Adorable Brooklyn

Speaking of departures...farewell, Jerz!

I have bid the fascinating Jerz adieu, and returned to my NY home, the beautiful borough of Brooklyn! (Much to my heart's delight.)

The graffiti in my neighborhood is awesome: someone painted "I Love You" on a building. The girls in the Latino grocery always smile and ask how I'm doing. And the crazy old men on the street call you "Baby" and like to laugh. Yes, I'm back on the dreaded G train, but ah, heck, nothing wrong with a little thing called "return." I started in NYC on the G, why not come back to it. Even though it sucks, it feels like home.

Jersey du Jour: "Dapartures"

Jersey is definitely an interesting place to live. So I'll post a few things every now and again that sometimes make one go, "Only in Jersey!"

An interesting experience taking a cab recently late in the night. A young guy is in the back seat with me (a common practice of Jersey City drivers late night is to pick up more than one passenger and charge each of them. This tends to take unusually keen geographical skill, and I am luckily one of the last ones out, so I get to chat with the driver at the end.)...so, the young guy sitting in back with me asks if I "party" and sniffs. He gives me his number and asks me to call him if I ever need anything. "I got weed, too." This kid gets out and makes the driver promise to come back for him.

As we drive away, the driver asks, "He's trying to sell you drugs, yes? He's a drug dealer." Yes. Jersey du nuit...

The pic above is of the place I catch my bus at Port Authority. I love this typo.

Hot or Not? (for Nerds!)

Rube Goldberg

What say you about this inventor of the convoluted machine that performs a simple task?
One example is his self-operating napkin. There's also a good example from the Animaniacs: Wakko devises a doozy so he can order a pizza over the phone.

Hot or Not?
And you bitches know I'm not asking about his looks!
(Geez, the name "Rube" alone gives me an answer! But I'm not a woman of average proclivities...)