Category: Stuff I think about
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Fun at the DMV
At the DMV, they have a new slogan: Driving Change. I looked at the clerk earnestly, pointed at the screen, and said this: “I see here your screen says you’re Driving Change. Can you tell me what type of change – quarters, dimes, nickels? I’d support quarters, because they sometimes work in parking meters.” She…
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I’m a NY City Transit Authority
Getting around the Big Apple takes a bit of work. This is a city that has not a single apple tree, but lots of cabs; their honking is why it is a city that “never sleeps”. More to the point, it is an experiment in Social Darwinism. Only the strong survive.
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When Mating Calls
Cole Porter once wrote the definitive lyrics on romance: “Birds do it, Bees do it, Even educated fleas do it, Let’s do it, Let’s fall in love.”You’d think that the fleas would know better, being all educated and stuff. But after last night, I have had the chance to ponder the au-naturale nature of, as…
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Surging Ahead
Here are the top surges of 2022, ranked from those of least concern to those that threaten to the biggest possible disaster (at least according to the conversations I’ve had with my neighbors here in LarryLand: 1) Tsunami Surges in Surf City 2) Home Price Surges 3) White Claw Surges
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