Courtesy, Professionalism and Respect…
That’s the motto of the New York City Police Department—painted on the side of every squad car.
Well I’ve got a different story to tell tonight about one of New York City’s most un-civil servants.
I often leave work after seven which means I have to cross 42nd street at Lexington Avenue to get to […]
I’ve been thinking about music a lot lately—playing music. If you’ve seen my main site, www.socci.com then you probably know I started out my adult life as a musician. Indeed from the time I was eleven or twelve years old it became my life’s main mission.
Somewhere along the way I got lost. I lost faith. […]
I’ve yet to write anything here concerning the thing that consumes most of my time, IT. I can’t think of much that is more dry or uninteresting to talk about than IT, so I don’t.
I love the challenge of it, all the little puzzles and the problem solving; it engages a huge part of my mind. […]
Every morning I ride the subway to work.
It is about a forty-five minute trip more or less—mostly a monotonous, and monochromatic blur as I endure the smells, the screeches and the gross violations of personal space we New Yorkers come to slough off as part of the cost of living in the Great City.
At about […]
I haven’t written about it, partly out of superstition, but I’ve been waiting over the past 10+ days to hear back from a potential employer regarding a possible job offer. Today they called and offered me the position and I’m absolutely thrilled.
I’ve been out of the workforce for a while. Family illnesses, my Father’s death, […]
I went out for my first NYC bike ride of the season. I can’t store my bike in the hall or the basement; so it has to be parked inside my apartment - my 365 square foot piece of New York City heaven. My wife Kristin bought a wall mount bike rack that is now […]
Today was my first opportunity to get out of the house and welcome spring which has finally arrived in New York. Kristin and I took our two dogs, Thelma and Louise - two Jack Russell/Chihauhau mixes, up to Fort Tryon park which is about a 20 minute up-hill walk. The girls (that’s Thelma and Louise) […]
