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I just received a book I ordered from some place in Kansas, and it had an old price tag on it from the Strand here in New York.

Yeah! My sailing certification is here. Hear that Dr. Marvin?

Ouch! There was a rock in my General Tso’s Chicken.

Just watched Kurosawa’s “Ran.” It’s quite epic. Serious family issues.

Ken’s Most Awesome Tuna Sandwich Ever: Ahi tuna steak rubbed in garlic salt, seared and sliced. Placed between two slices of home made white bread with cold cut turkey, American cheese, mayo, and fresh basil leaves.

Don’t watch “Manhattan” unless you plan on taking a long nap. The concept was good, and so was imagery, but the dialogue tries too hard to be smart. A good flick for nostalgia, but not for fun.

Watching Woody Allen’s “Manhattan.” Never seen it before. Love Gershwin.

Is “ept” the opposite of “inept?”

“I had the most depressing Thursday ever one Thursday. My friends were nowhere to be found, so I wandered through the city until I ended up at Wendy’s, where I cried into my Diet Coke.” — Jelly Roper, American Sage.

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071907

Brendan Lowe of Time.com feels the same way I do about New York’s aging infrastructure: material decay and a political system more concerned with popular political issues than with the nitty gritty of running an urban community is a disaster waiting to happen. It’s not just a New York issue.

Our American culture is one of immediate gratification. If we can’t see the personal benefits right away, then what good is it? It’s a question that permeates every form of our media and advertising. Act NOW. Call TODAY. Don’t MISS OUT on this exciting offer. Operators are STANDING BY. It’s a message that appeals to most people in our culture and so has been absorbed by the political system. The days of politicians like Benjamin Franklin, who included “Imitate Jesus and Socrates” into his thirteen virtues, are long gone. Anything essential that remains unnoticed by the masses also goes unnoticed by the institution that controls funding for maintenance and upgrades.

Lowe is right when he says that disasters like yesterday’s steam explosion can happen in any city. It’s because we all suffer from the same cultural affliction.