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I always pay, but my neighborhood has a rowdy band of senior citizens who never pay on their way home from the senior center. They hold the back door and board. Many times they’ve invited me to join them. I always thank them and refuse the offer.

I enjoyed the "free bus" pilot program the few times that I got to use it in southeastern Queens, especially on days when my journey would have been a double fare involving 3 buses. The ride was much faster and people were much nicer about giving up their "free seats" to the disabled and elderly. Also, it's not really free because taxes. It's also nice to feel like you're getting something you already pay for, at no additional charge. I do not believe that people who can benefit from free buses are the equivalent of dog shit, but your mileage may vary. The kids probably had school transit passes and many bus drivers prefer that they just go through the back door because it's faster, less annoying to the people in the front and the kids like sitting in the back, anyway

Mazel Tov!

I finally sat down and binged "Chewing Gum" and "I May Destroy You". So well worth the time.

isn't that exactly what you'd say if there were dead bodies?

Condolences to you and your family. May your mother in law's memory be for a blessing.

that's a good haul

Thank goodness she married Dick Ebersol and then Allie and finally got her (1st on the call sheet) bag

Think about the character Django in "Django Unchained"and clothes as a signifier of status. When first we see him, he's in the typical rags of the enslaved/imprisoned, then when Schultz offers him any clothes he wants to wear, in order to pose as Schultz' valet, Django chooses that blue monstrosity of a clown suit because in his experience that's what a "fancy slave" might wear. By the time we see him enter Candieland he has found his own style which is some version of cowboy cool. Finally, having triumphed over evil, Django leaves Candieland, wearing the same bespoke suit that Calvin Candie died wearing.

I think what's being shown is the evolution of how enslaved people, who were once slaves to fashion (in their work clothes), eventually managed to make fashion their slave. The show is about agency and identity. It's about a people who had once been an actual luxury item to eventually owning and designing luxury items. It's about making castoff clothing and trimmings into bespoke clothing. Later, it's about tweaking regular consumer fashion into a personal statement and now it's about consuming high end fashion and styling it for your life and to sending a message about who you are or who you want to be. Clothes DO make the man. I was moved to see articles of ALT's clothing and the way in which he collaborated with designers, to make things work for his personal style but also for his height and his frame, over time.

i have one of those birds in my shopping cart. how was it?

Chef's Table: Legends on Netflix. The concept of Alice Waters annoys me so much and on such a molecular level that I will have to watch

so you're a billionaire?

at 90

isn't the poison potential what makes it artisanal?

there's about to be a lot of poor people dying for a drink, they need to be $20 or less.

The Residence on Netflix. When I first heard about this Shondaland produced show, Andre Braugher was set to co-star with Uzo Aduba. The production was delayed by the strike and sadly Braugher passed away half way through filming and the role was recast with Giancarlo Esposito. The casting is clever and it's a fun romp through a murder investigation set at the White House. Worth the watch.

dipping fries in milkshakes has definitely been a thing for a very long time. i will even admit to doing it myself on occasion

I'm taking the kid to see this next week. Very excited.

You pretty much have to go to the Ironbound section unless you want Chipotle

you got me

Rosewood was better and why is the team on Watson all personality disordered folk.

Searching for Soul Food on Hulu. Chef Alisa Reynolds is an interesting character and watching her eat around the world is fun.

she's a pragmatist