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Jun
29 |
 White girls in too-tight tank tops and flip flops, one annoying other table sitters by asking if she can have their seats, apparently feeling entitled, (aren't they all?). 40 year old-plus "hipster" sits at the larger table marked 'Reserved for patrons with disabilities' conducting what seems to be interviews for some sort of 'film' he's producing. *eye roll*. A stream of younger, more authentic hipsters has held court since I've been here, posing for their theatrical lives. No sure if the role is technical or on-screen but judging from the business he's conducting, this producer who uses a coffee shop as his personal office would be better suited to rent space somewhere. Annoying early 30s-something sits in a corner to my right, being here since I arrived an hour ago, douchey earpiece in his ear, black Yankees cap tilted to the side while he talks to various people. Loudly. To loud, too crowded, I want more coffee.
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Jun
29 |
 Not being a fan of laws encouraging, even defending race-based quotas, I've watched the case of the New Haven firefighters make its was to the U.S. Supreme Court for the last few years. It began while I was living in Connecticut which gave me even more of a vested interest. If you don't know much about it, here's the condensed version: Several white and hispanic firefighters took a standard test, along with their African American colleagues which determined eligibility for promotions. Most, if not all of the white/Latino firefighters received high marks meeting the qualifications while some of the African American firefighters did not. The city of New Haven, Connecticut invalidated the results for the non-black firefighters in fear of being sued by the black firefighters and promoted a few of them instead... Off to court we go and judge after crazed, racist, biased judge shot them down; until today. The Supreme Court said "no", New Haven was wrong. And as you probably know, it's a serious bitch-slap to Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor who infamously dismissed those same firemen when they came before her court. Not only did she throw their case out, she issues a once-sentence shoot-down of the very serious case which had very serious merits on both sides. Oh Sonia, you silly goose.
So forgive me for wallowing in my crass political incorrectness, but this is a happy day. Affirmative Action policies lived their 15 minutes and were a good thing, only until perhaps the late 1970s. Now, they're simply an abused tool for groups who support them to win their ways into jobs and funding and services which many other non-minorities are shut-out of solely based on their race. So, cheers to the firefighters, white, hispanic AND black for dousing the flames of racial bias and draconian affirmative action rules. A good day indeed.
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Jun
27 |
 I think the only real way to describe my feelings under sunny skies is something like hearing a jazz band on a cool New Orleans fall day while sitting at a table full of hot red crawfish while getting a neck rub from Daniel Craig, or Megan Fox; take your pick.
After nearly two months, our weather here in Manhattan has finally cooperated affording us at least two-thirds of a sunny day, breezy, a bit humid but we'll take it. It's weird how the weather affects me. Clouds and rain equal no gym, fussy attitude, stoic sensibility and pie eating while sun equals everything else; gym, laughs, happy thoughts and doing my own tour of street fair food.. KnowWhatIMean? Viva en sol!
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Jun
22 |
 This photo needed it's own entry. Whatta ya think crawled up his ass? Whatever it is, it's got his wrist swinging so hard it's about to burst into a big gay glitter ball. Wurk it out girl!
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