decimals

Decimal Dummy

On Sunday, The New York Times Metro section featured a giant profile of my pal Hackett.…

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television

National Exposure!

Just pissed off another morning show. Don’t guess I’ll be hearing from them again. They wanted…

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Bible, holy

The Bible According to Viveca

A few years ago my friend Slammin’ and I decided to read the Bible. Now actually…

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6 train last stop

6: Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx

Monday, February 21, 2011 We went to Manhattan. We went to Queens. Now we’ve gone to…

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Beginning of third flood

The Flood

2000 and 2010 were the worst years of my relatively good life. I wrote this story…

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Matapalo

Costa Rica 1999

January 1999 4:00 a.m. New Year’s Eve the car service shows up to take us to…

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You Are Here: Middle Village location MTA map

M: Middle Village, Metropolitan Ave., Queens

Saturday, February 19, 2011 Yesterday kids were playing basketball outdoors in t-shirts and shorts, but today…

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Manolo Blahnik shoes--NOT the ones in the story

It’s All About the Shoes

In Soho recently I was attacked by a “Going Out of Business” sale. I hadn’t bought…

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nose

The Smell

The Smell must have started between 10:00 p.m. Saturday night and 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning. It…

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Planet Venus

Venus

The F train has a section in Brooklyn that runs outside on elevated tracks. My train…

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