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July 28, 2025: It’s a Monday and it’s 92F at the beginning of a heatwave. Around 45th Street and 5th Avenue I spotted a freshly dead rat in the road. Car was behind me and wanted to pull in and I clearly heard a loud squish when the car turned in and ran over the rat. I didn’t […]
July 25, 2025: Riding my bike back home from the food co-op was kind of scary today. Around Greenwood cemetery and near 27th Street and 5th Avenue, the storm clouds showed up. The sky darkened and I could see the storm hit around Sunset Park. Lots of dust and wind blowing up a mess. I was worried it […]
July 24, 2025: Had a little spill on my bike. Not an accident, but a spill. I was zooming down 5th Avenue at about 17Mph, when I gambled about braking at 40th Street. The light was turning red and I was past the yellow and thought I could zip through it, but the SUV on 40th Street was […]
July 22, 2025: Saw the odd old homeless guy who sits around and reads and listens to his radio on a bench in front of the bagel shop while out to get pizza. When I was walking back I saw he left his reading glasses behind. I almost wanted to grab them to return to him, but decided […]
July 14, 2025: There was a woman sitting next to me at the cafe mumbling to her phone as if she was dictating. Moved away from her because she didn’t even say “God bless you!” when I sneezed.
July 12, 2025: New milestone unlocked: After trudging through reading Douglas Coupland’s “Generation X” (1991) for weeks I finished reading John Steinbeck’ “Cannery Row” (1945).

 “Generation X” was okay… I cried at the end when the main character found humanity after being hugged by a bus full of kids.

 “Cannery Row” was really good. A breeze to read […]
July 8, 2025: Something very weird just happened on my iPhone 16 on T-Mobile with an eSIM; personal device. Sharing just in case anyone else experiences similar.

 My weather app temperatures on my iPhone 16 (running iOS 18.5) suddenly changed from Fahrenheit (U.S. region) to Celsius. My region in “Settings -> General > Language & Region” was oddly […]
July 7, 2025: I really hate drinking. I feel a bit ditzy when I drink, but otherwise I feel hollow hours after and a few days after. No fun. Just hollowness and that’s it.
July 6, 2025: People in working class neighborhoods in Southern Brooklyn never leave their neighborhood. Ever. I should know: I grew up in Brighton Beach back in the day. I see the same attitudes in other parts of Brooklyn as well. The people behave like urban wildlife; pigeons, mourning doves, squirrels, rats… All are focused on survival: They […]
July 1, 2025: White guy in cafe is sitting with, what I assume to be, his daughter. She is putting a smiley face on a water bottle and is eating oatmeal. Man who I assume is her dad is sitting right next to her shouting into his phone, “I need money!” And “I need money right now!” He […]