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This is the reading room at the NYC Public Library, where I have spent whole days doing serious research for my books.
It is hard to express the joy that comes with finding that one old rare book, or document, you have been seeking for years! The joy of discovery is almost unequalled in this world. Additionally, this specific room is so beautiful and welcoming when you enter it!!! It is my favorite place in Manhattan.
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I am currently caught up in the writings of Fredrik Backman. I've read "Ouve" and "My Grandmother says she's Sorry." They are easy reads, with lots of imagination , and plenty of endearing characters. You will laugh often and get teary about once a book. I will start a third book today, "Beartown."
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I owned everything under the sun, considering how often they broker down. But the guys on my corner knew a guy with a 35 year old 1931 Plymouth which he would rive 18 miles each way to work every day (36 miles total). the thing that would make us laugh was the fact that he had only ONE gear!! That was LOW GEAR!!! So we gave him the nickname, "Johnny Low Gear!" That is a story I could not dream up it is so crazy. We all knew cars in those days, because we all owned clunkers and had to spend weekends fixing them. Sounds terrible, but to us, life was a blast!
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I do like Costco rotisserie chicken but Loblaws Portuguese Churasco Chicken is my go to for my grocery prepped whole chicken.
Anyway, ended up making a hamburger for dinner. Fresh, not frozen so it was a tasty last minute decision.
Hey! This my yummy food!! When you are done, you can use the remaining chicken with some rice and enough of the water the chicken and Chourico were cooked in to combine all the elements into a very tangy chicken and rice soup.
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"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, and all the world, she walks into mine!" (Casablanca)
OR:
"You don't understand! I coulda been somebody! I coulda been a contenda! Instead of a bum. Which is what I ma. Let's face it, Charlie." (Brando to Steiger in "On the Waterfront.")
Pacino, Cop to deNiro, criminal i"heat":
Pacino: "So you never wanted a regular type life?"
deNiro: "What the "bleep" is that? Bar-b-q's and Ballgames?"
OR:
"You don't understand! I coulda been somebody! I coulda been a contenda! Instead of a bum. Which is what I ma. Let's face it, Charlie." (Brando to Steiger in "On the Waterfront.")
Pacino, Cop to deNiro, criminal i"heat":
Pacino: "So you never wanted a regular type life?"
deNiro: "What the "bleep" is that? Bar-b-q's and Ballgames?"
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I usually get interested in something in history, or in personal improvement, etc. Then I find out what book(s) are considered the "best" in that area by those who live and work in that area. Finally, I find the one best book, and bury myself in it until I just about "wear it."
I think I put it best here.
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Did you know we now have more than 2 million Roma living here in the contiguous 48? Most people who know very little about them have very biased opinions of who they are. Masny famous people had at least one Roma parent like Elvis, Yule Brynner, and Charlie Chaplin. If anyone is interested I can write up a series of stories about them.