4201: What’s Really Been Won?
The New York State Budget is being forced through by our Democrat In Name Only Leader, Governor Cuomo. Yesterday and today some Deaf groups began cheering, mostly because of a statement by Dr. Mowl, President of the 4201 Schools Association, claiming that full funding has been restored to schools. But from what I’m reading we [...]
How far is far enough?
The building of Park51, the controversial mosque and community center two blocks from Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, has raised furor over the last couple of months from two groups – these who don’t want to see a mosque built so close to the site of America’s worst terrorist attack, and those who believe that [...]
Sign Language in the New York Mercantile Exchange
Deaf folks aren’t the only ones using sign language, as we all know — from baseball umpires to the gnomes on airport tarmacs. The New York Times published an interesting infographic on the sign language used in the New York Mercantile Exchange here. For me the most interesting thing was to see some parallels between [...]
Revenge Is Sweet
I’m sure some of you have misplaced your precious pager–whether that’s a Blackberry, a Wyndtell, or a Sidekick. Or a Motorola T-900 Walkabout. Or an Ogo (it’s okay, you can admit that you owned one…we’ll try not to laugh). One person left his Sidekick II in a Manhattan taxicab. This is his resulting story: How [...]
Solitaire is a No-No
This morning’s Express regaled the story about a Mr. Edward Greenwood IX (yes, IX) being fired from New York City’s legislative office in Albany because NYC Mayor Bloomberg saw a game of Solitaire running on his computer screen. Harsh, man. He was working there for six years and only earned $27,000. And got fired. Mayor [...]
New York City Subway
Date: 11/27/2005 Location: 4/5 toward Grand Central Station. Yes, you read that right. Today, my topic is not about Washington DC’s beloved (or not so beloved) Metro system. Instead, I will be writing about it’s wrinkled older brother—the New York City Subway. The folks in New York City opened their subway system in 1904. Back [...]