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The art of getting ahead
“He’d once told me that the art of getting ahead in New York was based on learning how to express dissatisfaction in an interesting way. The air was full of rage and complaint. People had no tolerance for your particular hardship unless you knew how to entertain them with it.” – Don DeLillo, White Noise [...]
Unsolicited advice
On Thursday I was in Queens (on purpose!) and passed an art gallery. I stopped in and had a quick look around. Nothing much captured my attention. On the way out I noticed a big painting of Michael Jackson circa “Bad.” Or at least I thought it was a painting. A closer examination revealed that [...]
Escape
One week free to do whatever I wanted and temperatures under 90 = bliss. Thanks, Brooklyn!
Little Russia by the sea
This afternoon at Brighton Beach, a grandpa says to me that despite his thick Russian accent, he can speak better English than I can. And he can prove it. I bite and ask him how. He asks me what the difference is between “confident” and “confidential.” I give him a straight answer. No, he tells [...]
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