tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90641239722419563272023-11-16T11:15:26.996-05:00Love All Serve AllElenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.comBlogger286125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-42779425061409013332013-01-10T04:19:00.001-05:002013-01-10T04:19:42.798-05:00Wig-A-Rama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Moral of the story: if you need a Man Wig, a Woman Wig, or a fire wig, come to Jackson Heights.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-17920497887183823162012-12-22T06:01:00.000-05:002012-12-22T06:01:17.115-05:00Oh Yeah, It's Always a Festival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From the Transit Museum.
This is why we have to hope that print ads never go out of style.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-38884670484231688932012-12-20T06:07:00.003-05:002012-12-20T06:07:48.952-05:00So Many Fetishes Wrapped Into One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Holidays! Did you want to see erotic asphyxiation? Bondage? Amongst stuffed animals? With a holiday theme? Well, Santa pulled it all together in one neat display. Go to 46th Street and 43rd Avenue in Sunnyside to see it first hand.
But seriously, mad props to to whomever works so hard to create these really fun scenes. Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-70083836238568529892012-12-11T19:53:00.002-05:002012-12-11T19:54:32.074-05:00SLUG<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Visiting the VersaillesElenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-2840725424532141242012-11-21T04:21:00.000-05:002012-11-21T04:21:03.305-05:00Bone In Lamb. Poor LambWho knew Costco could be so much fun?
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Isn't Coco gorgeous? So classy. And her new man is Halal!
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The Great Wall of Velveeta. They should have The Great Wall of Lipitor directly next to this.
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This may possibly be the least appetizing thing I've ever seen.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Alice and her nutcracker. I was mortified. She laughed her head off.</span></div>
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So, what's new? <br />
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On this end, Alice died, Mary Katherine moved to Atlanta, Jeditor moved to Austin, I changed jobs, lost my new job, boys came and went, friends stayed, Made new friends, finished my book, "Little on the 7," and Obama was re-elected. My Karate practice is moving along, joyfully and painfully.<br />
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I have learned to sleep!<br />
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After mom died I had a "sleepcheeto" summer, but I'm bouncing back.<br />
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Please, keep visting me here - new fun stuff to be posted soon.<br />
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<br /><div>Beautiful and I were in Astoria and passed an insurance brokerage. This is the painting on their window. Let's review the possible insurance needs for this family:</div>
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<br />Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-73837356202880141682011-07-15T04:35:00.002-04:002011-07-15T04:43:04.779-04:00Why the BBC is Actually the Best New Source<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMEl9dCBgECp3aLp36spZRIdfEPCnQtM4DTp-g8ya2hEFwIs02vPmx-EQd2qSjeqKJeR7AtyAHBp9K72kXg5f0kzkJg4YobPc_WfIIB8979RPeW6se0BjeoliNzJdBqpwvNRTdk79fTb-/s1600/pasta.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629495451567572738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMEl9dCBgECp3aLp36spZRIdfEPCnQtM4DTp-g8ya2hEFwIs02vPmx-EQd2qSjeqKJeR7AtyAHBp9K72kXg5f0kzkJg4YobPc_WfIIB8979RPeW6se0BjeoliNzJdBqpwvNRTdk79fTb-/s400/pasta.jpg" /></a> "An Austrian atheiest has won the right to to be shown on his driving-license photo wearing a pasta strainer as 'religious headgear'" He said that "the sieve was a requirement of his religion,pastafarianism."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523">Here </a>is the link to prove that this is for reals...<br /><br /><br /><div></div>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-53953210712944199372011-06-16T04:00:00.001-04:002011-06-16T12:02:58.514-04:00Why $15 a Month for the NYT Might be a Sound Investment<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7XqTlztGdUK0KZXUAjO-GxsXC3XGGM3-SHdANDclh5FYxZTYr-e-eGLonPl6LBo_SqXS1ZeDTeDFodIORyjIhLSbNqMZQ8Apsj_vc4vfXQYbjq47pSo7KeMqRAmCDTw8GF-8KqUe5Mnx/s1600/armadillo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7XqTlztGdUK0KZXUAjO-GxsXC3XGGM3-SHdANDclh5FYxZTYr-e-eGLonPl6LBo_SqXS1ZeDTeDFodIORyjIhLSbNqMZQ8Apsj_vc4vfXQYbjq47pSo7KeMqRAmCDTw8GF-8KqUe5Mnx/s400/armadillo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600693851874646018" border="0" /></a><br />I used to read the NYTimes on line "cover to cover" daily. Like a good NY liberal I also listened to NPR and read El Diario. But now that the Times requires a subscription, I look elsewhere. Like Yahoo. Here's a sample (the pic and all the info swiped directly from Yahoo) of the "news" they offer from one article linking human leprosy to armadillos...<br /><br />"DNA tests show a match in the leprosy strain between some patients and these prehistoric-looking critters — a connection scientists had suspected but until now couldn't pin down."<br /><br />Better living through chemistry?<br /><br />"The risk of getting leprosy from an armadillo is low"<br /><br />Whew!<br /><br />"DNA samples were taken from 33 wild armadillos in Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, where they're sometimes referred to as "hillbilly speed bumps" because they're often run over by cars."<br /><br />WTF?<br /><br />"Of the 15 patients for whom researchers had information, seven said they had no contact with armadillos; eight said they did, including one who routinely hunted and ate them."<br /><p>"Leave the animals alone," advised lead researcher Richard Truman of the National Hansen's Disease Programs.<br /></p><p>Yup. Leave them alone.<br /></p><p> "I would not cuddle armadillos," said Dr. Warwick Britton of the University of Sydney in Australia, who had no connection with the study. </p>Seriously, leave them alone.<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615043663979381730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCXT21GYeopvbwTxJ5kpzfs-FiF6SKGahR7t7fDMpDW2_YqB8GYzLtIxCIkB7pDdY0Lg52B2I9UDUltCdQiK6Ahcma1F3WZJ0TmPOAkU14ZCYs_HXqzbiJHdY7Hz077bNknm4NVMmSSiC/s400/feather+ladies.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLy1k9c09xEMqMZVGgL8rbvDhsuno4FcQd-CQKzsdHAmp1G6hTYUMiHgEov8lFk4ipmkIDT1bWLXdBz8yE7cNH4wPFysHcCl55ute3hgTwJYb2kXHgKD9LLoG9go3FdYfRu9HoHTVyN_7/s1600/feather+gladiator.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615043421033774882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLy1k9c09xEMqMZVGgL8rbvDhsuno4FcQd-CQKzsdHAmp1G6hTYUMiHgEov8lFk4ipmkIDT1bWLXdBz8yE7cNH4wPFysHcCl55ute3hgTwJYb2kXHgKD9LLoG9go3FdYfRu9HoHTVyN_7/s400/feather+gladiator.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsrpnIMAiiLM6uBUP2JC8EderPGCEwE5N7au3J-MBrnkJXrBD6XNjDy7_gOnpAtM4iemfUsAtaRhNdY4iQKHUPyvCgvvL6JnG-dUPhsqC7SFLDh6PUn4pob6KGg1kYoUfnX7YZRDAG4YA/s1600/dark+angel.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615043194795201570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsrpnIMAiiLM6uBUP2JC8EderPGCEwE5N7au3J-MBrnkJXrBD6XNjDy7_gOnpAtM4iemfUsAtaRhNdY4iQKHUPyvCgvvL6JnG-dUPhsqC7SFLDh6PUn4pob6KGg1kYoUfnX7YZRDAG4YA/s400/dark+angel.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwGfhhsLxN2xmnbWb2nGm6qT_8Wbp3QK-qBDlsfwUs0jwdLUigxEgSEbPX9isuQ2nFdIhmhSzPSTa0pIXo7POJG6PzVUZLXe0wgAcvFMjVFusfpc8MqeUCDSkyKAlBwjsRWwLQWcJSRyT/s1600/rainbow+dress.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615042599763414210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwGfhhsLxN2xmnbWb2nGm6qT_8Wbp3QK-qBDlsfwUs0jwdLUigxEgSEbPX9isuQ2nFdIhmhSzPSTa0pIXo7POJG6PzVUZLXe0wgAcvFMjVFusfpc8MqeUCDSkyKAlBwjsRWwLQWcJSRyT/s400/rainbow+dress.JPG" /></a><br />Pride 2011 was AWESOME. Great friends, good food, dancing, love, energy.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-58371091370342472652011-06-02T04:20:00.000-04:002011-06-02T10:03:42.996-04:00Serenity<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBZ8GzXw2BZzJ4C6Hg11sKk5WUjkAmuRlrRHf-sFn8fa5kjjdFYRu5TGCUmc1UOd7wGpWjNcOSjzlu1dZOqEhTgGf193C27ns5bOURUc0k9CGAVY3H433nwCt7_t_aGOIuKWOrNaI3t3N/s1600/machete.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 389px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBZ8GzXw2BZzJ4C6Hg11sKk5WUjkAmuRlrRHf-sFn8fa5kjjdFYRu5TGCUmc1UOd7wGpWjNcOSjzlu1dZOqEhTgGf193C27ns5bOURUc0k9CGAVY3H433nwCt7_t_aGOIuKWOrNaI3t3N/s400/machete.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613333638213293650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Actual quote from a co-worker:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">"I have a machete in my car and a knife in my pocket."</span><br /></div>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-21529260382920177102011-06-01T05:05:00.002-04:002011-06-01T05:10:46.396-04:00Standard Response<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQRHkQAs1eavjchKvm5K_vRxmznOVmRstPoi3WEyN9hPAsad7k1o16KupXAkA7rTLX_fpgNWCSAhU1jSkH_imrw_bGvjKwQaoHoi1-vpaZ2Rbu7_P0b3OS8p-9VmtFk2OS13R09NMjlZw/s1600/dullsville.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613174991971204818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQRHkQAs1eavjchKvm5K_vRxmznOVmRstPoi3WEyN9hPAsad7k1o16KupXAkA7rTLX_fpgNWCSAhU1jSkH_imrw_bGvjKwQaoHoi1-vpaZ2Rbu7_P0b3OS8p-9VmtFk2OS13R09NMjlZw/s400/dullsville.jpg" /></a><br />Here are some sample conversations with my mom:<br /><br />Mom: What did you do yesterday?<br />Me: I went to the park with the Varmints<br />Mom: Dullsville<br /><br />or another<br /><br />Mom: How was class?<br />Me: It was great! We practiced controlled take-downs<br />Mom: Sounds awful.<br />Me: No, it was awesome. I learned a lot.<br />Mom: Dullsville<br /><br />You get the idea. Imagie my surprise when I saw 7 across.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-29934629758608614682011-05-25T19:26:00.002-04:002011-05-25T19:33:13.504-04:00Dear Ativan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzUy4cXw7bruEIMcAH_FScrYEcavldtboDkOdp3S7sR9w1FYLunG78NYzttMAcjWRBA7k_SIMMlURo7uvxlTiJV6o1NXIwzNqtTZUBAulebj397wCaZO6ZeIbK7uyoNk9ND7w-FLEVxda/s1600/ativan.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 221px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610799307414825074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzUy4cXw7bruEIMcAH_FScrYEcavldtboDkOdp3S7sR9w1FYLunG78NYzttMAcjWRBA7k_SIMMlURo7uvxlTiJV6o1NXIwzNqtTZUBAulebj397wCaZO6ZeIbK7uyoNk9ND7w-FLEVxda/s400/ativan.jpg" /></a> Dear Ativan,<br /><br />I love you. I don't mean in a "who's your buddy, who's your pal?" kind of way. I love you like I would give you a kidney. Like I would leave you my 403b. LikeI would shave my cha cha for you (sorry MK.)<br /><br />Because if she didn't start taking it again I was going to start shooting heroin, probably directly into my eyes (sorry again MK) and then I would have to write a different letter - several different letters - as I was working my steps.<br /><br />Oh Ativan, you are a miracle.<br /><br />And to be fair, 2 1/2 years is a very long time, and it is an awful, awful, awful way to slowly die. And if I were in that position I don't know that I'd do much better. But I would take my fucking Ativan!Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-91934601381509588432011-05-18T07:10:00.002-04:002011-05-18T07:12:58.863-04:00Email From a Potential Date<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYoOj2NpZyIvmsV6ksYBHR7K8vF2S1bFL-jF_Nz2pD2AZFBwQoYW_r0BRdDHymQmUN2gevdvTBbKE2DgUTEt9pbEezTvPxwsi3TUtYtxYKv0GOTyQQYRqcgF3wXTe27Mt6t7xxlESFOhP/s1600/mango_food-5519.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYoOj2NpZyIvmsV6ksYBHR7K8vF2S1bFL-jF_Nz2pD2AZFBwQoYW_r0BRdDHymQmUN2gevdvTBbKE2DgUTEt9pbEezTvPxwsi3TUtYtxYKv0GOTyQQYRqcgF3wXTe27Mt6t7xxlESFOhP/s400/mango_food-5519.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608012000215549298" border="0" /></a>Hey Elena,<br /><br />How are you? I think you are really cute. Let's go out sometime, we could do something really fun. I have a mango in my pants.<br /><br />-Mr. X<br /><br />Really? Seriously? Wha?Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-5533212930758203252011-05-14T07:38:00.002-04:002011-05-14T07:41:07.427-04:00You've Heard of Home Schooling?<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuH13dk0Iw5KMpnFlH-2E8jrK0C7Qg14Zjw3y7i4vLL62dGeCH02nmTmBX0EjgW5GRXE3Nfda8N2BJ7-_JeqspjEPQIbA4TfaaR0CuwGOyApNiRb4HwBL7WLZDATnzU2KnPuABwXFwZp_3/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606535180701747970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuH13dk0Iw5KMpnFlH-2E8jrK0C7Qg14Zjw3y7i4vLL62dGeCH02nmTmBX0EjgW5GRXE3Nfda8N2BJ7-_JeqspjEPQIbA4TfaaR0CuwGOyApNiRb4HwBL7WLZDATnzU2KnPuABwXFwZp_3/s400/2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><br />Well, this is what home chemo looks like...</span></div>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-41043044826936342782011-05-12T14:21:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:47:33.234-04:00Blowpop Samurai<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDMzbx9qgWxdwr4H1mrXYC3VTJgzoURhIuIbR0WWYiIz7Y9mDmUZHOQ8knPK4YqpXau8babYZ_b81HZ7xr2JI78sIDF-RCyiZAUWDzDOXFPAECNabhBaYSSt3KBfR-aEVJRQCtCswAW7A/s1600/blowpop+samurai.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDMzbx9qgWxdwr4H1mrXYC3VTJgzoURhIuIbR0WWYiIz7Y9mDmUZHOQ8knPK4YqpXau8babYZ_b81HZ7xr2JI78sIDF-RCyiZAUWDzDOXFPAECNabhBaYSSt3KBfR-aEVJRQCtCswAW7A/s400/blowpop+samurai.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605896388081776226" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Today, I killed a wasp in my office with a watermelon blowpop. I am an effing Ninja. No me jodas.</span><br /></div>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-76234824133186251322011-05-06T04:18:00.005-04:002011-05-06T08:22:39.505-04:00Morning Commute<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTp7WVkz6G_AdZ-6jOba3LtvYtvN_vnN6ffqrfCsw_s5Ou7ciYecRJe7dI-L5xo-fIoG4AbtWowa-_ir-oHmzXvrQru7OCzRN0FKn7GzXkGctyB3Js5A0Hx910tIWW5HpSqKrMsr42IlJ/s1600/P4070008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603515596970335026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTp7WVkz6G_AdZ-6jOba3LtvYtvN_vnN6ffqrfCsw_s5Ou7ciYecRJe7dI-L5xo-fIoG4AbtWowa-_ir-oHmzXvrQru7OCzRN0FKn7GzXkGctyB3Js5A0Hx910tIWW5HpSqKrMsr42IlJ/s400/P4070008.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZdyD587CLBVZ2Px7uTsXfBZo8adiZJf9DbpNovCfolhYQ690lVJ3ZnZ73ftUdNhuZrl_6TTRLbSSA-LwRyE2JwS621NAc7kMEnq4CkMFMKDrHdYO4krwNtcCTu0ug2Qlt2xifVi8QN9K/s1600/P4070007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603515201994535122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZdyD587CLBVZ2Px7uTsXfBZo8adiZJf9DbpNovCfolhYQ690lVJ3ZnZ73ftUdNhuZrl_6TTRLbSSA-LwRyE2JwS621NAc7kMEnq4CkMFMKDrHdYO4krwNtcCTu0ug2Qlt2xifVi8QN9K/s400/P4070007.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbpPculTov0DnHpAnjNHeFb6y-AsbNEOFH8ATfWgGJzpUPpaggIcLVp5tBrPRzy97Z0RKcTKUU9_p_xhJoRNr_WKWv1iePC8ECKg9D1Ls2bUGFtrfH6fg05JOZiD6xqzgmQkE9aKpkcgB/s1600/P4070006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603514976419393186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbpPculTov0DnHpAnjNHeFb6y-AsbNEOFH8ATfWgGJzpUPpaggIcLVp5tBrPRzy97Z0RKcTKUU9_p_xhJoRNr_WKWv1iePC8ECKg9D1Ls2bUGFtrfH6fg05JOZiD6xqzgmQkE9aKpkcgB/s400/P4070006.JPG" /></a><br />The Seven train holds a special place in my heart. So much of my life has been spent on it, from the old Redbirds to the current R62As. Seven train riders are, by far, the most ineresting people (except for those Park Slope transplants in their skinny jeans and Waldo glasses who recently moved to Sunnyside.) Do you ever play that game where you guess where someone is going to get off and stand near them o you can get their seat? Me too.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-19123956669143733482011-05-04T04:55:00.002-04:002011-05-04T04:58:51.085-04:00Wistful<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnIA93DTF8oRWhKAGa_q_gsmy1wdnzhTVzr4BAifWDitS01pxw1sryWtx7J6KYbR8gBQHw9aS-fvf7lnfISwYy7oPqzUil9IZMZbgdIVct7FqxrqjzHaSN_MIQ31vCcelNLL54HI8gpOx/s1600/Window+Benny.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602782089447612178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnIA93DTF8oRWhKAGa_q_gsmy1wdnzhTVzr4BAifWDitS01pxw1sryWtx7J6KYbR8gBQHw9aS-fvf7lnfISwYy7oPqzUil9IZMZbgdIVct7FqxrqjzHaSN_MIQ31vCcelNLL54HI8gpOx/s400/Window+Benny.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> Benny, our office dog, gazes out the window.<br /></span><br /></div>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-61834967456250630732011-04-28T11:09:00.003-04:002011-04-28T11:12:45.864-04:00Yesterday I was driving home and what did I see on the entrance ramp to the highway?<br /><br />A) Dead deer<br />B) Scary Clown<br />C) Ginormous dildo<br /><br />If you picked the sex toy, you would be right.<br /><br />Then, I saw this on <a href="http://damnfunnytexts.com/">damnyouautocorrect</a>:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxrB4eYXSqJ0jFbjtSr2QdmcZbNocdtaB9viv4lTEmmdC4Kyxu3cHWSyYyVzpyVLM6iHswY7FuYm1B0rWtn0yd4P2x4jlvsqC7-IDyAzMKex723gs5OhraxsYPtlhmtebPr67Ep2SCZRB/s1600/car+window.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxrB4eYXSqJ0jFbjtSr2QdmcZbNocdtaB9viv4lTEmmdC4Kyxu3cHWSyYyVzpyVLM6iHswY7FuYm1B0rWtn0yd4P2x4jlvsqC7-IDyAzMKex723gs5OhraxsYPtlhmtebPr67Ep2SCZRB/s400/car+window.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600652340068355522" border="0" /></a>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-75946897979661744252011-04-26T06:15:00.002-04:002011-04-26T06:17:57.771-04:00Cake Pop<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIx8xNhEnR99QfpKJn4F3IcnpjD7z61YAR8u9xSX6dyci0ar3Tqwv43QCDEQltm-ugTtKr9mTJt3w5n1-bQK6zVb228hTfIJ_XUQKYulevE252zADVvM5rAkVUe6_RFZDCIE930c5ZZ-da/s1600/Jazzer+cake+pop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599833974392947842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIx8xNhEnR99QfpKJn4F3IcnpjD7z61YAR8u9xSX6dyci0ar3Tqwv43QCDEQltm-ugTtKr9mTJt3w5n1-bQK6zVb228hTfIJ_XUQKYulevE252zADVvM5rAkVUe6_RFZDCIE930c5ZZ-da/s400/Jazzer+cake+pop.jpg" /></a>How can you tell a quality individual? They know how to put cake on a stick. Jazzergirl brought in cake pops - chocolatey fabulousness. (And look at her cool nail color!)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-1149925862943370722011-04-22T04:39:00.004-04:002011-04-22T04:46:38.897-04:00Shared Brain TrustI think of Heidi as the best kind of family - funny, sane, and permanent.<br /><br />I told her about the paper roasted shankbone on my mom's seder plate and look what she showed me from <em>her</em> seder plate......<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshJ_w3lAxB_6ez0dgoabhi8q2NLw4TPmtrDfMxH8Mpljr9vXsD2XFNImMaL4n7dMf_745bo7w4KeFvO_n8IKy5c44F8acaCLXWpdVjP43a7_khdhQKvVQruTeYZwzK8vsdKE_twO8ZMlr/s1600/bone+heidi.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598325985591910754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshJ_w3lAxB_6ez0dgoabhi8q2NLw4TPmtrDfMxH8Mpljr9vXsD2XFNImMaL4n7dMf_745bo7w4KeFvO_n8IKy5c44F8acaCLXWpdVjP43a7_khdhQKvVQruTeYZwzK8vsdKE_twO8ZMlr/s400/bone+heidi.jpg" /></a>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-42870009892845329582011-04-19T05:42:00.006-04:002011-04-19T05:57:15.747-04:00Lo! This is the Bread of Affliction.<div align="center">Pesach, 5771 aka 2011. My mom made a fake seder where we read a few passages from the hagaddah, including, of course, the description of the seder plate:</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWh3kONKcmhVgu4f2vlTgSIAKV9ymkNFKiA-r4ireh75nRzI3BwIxI_EunmzcDTDrQytpPHbnVWuyWippmYW2z5Wq9-IlTLxvsrPSSy9QkkTy-jNz45fKiPKh-kA9JwGPEkMVLsrj8Oa5/s1600/seder+plate.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597229004771570866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWh3kONKcmhVgu4f2vlTgSIAKV9ymkNFKiA-r4ireh75nRzI3BwIxI_EunmzcDTDrQytpPHbnVWuyWippmYW2z5Wq9-IlTLxvsrPSSy9QkkTy-jNz45fKiPKh-kA9JwGPEkMVLsrj8Oa5/s400/seder+plate.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlm_LoYmXv4rsJUMDn7mZp0njoJR34RQI40WSl16i6YyJoNTRkOvaDXtNoJdTs1YlZOtjbT6ioxPrCIE__OhRjEqw97vKPRlc35K-A1ig-E4DbYsxlhCczVubA2hFD6yIBG1XnHjI9EJYr/s1600/bone.jpg"></a><br />Where is the roasted shank bone?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7VqO-pdWkL8hRLRaIsjGIEi4-bqUBo7UqA5FkSjUszeUOKsWvjCY4eBso47wJJRbMGcH1Xg8I2OHdMbJhSsiR2RDBmI9dbpCw1mD8-FucuVYWpNnnmcQgcxijJB609GAFcYlO-wWUKL0/s1600/bone+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597229327039805762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7VqO-pdWkL8hRLRaIsjGIEi4-bqUBo7UqA5FkSjUszeUOKsWvjCY4eBso47wJJRbMGcH1Xg8I2OHdMbJhSsiR2RDBmI9dbpCw1mD8-FucuVYWpNnnmcQgcxijJB609GAFcYlO-wWUKL0/s400/bone+2.jpg" /></a><br />Yup.<br /></div>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-56792688552512465042011-04-15T04:39:00.004-04:002011-04-15T04:51:55.274-04:00Nut Cracker<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8sY2jy3uhZMZPyywdFM_EBnl_neSfEcAnhPAa-aKh8apa_lyU8TQFOB1wBur77kLSte2LdU8uKrlPpfn3-_N_GUk-tgodTQ2pfxsvjFfhdr5TMYuKq8-0MbE8zdVsDutwiXCGdSezoJIE/s1600/P2250003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595728642600298690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8sY2jy3uhZMZPyywdFM_EBnl_neSfEcAnhPAa-aKh8apa_lyU8TQFOB1wBur77kLSte2LdU8uKrlPpfn3-_N_GUk-tgodTQ2pfxsvjFfhdr5TMYuKq8-0MbE8zdVsDutwiXCGdSezoJIE/s400/P2250003.JPG" /></a> <br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkG6qvlbu0IwSkh9Emdf8I4QAzvol2fa28D_VJNY_aJ-V0w300sShwSgaFMMxd5GhCB01HO8PoBFn8z2SxHk2xqlW9yrz0kvohw35AWG6Jhr0nkwTgiQmjh59n3tDHqMWWBQqddDqztPI/s1600/P2250002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595728099537915938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkG6qvlbu0IwSkh9Emdf8I4QAzvol2fa28D_VJNY_aJ-V0w300sShwSgaFMMxd5GhCB01HO8PoBFn8z2SxHk2xqlW9yrz0kvohw35AWG6Jhr0nkwTgiQmjh59n3tDHqMWWBQqddDqztPI/s400/P2250002.JPG" /></a> Do not ef with my mom.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">This was taken in February when she still had hair. But do not let her current baldness fool you. She won't hesitate to use this. And if you don't have 'nads, she will beat you with it.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">But seriously, her tenacity is astonishing. She has been fighing for two years, and like others in her situation, she gets up every morning and subjects herself to chemo, needles, scans, medication, medication to quell the side effects of the first medication...</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">Cancer and Karate have a lot in common, except that "Karate begins and ends with respect." Cancer? Definitely not. </div><br /><div></div>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064123972241956327.post-78087079555354605832011-04-11T05:14:00.004-04:002011-04-11T05:27:34.534-04:00Sunset in Jackson Heights<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JtB4k16nj6qkSq5jJqvNSHWDpRP5_TUaxzBVw-fRwbS0of9xEoWXgqrMHFzF5Zc-bn-dqDVE120c81s7XTR09l8dROjjgnLbxPQCvNdmse8GyBN-e6SUbyum4F6px5Y45L7frLqqmTW1/s1600/P4100012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594253122772284370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JtB4k16nj6qkSq5jJqvNSHWDpRP5_TUaxzBVw-fRwbS0of9xEoWXgqrMHFzF5Zc-bn-dqDVE120c81s7XTR09l8dROjjgnLbxPQCvNdmse8GyBN-e6SUbyum4F6px5Y45L7frLqqmTW1/s400/P4100012.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgNGqkdn4RoL8WszevyWLLXkZ-CijFUKZKlJzZWWvt1BA6B98m0fBzHJdZ9mL-L0RW8pZzntd4aazkCoIJoDcLcaHIGwkCdmXWsvzwjXhWuRa8G7gdPHZtPu9hTflR-0LCowZzuRF2Qrd/s1600/P4100014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594252860061040786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgNGqkdn4RoL8WszevyWLLXkZ-CijFUKZKlJzZWWvt1BA6B98m0fBzHJdZ9mL-L0RW8pZzntd4aazkCoIJoDcLcaHIGwkCdmXWsvzwjXhWuRa8G7gdPHZtPu9hTflR-0LCowZzuRF2Qrd/s400/P4100014.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqj9Pik6Z8krYO4zOVRs7XxL8MAserCzrJqgb4dGp8h72dfne__fkhkArSE7RB03WcJiJfsbChHEyiA0pLWu1FncLeWpU8hAIFpd3C9_N6QRH65HRCEw1l6SCq9WyPbZpckJHwTqfbYtFI/s1600/P4100013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594252387127066930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqj9Pik6Z8krYO4zOVRs7XxL8MAserCzrJqgb4dGp8h72dfne__fkhkArSE7RB03WcJiJfsbChHEyiA0pLWu1FncLeWpU8hAIFpd3C9_N6QRH65HRCEw1l6SCq9WyPbZpckJHwTqfbYtFI/s400/P4100013.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Shout out to my writing group. </span></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">I keep finding that the song lyric "<a href="http://youtu.be/d7t4khQXm0o">what good's a place to stand up, without a place to fall</a>" applies to so many places in my life. It is nice to have a dojo and a writing community where I can try new things with varying results - good, bad, other. In these two places, my teachers and peers offer criticicsm with honesty and integrity. Gracias! </div><br /><div></div></div>Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04138222395207219786noreply@blogger.com1