That was one mighty old tree we lost down Whitestone Park. But Ro managed to score herself a piece.
Archive of My Blog from 07.01.12 to 08.31.12
8/31/12
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That was one mighty old tree we lost down Whitestone Park. But Ro managed to score herself a piece. |
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That's right. I heart my honey ... |
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From when I had hair and actually had someone cut it, I used to go to Mary's Hair Salon.... but now it's closed ... Coincidence ? |
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Here's a couple of nice pics of our Whitestone Bridge |
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This family was sitting shiva down at the beach under the Whitestone Bridge |
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Philip or one of his cousins stopped over for some nuts. |
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The street cleaner they're using is leaving a bigger mess than what was there ... |
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We're getting a few new hefty arches to support the bridge. |
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Getting tons of app requests you don't want ? Feel like you're wasting your time and life away ? Point your browser to http://blog.JacksMusings.com and waste quality time at The Musings... Where else can you find hot rods, hot chicks and smoking lawn gurls. We have spiders, bums and babies. Thre are even teeth, PEZ, and beaches, old friends and new acquaintances (wink, wink) Where else are you going to see a collection of 102 year old grannies, minutes old butterflies, and fish about to be eaten by flying eagles ??? Nowhere, that's where.... And if that's not enough to waste your day, head over to our YouTube Channel for even more crazy video of life through my eyes ... Point your browser at http://www.youtube.com/zosopez57 , and keep the kiddies away ... See what life is like thru the eyes of a caterpilllar, with the state of the art CaterCam .... or watch Ro try to save a bird, a bat, or pickup a dead rat, yes pickup a dead rat There's all sorts of photos of friends, family, work and fun for you to enjoy. So take a break from Facebook, stop by and make the Musings a daily stop on your internet menu ... After all, It Ain't Easy Being Me ... http://blog.JacksMusings.com |
8/30/12
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Happy Birthday to my beautiful God-daughter NaL. She turns 18 and legal today ... Enjoy your day, and I love you !!! |
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The grandparents end table ... ;-) |
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Here are a few pics from the latest Oyster Bay Cruise Night - Aug 2012 - some great looking cars, and the band was good too ... |
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I hear he wears this under his dress shirt .... |
8/29/12
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I had to fire this dude a few years back for a pretty good reason. With all the recent excitement at the Empire State Building, should I be worried that he's hanging out at the library ??? |
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Hey, TC.... Happy Birthday to a fellow Virgo ... Enjoy your day my friend !!! |
8/26/12
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It's a birthday weekend. A couple more Happy Birthday shout outs to my beautiful sister-in-law, SL and my beautiful future niece NG. |
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With the next blue moon approaching, getting this fortune in a cookie can be a sign ... look out is all I got to say !!! |
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My honey was out with friends from when she was in school for dinner. Considering the time she came home, she must have had a good time |
8/25/12
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Happy Birthday to our Easy Rider, LF ...enjoy your day my friend ...... |
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It was lawn day today. I think I only have 4 or 5 weeks left on this years maint. program ... damn ... |
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BM & his bride were in Rome recently. Came across this guitar shop with this great Led Zeppelin display of a Jimmy Page guitar. |
8/24/12
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Boy, these blue boxes are larger than they look. With the right folding and tucking, we managed to fit BL, our NJDC Chief in there to send back to NJ. The things he does to avoid paying the PATH fare ... |
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SaY and SR came in for lunch today. Always great seeing you guys... |
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Tower 29 has been demolished to make way for new tenants. For ex-RNBers, this was Edmund Safra's office. The walls were made from special wood from a castle in England. Thanks to JM for keeping a piece of the moulding for me, so I can add to my archives... |
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We have quite a few large spiders building real big webs. I think they are working on closing in our stoop and catching US .... |
8/23/12
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Congrats to my son FjL, he made the Dean's List at John Jay College. You make us very proud young man ... keep up the good work !!! |
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Here are pics from our get together at Joe & Kim's. Joe & Kim are Having a Boy - Aug 2012 |
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When our family bloodline looks like this, it's fairly safe to predict males |
8/21/12
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It's gonna be a boy.. my brother was right... God Bless Joe & Kim. We are very proud Grandparents-to-be of a grandson, who will continue the Leone name. I love you son. |
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Here's a great pic of my boss, JB and his beautiful bride DB. |
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So the Romneys are selfish for keeping a horse? And employing a groom with a family to support. And paying for feed that’s sold by someone with a family to support and transported in trucks by someone with a family to support and manufactured in a factory by people with families to support from stuff that’s grown by farmers with families to support. And having a barn built by construction workers with families to support with materials trucked by drivers with families to support from factories with workers with families to support. Sounds to me like that one horse has done more to put Americans to work than that horse’s ass in the White House. |
8/20/12
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Some recent pics taken while Strolling Through Chisolms Park - Aug 2012 |
8/19/12
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Happy Birthday to my beautiful niece MG -- enjoy your day. |
8/18/12
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Tuesday we find out if the bambino is a girl or a boy.... odds on favorite for a Leone male is a boy.... but we do make girls, so what do you think ? |
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Before Scooby gets to use it as blackmail, yes, Tiffany was back, wanted to give me the giant Chik-Fil-A Pez she picked up in her travels .... we're JUST FRIENDS !!!! |
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Checkout 4 Times Square peeking out between the BofA and Verizon buildings... |
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There's the boss BP, w/GT chilling out ... |
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The Elusive Sail Capri is around these days building 3 new branches for Bank United. Was good catching up with you and JM. |
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The landlord is installing generators for a new tenant, and the work is near our dry coolers. So, we are staying close to the activity. |
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Here's a birds eye view of our NYDC Command Bridge... |
8/17/12
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174,000 bullets for 295 agents equals 590 each. why the fuck do they need 600 additional bullets for these agents ? how many bullets do they use each year ? I have 174,000 questions .... One of which is, why didn't you order 175,000 ? can this inventory be used by other agencies ? Something's fishy .... http://cnsnews.com/news/article/social-security-administration-explains-plan-buy-174000-hollow-point-bullets |
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hmm... this should be a fun campaign. Can you say desperate ? Not for nothing, but the Prez is half-white, came from a white woman's womb... I think some folks have a different name for that ... But Toure ? oh, he's definitely a nigger, and I mean that the way blacks say it to each other in that special familial way, not the way blacks think others mean it ... ;-) (I'm pretty sure I won't offend anyone, so long as I end with 'Just Kidding' ;-) http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/08/16/Toure-MSNBC-N-word-Romney |
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During heavy rainstorms the Southfield Commuter Parking lot continues to flood. This is a short clip of our most recent adventure... 2012.0815 Shea parking |
8/16/12
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Due to budget cuts, NYC had to replace their beloved NYPL lions Patience and Fortitude with a less costly option ...Meet James,The New NY Public Library Lyin |
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I love the new idea to make dogs wear seatbelts. I'm in full support, think it should apply to cats too .... for once, they want to regulate something I don't give a shit about, so let them have a blast ... |
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Here comes 2013, our benefits are changing again, I lost 3 vacation days, medical copay goes up, and they now cover both transgender operations, and condoms. such tough decisions to make..... maybe I shoud just make the switch, get pregnant, and retire ? |
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We're doing some work on the roof. We are painting our piping industry standard colors... and the LL is doing new roof and adding a generator for new tenants. |
8/15/12
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Our grandchild is growing, and napping .... |
8/11/12
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Some good wind down the park today. Kept me busy for a while with my frisbee ... |
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Just got the mail and the brand new album out of Georgia by Lullwater. Thanks guys, playing it now... |
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I do love Saturday's ... lawn girl stops by ... |
8/10/12
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That water on the floor was the hot water heater starting to fail. It nearly lasted the entire 10 years ... |
8/9/12
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A few of the 17 new favorites I added to My Favorite Prints |
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I thought I lost a filling, instead, I needed a cleaning, and since I was there, I got one free tooth pulling, by our favorite dentist Dr. Luft ... My last wisdom tooth had enough and wanted out. So, it's out... |
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That last bit of damage to the old Whitestone Park tree was fatal. The tree was removed completely. A sad day. |
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We had a very enjoyable dinner and music with a pair of MGs. Excellent convo and good food too... |
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Some nice scenes from the Malibu Shore Club beach ... psst ... it's open to the public now ...
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How come cop horses can leave poop in the streets ? Doesn't seem right to me. |
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Checkout these spider shots ... these guys are mighty big ... |
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These are new Pez coming soon. Kiss, Hot Wheels |
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Another example of the great success of our edukation systum ... |
8/7/12
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Here are some real nice pics from our visit to the PEZ Visitor Center - August 2012 |
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So, we went to the PEZ Visitor Center and factory. It was cool. We even made this video. Then, we got stuck in mad traffic, because Omama was headed to Stamford ... They shut down I95, as we were getting onto it ... only me ... |
8/6/12
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Pretty interesting star formation in our west sky right now. Anyone know what it is part of ? |
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I added about a dozen new pics to My Favorite Prints |
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Congrats to the NASA JPL team for landing Odyssey on Mars. Checkout these first images sent back from Mars. |
8/5/12
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Happy Birthday shout out to Noodles, who turns 21, (holy shite !!!) and my best bro-in-law BA. Love you both. Noodles, go slow young man .... |
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AJ was Christened today at St. Mel's. Very nice ceremony and celebration. AJ's Christening - August 2012 |
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With all the new babies, and soon to be new babies around, I thought I'd post this song. It came out a little after Jack was born and it's kinda kool for those new parents to chill to... http://www.jackleone.com/StayUpLate.mp3 hope you enjoy it .... The Talking Heads - Stay Up Late |
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We played mini-golf the other day with Momma2B KpL and PO JaL. M2B got 3 hole in ones, Ro got 2 herself .... definitely a good night all around |
8/3/12
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I quit smoking cigarettes 21 years ago today. Did it cold turkey, and really don't miss them at all. A quick calculation suggests that I've saved $154,000. I'm pretty sure I've spent that cash in some other way .... |
8/2/12
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Checkout Teddy Roosevelt's house on Centre Island. |
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Came across this scene at Oyster Bay Harbor. I think it's a shark ... |
7/31/12
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Happy Anniversary to me. Today marks 33 years for me at the bank. Damn that's a long time ... Thanks to CBRE for marking up the side of the tower for me. |
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Wherever Ro goes, there's a camera. We ended up on the 5 O'clock news last night. Checkout my beach body .... lol - 2012.0730 Jack Ro News |
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Gobble gobble, we ran into Charlie Gobbles yesterday outside of Waldbaum's. He's looking good, and may come to the car show tonight. |
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Always fun to hit Jones Beach. And we stopped at the Bayside Marina on the way home... Chilling at the Beach and Beyond - July 2012 |
7/28/12
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Here's a tease view of my Pez collection. These are just dispensers.... |
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Finally found an oilympic sport for me.... watched the Italians beat the USA in archery. You can be a fat bastard and an olympic gold medal winner at the same time ... hey Ro, go place that apple down there .... ;-) |
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Our Easy Rider, LF and his crew chased balloons today .... good to see you brother ... |
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Hey, there's a novel idea. One of the street peddler's chair. Don't wish for it, Work for it ... |
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If you want some good Shepherds Pie, then checkout out Mulligans Pub on Madison Ave. |
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That old tree down at Whitestone Park lost another big section. |
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Here's a nice shot of this tree full of love ... |
7/27/12
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If another one of these turn up missing, check my pockets ... |
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Hey brudder, here's another one of those bugs, this critter was on our screen door.... |
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We hung out with AJ recently, and it was good ... |
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Our building formed the backdrop for a recent car commercial.... with the Musings displayed prominently on top ... |
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A broken mantrap ... seems if you open a certain door, all the others will open too ... not good ... |
7/26/12
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The Elusive Sail Capri flew by the coop today. He's working on opening a few branches for BankUnited. Sure is good to see him. Will set that lunch up with MG when I get back to work... |
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We had some wild weather tonite, look at this sky coming in. |
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Thanks Jr, I hope my OCD doesn't make me start collecting these things... |
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They just paved 40th street. Now we have these new lane markers going in. I sure hope this thin one isn't a bike lane, or else traffic here will be brutal ... |
7/24/12
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Baby is growing inside momma's belly. |
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Congrats to my nephew VaL on passing his road test .... Fire up that Ford !!!! |
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Congrats to my great-niece, VlG on her High School graduation. |
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That's right, I'm a winner ... Pay up !!! |
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Here's how I like my pigeons, dead on the ground. |
7/21/12
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Check this out. While at the shore, Ro spotted an eagle fishing off the beach. I snapped a few pics and ended up with these amazing images. Look at the look on the fish ... amazing ... |
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Here are a few pics from our weekend at the Jersey Shore. Jersey Shore - Fly Like an Eagle - July 2012 |
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We wuz at the Jersey shore and I spotted this sail boat ... |
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We attended the annual FirstTech Day at The Races - July 2012 - it was a hot one, but I got some great race shots. Thanks to my friend BF for the fun time. |
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Here's a nice scale model of the Newport Building ... This goes back nearly 20 years, when there was nothing much there. And if you've been to the area lately, it is very different. |
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Lookout Barry, the tide is turning. This protest was out front the other day, and they don't like Omama anymore ... I love the pic with the Hitler moustache ... |
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I had a '68 Cuda in the late 70's - gotta look for some old pics ... see more classic cars here |
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I also added about 75 more to My Favorite Prints - these are all awesome |
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I uploaded a bunch of new pics to Jack Leone Photo Collages - come check them out. |
7/20/12
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Happy Birthday to my beautiful niece, and God-daughter, DjH. Enjoy your day, I love you !!! |
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A view from the roof... |
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I see this and I'm thinking these seats on 5th Avenue are WAY too comfortable ... |
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I don't know what the plant is called, but it looked cool |
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They just hung this on Tower 11. It looks like one of the execs' kids painted it ... |
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Here's a real nice pic of my honey, my momma, and Zelda ... |
7/17/12
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Happy Birthday shout out to my cousin, LF. Enjoy your day today. I Love You !!! |
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We came home from our weekend away to a beautiful new butterfly. This one didn't stay long when we opened the top, and was quick to fly away. |
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Checkout these pics from the Monmouth Park Raceway Classic Car Show - July 2012. Some great classic cars. There was even 3 old cars I had, an old 60's Cuda, 70 Chevelle and 60's Dodge Dart. |
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Checkout this link to a gigapixel camera down at the Freedom Tower and Ground Zero. Thanks to Scooby for passing this along. http://archives.earthcam.com/archives5/gigacam/groundzero/20120413/ |
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Here's an awesome pic of my son JjLJr and his krew at the beach... |
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Ah yes, checked for 'sleeping children', not the ones that are wide awake and just hiding ... |
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The new College Point NYPD Police Academy construction continues along. The place is huge. |
7/13/12
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We have a new member of the Korner Krew, P drives the execs around, and has been with the bank for some time now. His astute commentary has added great value to our showtime... |
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Our Polish tourists came with their Nowy Jork map to the attractions of our city... |
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After 18 years, we are replacing our water coolers.... Now we got hot water too ... |
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Here's a sweet view from the perch ... |
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Had lunch with WM on the roof of the Bryant Park Grill. Nice spot and awesome view below. |
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Here's something my car hasn't seen in years .... a full tank of gas ... headed to the Jersey Shore this weekend and I wanted to buy the most expensive gasoline... |
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Happy Birthday to NC. An ex-colleague, boss of bosses and friend. Enjoy your day... |
7/12/12
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Friends Reunite over Dinner, an enjoyable evening at Cafe Al Dente with BE, LG and PM... And such a beautiful voice as LG sang for the restaurant... |
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Hangin' in the hood ... working out a fair deal for the product ... FUCK mitsubishi ... take that back to the factory boys and girls !!! |
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Spotted this Model T on the LIE. Hang on Snoops ... |
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AJ was in our pool the other day and it knocked the kid out ... |
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This tiny critter hitched a ride on my leg on the 7 train the other day. Rode with me all the way to Manhattan before I lost him. This pic is amazing, look at his eyes .... |
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I read that the 5 Pointz building complex will be taken down soon. Here's a pic for you to remember the infamous graffiti mecca by. Miss ya Biggie ... |
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What the fuck does this sign mean. We saw it in the rear window of a school bus. |
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A different view of the Bank of America building. |
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I stopped by the School of the International Center of Photography to see first hand the large photo by Cory Schwartz titled - These Are A Lot Of My Favorite Things - and yes, that is Fearless Leader in his apartment, surrounded by his vast collection of Hot Wheels. How cool is this to have this photo hanging in a gallery ... And I left one of my Never Forget bracelets with the photo... |
7/8/12
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Went to Barnes & Noble today, where there's even a book of useless information on sale... |
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Just perhaps the Mayor is on to something ... |
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A nice pic of our bridge and these 3 amigos ... |
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We woke up to a new butterfly this morning. Looks beautiful. |
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I spotted this helicopter overhead, and it sure looks like there is some sort of barrel of liquid he is spraying over us ...I sure hope it kills mosquitoes... |
7/7/12
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That's right, I fixed the damn washing machine this time .... I surprised even myself. Now, considering how often the lid switch fails, one would think it was engineered to be easily accessed and replaced. |
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I spotted this red tail hawk flying overhead yesterday. |
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After 6 years, I replaced the old 32" analog TV with a High Def unit Jr gave us. I left it out front for someone to grab, and by dinner time it was gone.... |
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2 more caterpillars went to cocoon, while one committed suicide and decided he had enough.... |
7/6/12
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We had a great dinner at J&K's home. Excellent meal, and you look radiant carrying your baby.... |
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Here it is... CaterCam - I know, I know - I have too much time on my hands .... I did fix the washing machine today, this was my stress control activity ... I think it's brilliant ... ;-) 2012.0706 CaterCam Live View |
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Half the block was blacked out last night. Lucky for me, it wasn't half the block I live on ... |
7/5/12
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File this under live and
learn. I was obsessed with catching a butterfly emerge. So, I setup a video
camera and began recording. What I captured was something unexpected. The
cardinal shows up, and gets the cocoon and one of the large caterpillars.
Sorry guys ... 2012.0705
Cardinal Eats Butterfly |
7/4/12
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We got butterflies !!! One emerged healthy, another not so much. 2012.0704 First Butterfly |
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Happy 4th of July all. We may have some issues as a country, but would you really want to be anywhere else ? God Bless America. And to live in the capital of the world, NYC - where Freedom Rises |
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Philip and the cardinal were in the yard the other day, enjoying the peanuts. |
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Here's a pic from my new 'bellycam'. It's a Windows world view .... |
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Tide setup this huge flag display in Bryant Park. Here are a few pics, plus one they took of me... and my Facebook frisbee |
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This local artist was painting the library this morning, looking good... |
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Although not a dropout, CR is a subway vandal ... Hey, put that sign back .... |
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A humble self-portrait |
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Redman invaded the living room last night, heard some mumblings about a special mission... |
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I spotted this Ferrari and a fox on 5th avenue the other day. Can you spot the fox ? |
7/3/12
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Here are pics from Aerosmith concert - Aerosmith - Nassau Coliseum - July 2012 |
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I'm building this Aerosmith video playlist on YouTube. You can watch all my uploads. |
7/2/12
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Today marks 3 years since Joe graduated the Police Academy. We are so proud of you son... |
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Here's a little tease video from the Aerosmith concert. 2012.0701 Aerosmith Love in Elevator |
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