Picture Today 6/16/2011

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Update

I have been riding my Brompton bicycle to and from work for the last two weeks, even in the rain. I’m getting plenty of exercise and feeling good about it.

I am suffering with a pretty bad head cold and sore throat. I didn’t get much sleep last night; no more than an hour, so I’m kind of beat.

The weather is beautiful here in NYC. Right now it is a mild 74 degrees and sunny. I wish I could leave work and ride my bicycle most of the day. I would take a long, long journey somewhere; maybe to New Jersey or upstate NY. One of these days I am going to ride out to Montauk. I’ve been saying it for years but never got around to doing it. I would rather do it with a friend than do it alone, since it is quite a distance from here. I would probably take the Long Island Railroad back and possibly spend a night there if there were rooms available.

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Bike Commute from East Village

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5/24/2011 Ride

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Projection

Projection: Accusing others of thinking, doing or preparing to do something that you yourself do or are capable of doing.

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I am in Tekserve, New York City, typing this entry from an iPad 2. I’m liking it. I may finally have to bite the bullet and get one when they are available.

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Debbie and Trouble



Debbie and Trouble, originally uploaded by tommylane.

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Surfacing

As I was coming up from the underbelly of New York City’s subway system, heading for work to earn my daily living, this man was looking for something in the trash. Perhaps that’s how he makes his living.

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Subway Adventure – Hothead (reposted from July 2, 2006)

So, yesterday I was boarding the F train at West 4th Street. I and a few other people waited for the passengers to disembark before we entered the doors of the train. Then out of nowhere this stocky guy wearing a short sleeve tee shirt, shorts, shaved head and tattoos on his neck came barreling through us.

I was carrying two bags. One was a bag with my laptop, among other things; the other had books in it. The laptop bag is a Crumpler messenger bag that I wear so that it is on my back, the other one I had in my hand.

Just as I was about to sit down, this guy who forced his way out of the train at the last minute, started yelling obscenities at me and said “if you do that again, I’m going to kill you!” I looked at him and said, “what are you talking about?”

“You know what I’m talking about”, he shouted. I told him that it wasn’t my fault that he started to leave the train after everyone else did before we got on. He continued to stand in the door, preventing the train doors from closing. Then he decided to stay on the train instead of getting off. He came straight over to me. Here I was in a suit and tie, bags hanging from me and this guy was picking a fight with me.

He took a swing at my face which I stopped by extending my hand out, deflecting his blow. Then he pushed me into the wall with two very hard blows to the chest.

I wasn’t scared but I told him I didn’t want any trouble. “What are you going to do about it?”, “I don’t want to hurt you!”, he said. I said, “Stop hitting me, then.”

Then he said, “you made me miss my stop.” I told him, “you made yourself miss your stop. You were already off the train and you came back on for this.”

He said, “sit down”! I told him, “I don’t want to sit down,” and continued to stand.
#1. I wasn’t going to back down and look like a wimp.
#2. If I sat down, he could have smashed my head into the wall. I wasn’t going to allow him that opportunity.
#3. I looked him straight in the eyes the whole time, without backing down. I don’t think he knew how to handle that. I believe he could tell that I didn’t want to fight, which is no doubt what he was looking for but I was calm and non reactive.
#4. I shot up a silent prayer to the Lord asking him to get rid of this guy. He answered my prayer.

From the way he acted and spoke, I have a feeling he’s been in jail before.

Many people were looking on, but nobody else got involved. The guy was really intimidating and I could see the fear in some of their eyes.

Finally, he walked to the doors as they were about to open at the next station. At this point I decided to sit down. The doors opened and he got out as he kept glaring at me. Unreal.

It was then that people asked me if I was alright. I told them I was fine. I continued on my ride without another thought about it.

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A Winter’s Tale – reposted from 9/20/2004

Once on a very cold New Year’s Eve, I was invited up to Vermont along with a few of my friends. Stacy’s family owned a Swiss Chalet type of home up there. I decided to ride up with a guy named Mitchell and this girl he was hopelessly pursuing. When we left Queens, NY the temperature was about 2 degrees above zero. I knew that it was going to be colder in Vermont but I went anyway since everyone else was heading there.

I sat in the back seat of Mitchell’s car while he drove. Gayle, the girl sat in the front passenger seat. About an hour into the ride I told Mitchell I was freezing and asked if he would turn up the heat. He said, “what heat”? “The heater doesn’t work.” Oh boy! Not only that, there was a hole in the floorboard right near my feet which made it even worse. All things considered I knew at that point I should have stayed home. If I were equipped with that information beforehand I would have stayed home. I froze for the whole ride and to top it off, when we got to Vermont, we got stuck in the snow on a mountain road. We were stuck there for quite some time until we were rescued by the local Police, who pulled us out with a 4 wheel drive vehicle of some sorts.

By the time we got to the Chalet, I was frozen solid. Stacy had a Jacuzzi there and as soon as I saw it, I jumped in so I could warm up. I stayed in it for about 2 hours. The house was cold too. The temperature outside was about 20 below. Much too cold for me.

The next morning, Mitchell had to go back to NYC. I went back with him. I knew I would have to suffer the discomfort of no heater but at least I didn’t have to sit next to that hole in the floorboard. I got to ride in the front this time because Gayle (his heart’s desire) stayed up there. The only reason he drove up was to take her. He was always at her beck and call. Everyone but he knew that he wouldn’t succeed in getting her. He tried for a long time until she wound up in the arms of another man.

While everyone else went skiing, Mitch and I went home to NYC. The ride wasn’t as bad as the night before. The temperature warmed up to the 20’s which was much more bearable. When I got back to New York, winter seemed a little better than the night before, yellow snow and all. Needless to say, I’m not looking forward to winter.

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