Say what you want about NYC, but it destroys Europe for breakfast options. Bacon, eggs, steak, potatoes and a pot of black coffee cost $50 with tip but quality is very high.
Bought a used car from a former friend a couple years ago, turns out it had a flaw where one of the crucial belts gives out every 2Ok miles. Thought I was getting a Citroen, but really was a Citron.
Waiting at the gate some millennial libs were talking animatedly about politics. The theme was their magnanimity in not de-friending people who had abhorrent views, you know like being against βgender affirming care.β
It was this nervous attempt to find uncomfortable consensus amongst themselves for how to deal with dissenting views.
It actually took some restraint for me not to say something along the lines of: βYou people donβt know ANYTHING about anything.β Just lost souls grasping at phantoms.
Really enjoyed the night time cab ride from JFK to the city. Sikh cabbie driving the minivan like a maniac, making great time, like Virgil leading me through the various underworlds on the outskirts of town.
Decrepit motels with only one letter of the neon sign half blinking, places no doubt where overdoses and rapes are commonplace. Then the run down houses with full views of the highway, various stretches of housing projects, apartments blue-lit by TV screens.
Through the midtown tunnel and Iβm in a futuristic glass and steel world, superimposed on the old beautiful city with upscale bistros, bars and galleries. Time travel from old Europe.
Driver drops me off at my destination, tip him well, thank him for the excellent, speedy driving. Could tell he took pride in risking our lives so skillfully and appreciated the sincere compliment.
90 YO uncle having some cognitive issues,sister in law arranges to have a caretaker swing by his place to help him out. But when she knocks on the door, he refuses to let her in, tells my brother afterward he wants someone younger and more attractive.
People at airports are increasingly unhealthy looking, and many of them seem insane.
it's bullshit we crashed below 122
Charming, enthusiastic young dental hygienist makes me promise to do a whole bunch of things to improve my gums. She tells me to rub this special oxygenated gel on every night. I agree to all of it β she is so earnest, cares so much!
Get to the receptionist, tells me the cost of the cleaning, says the gel is extra. How much? 40 euros! Asks if I still want it. Tell her no, but just donβt tell the hygienist!
Like anyone else, I care what people think. But only when Iβm thinking about it. The key isnβt not to care, but not to think about it. You wonβt even know what youβre missing.
