March 9, 2007: Another Long Day in the Office

When I finally got home last night after nine thirty my one piece of mail was a birthday card sent from Leicester that was stamped by the post office on February 20th.  That would be sixteen days ago for a standard, ordinary first class letter to go from New York to 1180 Raymond in Newark, …

March 8, 2007: International Women’s Day

Today is International Women’s Day. I know a few international women but almost all of the women that I know are domestic and apparently have a separate holiday. I am not sure when that is though. The new US Passports are so easy to copy that people are already able to make full copies of …

March 7, 2007: Goodbye Nick Tahoe’s Hots

It was a relaxing night last night for Dominica and I. We ordered in from Nino’s in Harrison, watched two episodes of the fourth season of Remington Steele and went to bed. The server rails that I have been desperately waiting for have arrived but they are not as complete as I would have hoped …

March 5, 2007: Newark Fire Drill Followup

I took some heat today from a regular reader of SGL for my flippant treatment of the Newark Fire Department in regards to the constant fire alarm testing at 1180 Raymond. So I will take this opportunity to state in a public forum that I apologize to the Newark Fire Department who, I am sure, …