Clippings • Gleanings • Snippers—————–
Little girl chasing dragonflies on Great Lawn, Central Park with the fierce scrunchy face of: “I’m gonna get you even though I’m so very slow compared to you”. The scowl would make up for her lack of speed. And kids sometimes run with a bent over posture to bring the head closer/faster to what’s pursued. Like her. She did this.
“Active Driveway” is the sign posted on nearby garage door, a civilized version of the more popular: “YOU PARK HERE AND YOU WILL BE F***ING TOWED!” or “DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT” or “U.S. OUT OF MY UTERUS”…wait, I lost my train of thought…
Oddest bank name seen in NY: The Amalgamated Bank.
Runner-up: Ponce de Leon Federal Bank (where dates on coins roll back and get shiny while bathing in deep catch basins in the fountains of youth)
There’s this zine collection I’m reading, Burn Collector, and it makes me sad and really happy depending on what page I’m on. Here’s really happy: his friend goes to Halloween party dressed as Count Laid-Backula.
Another nice entry: I’m also introduced to “Safeway Select: the Indulgence,” an epic power-ballad/ product endorsement with its titanic he-man chorus: “Safeway Select! It’s in effect! Give it respect! (why billl? I ask Why write a song extoling the virture of the Safeway generic brand? Look, he explains to me patiently I’m not going to fabricate some cause to get behind. Product endorsement is the only valid statement I can make. I sing about what I know”) We also have an instrumental entitled: 2000 Flushes : a Space Odyssey?
New York bike riders have a tendency I like: they’ll point to where they’re headed, if it’s in dispute or unknown.
Most uninspired enticement on an amusement park ride sign:
