Readers who have negotiated with suicidal friends and loved ones are familiar with the “what’s next” argument. Why off yourself now? Your chances of dying eventually are good. Once that happens, you will have all eternity to be dead. And once you are dead, you won’t be able to see what happens next. Senator supports …
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 …