I have written previously about The Third Policeman, by Flann O’Brien (Kerrymen are reminded that the blue text indicates a link, and that if you click on a link, things happen). Nominally, it is about a man being punished in the afterlife for a murder, but in substance it is a bunch of comic pyrotechnics, …
One exception to the striped New York State rule is an ecdysiast who used to live in my park in central New York. In early 2020, I noticed that she had a Biden-Harris lawn sign on her lot. Downstate skews democrat and leftish. Upstate skews Republican. This resident was a small blue island in a …
When I worked in the corporate world, people used to say, “If you want something done, give it to a busy person.” Occasionally, a really pissed off secretary or Lady Lawyer would say, “If you want something done well, give it to a busy woman”. The idea was that, if someone wasn’t busy, that was …
-Excellent. How long will it take to cure? That’s me, responding to a photo that an installer texted me today of a newly-poured pad for a new home that I ordered in February. The home was supposed to arrive from the factory the first week of November. Now, it is due next week. –8220 days …
You can relax. Governor Hochul has requested an additional $996m additional funding for the state ERAP program from the federal Treasury Department. Your ERAP request will be granted shortly. Just kidding. I have requested ERAP funding for my resident who owes $3,000 and received $877 in funding. Ditto, my resident who received $7,500 and then …
Here is a text exchange between me and a tenant who lives in a POH in my park in northern New York. Her husband or boyfriend is the brother of a woman named Fatima, who I have written about before (Fatima is the woman who hit the jackpot when her husband tried to kill himself …
Last night, a call came in from a contractor named Adam who is doing some work on a home in my park in central New York while I was talking with my wife. I ignored it. After I finished speaking with the Boss, I noticed that he had not left a voice message, and so …
Hid Your Own Easter Eggs Here are two quotes from recent client interactions: You know my name. I came to this country when I was nine years old, I am a very successful business man, and my net worth is greater than a hundred million dollars. I am insulted that you would suggest that I …
(The following was written while I was on hold, waiting to speak with an ERAP operator.) “Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else—if you run very fast for a long time, as we’ve been doing.” “A slow sort of country!” said the Queen. “Now, here, you …
-I think lobotomies should be allowed in some cases. -Dad! -Really. -Like, who? -The guy who sucker-punched Mike. -He needs treatment. -Far away from Mike and the rest of his neighbors. -He is bipolar! -He is dangerous. That’s me and my son. He and his little sibling had just made a snarky reference to lobotomies. …