Blogski - Photographs and Observations
Saturday, April 19 2014
Grandma in Rollers
Grandma used to do this herself, every Saturday, for long as I can remember, but needs help these days.
I haven't witnessed this ceremony in years. When I used to stay at my grandparent's place on Saturday nights, this was part of the ritual of preparation for Sunday morning's 8 am mass, along with Grandma passing out cones of White House (cherry vanilla) ice cream and Pap watching Lawrence Welk and maybe Austin City Limits if he could stay awake.
On the topic of: Easter, Family, Grandma, Hairdos, Ingomar, Memories, Pittsburgh
Thursday, March 27 2014
A Passenger Through the 2 Train
While waiting to catch the train downtown to get from Medidata HQ to PG Inc., I was wondering:
On the topic of: Exposure Experiments, Manhattan, NYC, Reportage, Subways, Trains, Transportation
Thursday, March 20 2014
At the Supreme Court of the State of New York
You're out of order! You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They're out of order!
– Al Pacino, in some movie.
I was called for jury service today. I was recused and did not have to sit through and vote or whatever on the outcome of a trial. They accepted my wholly legitimate excuse that I'm self-employed and thereby would not recover the lost wages from not working while I listened to what I could have just as easily watched on some rerun of Law and Order.
On the topic of: Brooklyn, Courts, Jury Duty, Law
