong I do enjoy learning from that place. And when I do learn, I buy something there. However, my eyes are wide open to other possibilities.
One thing about the face my mom didn't catch. My lips were cracking in the middle. I had bought a lip plumper at beautybucks. Sure I asked them for one and I didn't want it to really plump them, just lift my lower lip a bit. The product they sold me wound up cracking my lips in the middle. I went back and this time they told me about a nanotechnology product Lip Fusion by Fusion Beauty. I've tried it on a few occasions and it works. Wow it totally works, in less than a minute all those cracks are gone and appear minimized after face cleaning. Geekboy says it sure makes your lips shiny. We did notice guys passing by do double takes. Hmm I'll have to work on that one.
Geekboy said he was going to give me a $100 giftcard for Christmas. He also matched donations to each of the two veterans centers [see For Thanksgiving think of the Veterans] with what we paid for T-day dinner. Where did we eat? I am not saying but next year its definitely back to Counter. They are much better.
My big sister, Kat, has used my Starbucks giftcard idea the last two years as a present to my mom. She fills up the card before I do. No need to fuss, I'll just get Mom a giftcard at beautybucks because she doesn't have the internet. Then if Kat takes that idea the next year (though I've sworn my mom to secrecy, its mine) then I'll go back to Starbucks. Huh!
p.s. This sugar hand treatment really works. I did not use gloves to foam caulk in some more gaps and holes in my apartment. This product removed the remainder of the caulk that I struggled previous 24 hours to get off. Highly recommended. Smooth.
Nov 23, 2007
On my way to Harvest Worship my mind was moved
Arlen Oleson,
"Trouvere"
photographer, Elise Miller c2007
Central Park Thanksgiving 2007
[video here ... just a sec]
"This kind of song is customarily composed by kings and nobles and sung in the presence of kings and princes of the land so that it may move their minds to boldness and fortitude, magnanimity and liberality..." Johannes de Grocheio, a Parisian musical theorist of the early fourteenth century.
trouvère. Old French trovere from the Provençal word trobaire, meaning 'to find or invent (rhetorically)'.
-- source: wiki
Trouvere, Arlen Oleson. He allows me to share one of his songs here. You can contact him at arlentrouvere@yahoo.com to give thanks.
Nov 19, 2007
New York Public Library stands at a Dearth Of Enlightenment
Donnell Library As It Is -- the Light of Enlightenment -- Leave it as it Is! -- It Rocks!!
Voltaire, Enlightenment Era philosopher, in "Candide" attacked the nobility as oppressive to the lower class people, arrogant, and foolish.
Alice Yu (filmmaker, Sony Classics' "Saving Face") sums up the writer's struggle at 30 Rock as an attempt to preserve a middle-class of writers--
"If we don't do this, we'll end up with 20 really rich writers and a whole lot of starving artists." --"the Rock" gets picketed
The New York Public Library has signed an agreement with the Orient-Express Ltd., owners of 'Club 21', to gut the present Donnell Library structure and build a hotel with the Donnell Library left holding dear to the bottom floors (all of 28,000 virtual square feet, they say still owned by the New York Public Library, yet no plans for what services and space and design).
The Donnell Library known for its internationally renown and renovated Donnell Media Center, its renown and renovated Teen Central and its recent updated internet and reading space facilities for New York City's middle class will be without S-p-a-c-e (see "Hotel takes Teens' Dream").
That S-p-a-c-e wasn't even sold for an amount that would be useful to finding a suitable and equitable relocation. $59 million for 54,000 square feet in the most prime district of Manhattan, Rockefeller Center, across from MOMA and next to MAD. And the bargaining position was uniquely in the New York Public Library's favour. Orient-Express Ltd. (parent of 'Club 21') needs this occupied space to go forward as a profitable company.
The very architecture of the Donnell Library is an icon of the Middle Class. The American architect, Aymar Embury II, Princeton graduate and WWI veteran, built Middle Class country houses, playgrounds, zoos, parks and others recreational spaces for the Middle Class. He worked on many projects with Robert Moses, then commissioner of New York City Parks, famous for Manhattan's Central Park and Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
The Donnell Library architecture compliments the Rockefeller Center and does not make much to do about the freakishly and foreigners expanding MOMA architecture. Its exterior is made of Indiana Limestone, now considered to be a desirable building material for the "green" society. And as for its luck, the Donnell Library has always been lucky. Always having generous philanthropers to step up to the batter's place whenever it was in need.
"Folks, batter up! The Donnell Library is now in need!!"
Those few words would have easily and immediately funded the plumbing and infrastructure needs of the Donnell Library. And yet, there was a Hush! Silence, as private equity club members enjoyed a drink next door at 'Club 21."
As one who has lived in New York City long years, I cannot even fathom the empty hole that the City will suffer without the balancing Donnell Library structure in Rockefeller Center. I, for one, do not want this City to continue on its "Hedge Fund and Private Equity Only! Please!!" path. Its pretty apparent that Mr. Bloomberg's company, a company that serves the hedge funders with modelling software and data terminals that hedge funders say makes their companies possible, enjoys the kind of City he has created and the values of the City have become exclusively for Hedge Fund investors only, whether they be American or from foreign soil, as is Orient-Express Ltd.
I am not at all sure what happened to Dr. Paul LeClerc, New York Public Library's President, with his passion for Voltaire's "Candide." Surely his passions have changed, leaving the New York Public Library at a Dearth of Enlightenment (see Demystifying the Offices of the New York Public Library).
As for the Rockefellers ....they have always made a point of philanthropy to elevate the standard of the middle and lower classes' living.
In January 12, 1982, the New York Times writes about David Rockefeller's vision of addressing "the severe need of the city's middle-income wage earners (a group Mr. Rockefeller defined as earning between $15,000 and $45,000 annually) for affordable housing and to help New York retain and enlarge its bloc of middle-income taxpayers."
They write also of a real estate marketing expert's opinion on Mr. Rockefeller's ambitions. --
''It's very vague now, but I do know David Rockefeller doesn't like to fail. If people at this level attempt some solutions, there's a high chance of success, no matter what the odds.''
-- "About Real Estate: The Rockefeller Proposal for Middle-Class Homes."
And so, to Alice Yu, Tina Fey and all the other writers striking at 30 Rock, Rock on!! The Rockefellers would approve. May your spirit move Donnell Library patrons, users and supporters to take action now, before it is too late! Attempt it and you will not fail!
Nov 18, 2007
For Thanksgiving think of our Veterans
When they come home where do they go?
Fisher House
Charity Navigator Rating 63.92
The Center for the Intrepid
Charity Navigator Rating 64.88 (run under auspices of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum).
I will pledge whatever Geekboy and I spend on our Thanksgiving meal to each organization.
Its hard living paying 85% of your income as rent for your crime and smoke ridden NYC apartment. Still, these young people who served Bush's administration wishes in Iraq come back to a cold shoulder, no home, nothing. Look at how the people who sent them to Iraq hold the pursestrings of these service people's future. They have a home, something to eat and healthcare.
No veteran should have to be homeless or jobless or without proper healthcare.
Give thanks through helping the less fortunate out whenever you can, Thanksgiving and everyday.
Nov 17, 2007
How much is that Air Space Outside the Window?
Leave the Donnell Library the Way it Is. It Rocks!
Cuius est solum, ejus est usque ad caelum et ad inferos
("To whoever owns the land, shall own the earth to its center and up to the heavens")--Wiki air rights
New York Times, November 30, 2005, "$430 a Square Foot, for Air? Only in New York Real Estate"
How do you build a "35-story apartment tower with views of Central Park from the high floors," when there ain't no such land?
Well... buy the air rights from the Christ Church on Park Avenue for $30 mill (2005 values) and the air rights of the Grolier Club at East 60th Street for $7 mill (2005 values).
Humma, in today's values wouldn't that be even more than what the Orient-Express Ltd. has agreed to pay New York Public Libraries for land space?
Nothing like thinking outside of the space? Could it be that New York Public Library could have its land and eat it too?
Making the Customer's Experience all that it can be -- Muji
I walked down to Canal / Broadway last night to answer Muji's Premier invite. What will they add to New York City?
Grumble, grumble, a line outside the door. Humma
They politely explained that they don't want too many people in at one time. They want their customers to enjoy their shopping experience.
I noted while waiting that they had some ottomans to sit on inside.
I am used to a line that wraps inside the whole store. Like in Trader Joe's (very practical, shopping while in line) or Whole Foods Time Warner (all the foods you can't reach and customers who want you to drag their cart along with you if you don't mind. Did I say I do so like the people that work there at WF, but yeah, i-hh).
Ah, the retransformation of the New Yorker by Muji.
Muji did not spothog the real estate in the NYC. Why they did not even take the whole sidewalk. They took just enough space and made it neutral and as spacious as possible. It was very crowded inside because the aisles were narrow. This is not a complaint. It is just a momentary adjustment in my customer trained thinking.
Not one New Yorker was rude in that store. They were all saying I am sorry, excuse me. What? No shoving? hmm, liking it better?
True, at times I thought, no I don't really like this store. That thought just bounced into the light and wafted upwards. I don't know what happened to me, something changed inside, a nice thing. I wound up very much liking the store, appreciating everything about it. I like them, nice people, people you want to know.
You must go, Muji, on Broadway, next to CB2, north, off of Canal.
Nov 16, 2007
Hotel Takes Teens' Dream via a 'Hush' Deal
During the Bloomberg administration library services have been the first to go. Now the actual real property is being quietly sold off. Three libraries to date have been split, the lesser part to the library, the greater part to some sort of deluxe sleeping arrangement with Columbia University, Soho Condos and Rockefeller Park Condos.
The latest move, to put a speakeasy's hotel and restaurant on top ("Club 21"), the two to lord over the basement, where a children's and teenagers library and internationally acclaimed media center of the Donnell Library has resided, is just plain without taste and cannot be tolerated.
Last Friday I started a multi-use campaign. You'll be getting some delightful wee bits of it each day. Trust me, the fat lady has not sung.
In 2002 the Donnell Library received $1 million to renovate its Media Center. That Center was abuzz on opening day with state and federal Senators, NYPL President and even Speaker Quinn when she was council person; all patting each other on the back for their fine technical achievement, a job well done.
Yesterday I quoted the COO (chief operating officer) of Donnell Library's remark on the November 2007 sale announcement. "Donnell Library was down on its luck" he said. This new, 70+% smaller space, would be finally, yawn, technically correct. Perhaps he doesn't get it but the community that uses it is just fine with the technicalities right now. They are happy. Donnell Library Rocks in the Rockefeller Center!
Again the reviews of the then "new" Donnell Media Center (14,500 sq ft), a mere five years ago in 2002, NYPL press, were, simply amazing.
"The renovation of the Donnell Media Center positions the Donnell Media Center positions the Donnell library Centers as a premier site for film, video and spoken word study and enjoyment,"--Dr. Paul LeClerc
"It reaffirms some of America's most cherished values--the free exchange of ideas and information and the opportunity for people to connect with each other and discover the tools to improve their lives...The Donnell Media Center is one of the true gems of the NYPL system."--City Council member (now speaker) Christine Quinn.
note: the renovation of the 14,500 square foot Donnell Media Center was designed by Sen Architects and managed by the New York City Department of Design and Construction.
In February 2004, a mere 3 years ago, a $275,000 renovation was made by Jennifer Nobis Architects along with team librarians and teens' dreams. The renovation created a teen center inside of Donnell Library that was every teen's dreams (adult were and still are green with envy, though they certainly did have their share of the bountiful Donnell Library).
Wowsa for a now 'down on its luck' library:
Complete redesign of the interior public service areas
· Surround Sound stereo system and a 36-inch TV with a DVD player
· Wi-Fi Access
· Two lounge areas
· Circulating collections of popular music CDs and teen DVDs
· 12 new computers for public use
· Glass-enclosed quiet/study room for teens who need a space to work without the music
· Attractive lighting, carpeting, and new finishes throughout
· Teen-friendly furniture, including a new Information Desk
and so much more see further NYPL press.
The truth is the Donnell Library until November 11 or whenever the signing of the agreement between the Orient-Express and NYPL was not down on its luck. Estates and individuals easily grant their largesse to this library.
Nov 15, 2007
Demystifying the offices of the New York Public Library
Donnell Library as it is ROCKS -- SAVE THE LIBRARY AS IT IS!!! thurs 11/15/2007 cellphone photo by trendy
The Orient-Express has signed an agreement with the New York Public Library to purchase 58,000 square feet for $59 million dollars. It "will allow" the Donnell Library to retain the 28,000 square footage that Orient Express did not purchase.
Some statements from the highest paid offices at the New York Public Library have left me completely mystified. With such credentials why did they not get the Donnell Library a far better deal? Why was it done in secrecy and so quick? Yes, so quick as to leave Orient-Express still scrambling to the New York City Council to approve the 11-12 floor hotel plan at the Donnell Library's location.
"Dr. LeClerc’s salary increased in fiscal year 2005, which ended June 30 of last year, to $464,170 from $356,512, according to the library’s tax documents."--NY Times
The Orient-Express's high-end desireability is well known in financial circles.
"Sternlicht, (Starwood and Crillon in Paris) wants to expand luxury market presence. He owns 4.5% of OEH stock).
Schwartzman (Blackstone has billions of hotel company buyouts, they own Savoy Group in London).
Davis of Von Essen "hungry to add to its own collection."
This would put the Donnell Library in a creme-de-la-creme position as Orient Express Club 21's next door neighbor to hold steady for the best bid possible. Yet, no, only a $1,017 a square foot. Why? In its position across from MOMA, in the aura of the Rockefeller Center cachet, Donnell Library is worth a $1 billion or more to the Orient-Express. What went on behind those doors?
Why the pandering to the public about their perceived shortcomings of Donnell Library? Donnell Library is a beautiful library that serves its community well. Spacious, not any hotter than other libraries. Surely funds could have been raised to greenify the library as Time Warner's 59th Street station. Its a poor, poor excuse for a very bad deal.
Paul LeClerc the current holder of President of the New York Public Library speaks about the old parts of the building, non-working elevators, air conditioners, too expensive to fix.
David Offensend, Chief Operating Officer of the New York Public Library, left his position at Evercore Partners as co-head (along with Blackstone alumni founders, Austin Beutner and Roger Altman) upon taking the library officer position in 2004. (see more at zoom) He tells us the library "was down on its luck. The cost of renovating Donnell is prohibitive. With this agreement, we'll be able to embark on the creation of a technologically advanced Donnell Library for our users, one that can set the standard for the 21st century."--to the New York Times
Evercore Partners deals with real estate ventures and private equity loans.
recent Evercore history:
August 7, 2007 Evercore looms
November 1, 2007 Evercore Booms
march 2006 sea containers sold its shares of orient express - wiki
Nov 13, 2007
The Media is trying to get you to believe that Smoking is a non-issue
I tried my best this weekend to find one single media source that was not full blast, in the whole week long campaign of making "smoking levels dropped off dramatically in past few years," a factoid.
| George Bush Presidential Library Foundation | College Station , TX | $15,000.00 |
Here's a factoid for you:
"Philip Morris/Altria makes more money--nearly $700 million--from cigarettes smoked by kids in the U.S. than all other tobacco corporations combined. This dominance can be traced to the Marlboro Man."
--April 2006 The American Legacy Foundation see Stop Corporate Abuse
Pity here for the cigarette smokers and their nicotine addiction. It was raining Friday night in New York City. All up and down Madison and Fifth avenue there were 10s of 100s seeking shelter as they smoked in front of the building and store fronts, doors wide open. All I could think was opium den and public masturbation as they pleased the pleasure seeking cells neediness for nicotine. And their massive activity took one fire engine truck of about 10 firefighters to cry through the streets and put out one trashcan that had a plastic bag full of coke cans and cigarette butts (some of which were still lit). The smoke from that was in the stores and of course, the customer's lungs. Not a pleasureable experience at all.
Not legal. And when I come home, all my rooms are filled with smoke. Yet I've done all the things a hardworking person would, sealed the top and bottom baseboards, covered the airconditioners, insulated the door, windows closed. The problem is cigarette smokers spit in the eye of the law. They say to me we don't give a damn, they (the City) can't make us. And right they are since July of 2007 I have at least weekly submitted smoke free complaints to New York City Health Department and have not received one single response from them. True I did complain to 311 and the Tobacco Unit got back. And we did do this little exercise where I called 311 and begged to talk to a supervisor and had them fill out a form for me. Still zap nothing. So yes those lawbreakers knew well the eye of the law. They are to this day, smoking in the elevator (next to my apartment), stairwell (next to my apartment) and in the hallway. They additionally smoke right outside the building's door ( and I do mean right outside, just open the door). Let's not talk of health issues. Let's talk about the disgusting wrenching smell that you must drag around with you all day long.
Nov 11, 2007
Al Gore wins for President
key word search. The results are in:
46.2 mil = "gore for president"
33.3 mil = "thompson for president"
20.6 mil = "giuliani for president"
18.4 mil = "mccain for president"
1.94 mil = "edwards for president"
4.6 mil = "clinton for president"
1.2 mil = "obama for president"
847,000 = "bloomberg for president"
680,000 = "edwards for president"
655,000 = "romney for president"
519,000 = "gravel for president"
7 = "kuchinek for president"
To those not on the list where they want to be, four words:
font used is "Independence"
oh, and Googling on...
Go Gore!
Registering to vote:
In the United States: registertovote
In New York State:
Military Voting
enterable form online, will cost you paper, ink and a stamp to mail, you can save the copy for your records. here
In person:
county board of elections
Absentee voting
If you don't vote...
3 Characteristics of a Future Husband, the answer is in his Jeans
If he wears designer jeans it may become an issue. Ok. One pair of 7's never hurt anyone.
3 Characteristics of a Future Husband:
1. Dependable classics He must have alot of heart.
2. Just in case its your turn, Easy care Khaki Nano.
hmm...
3. Yes, authentic
Mum Bloomed Last Night in NYC
Mum spent their last night of a long North American tour at New York Society for Ethical Culture on Saturday. No sign of the wear and tear of an oftentimes grueling schedule.
They make light out of sound and sound out of space. They juggle new instruments and fit them into their art's finessed layers. If you listen close, the lyrics and titles are quite witty. What can you say about a band that has a woman who plays the cello, a drummer who hugs happy birthday wishers and an audience that plays the kazoo on stage? Magical, simply magical.
Yes. I'll say it once again, Mum believes in hugging.
All the bands and musicians in this Series Concert No. XIV were innovators of sound and space.
Hauscha from Dusseldorf was at times the mentor to his instrument, teaching it new ways to sound. He painted landscapes and then at the end played with the piano.
David Moore and his band Bing and Ruth from Brooklyn seemed the opposite of Mum, though weren't they crafting the same concept? Intense at times and one did think Iceland, Brooklyn, Iceland, how different. This Brooklyn Band as if a sommelier, reserved their notes, meditated on them and then, only when they were most perfect, most ready, ever so carefully delivered them to their adored audience. They too were teaching their instruments new ways to think.
Upon leaving Central Park West I couldn't help pinch and wonder had I just been on holiday?
Nov 10, 2007
Nov 9, 2007
How to wear Jeans everyday to work and...
look great doing it!
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Free the Hug!
Who'd a thunk?
Two different ways to free the hug.
Hugging outside Hug Ban Gates in Oak Park School (Illinois)
Juan Mann, a hug visonary. His mission to reach out and brighten up a stranger's life was banned. Hugs prevailed.
Free the hug! Need a hug? Huggers abound at Union Square.
Free the hug!
Freebies Delight
At lunchtime today I passed by Grand Central.
CVS was gifting New Yorkers with a can of Red Bull, regular or sugarfree and the new Evian sports water and...a coupon for $5 off any $15 purchase while shopping at CVS/pharmacy on 42nd and 3rd. [gosh it was hard to take pictures in that lunch crunch, the cvs gifters were so nice about it.]
I heard more than once in the crowd, the cry of delight that the Evian bottle costs $3, that's cool!
Well a picture is worth a thousand words.
CVS gives out non-plastic bags when you shop there. They have generous aisles, stocked neatly without clutter. You are greeted at the door by the store manager, as in all CVS stores. Come to think of it the crowd marketers at Grand Central were also greeting us and inviting us to CVS stores, most graciously, as we passed by the Station. Job well done.
Personally, I delight in the cosmetic counter. Boots No. 7 and Vichy are to die for (you know what I mean, to work overtime and then dazzle 'em).