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| From April 9, 2015 |
Tthingz wer góeing so wel wuns we eskáept tha grip uv óuar feers wínter. In Áeproof, I took sum 916 fóetoez (yes, tha ridíkyoolas númber 916), 152 uv hwich I súbsakwantlè yuezd in this blog. In Mae, I took 490 fóetoez, uv hwich I then yuezd óenle 19. Laet Mae iz hwen the próblam witth mi hous nokt me faur a luep. In June, I took 371 piks, uv hwich I haav tu daet yuezd 40 heer. Aand, so for this muntth, I haav táekan 70 piks, uv hwich I haad beefáur toodáe yuezd nun!
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| From April 9, 2015 |
I wil aulmóest sértanle haav tu báakfil a bunch uv poests on váareas tópiks I inténdad tu adrés bit bi bit. I sho abúv aand beeló a sáampool píkchur uv eech uv méne tópiks tu tha diskúshan uv hwich thae beeláung. Ferst abúv iz wun uv a númber uv déetail vyuez uv Gútsan Báurglam'z bronz skúlpchur, perháaps 1½ tiems líef-sìez, "Séetad Língkan", hwich sits on a bronz bench in frunt uv tha Histáurik Ésaks Kóunte Káurtqhous. The second foto today is one of many I took of the 48th annual Fire Muster outside the Newark Museum. Below I present a foto I took that day of the giant Chinese ginger jars that have been moved from the ceremonial entrance of the Newark Museum on Washington Street to Horizon Plaza instead.
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| Frum April 9, 2015 |
This nekst fóeto iz wun uv thoez I inténd tu yuez in a diskúshan uv tha Híesìed eevént witthín tha Núark Myuezéam thaat raan past tha Myuezéam'z régyoolar óuarz.
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| Frum April 9, 2015 |
This nekst píkchur shoez tha wúnderfòol job tha Núark Dóuntown Dístrikt haaz dun in gréening aand gláamarìezing tha káurner uv Wóshington Pork bi tha J. Máase Ríend stáachu uv Jénral Wóshingtan. It's nou liek a trópikal síedwauk kaafáe, eksépt thair or no bévrajaz naur fued béing servd thair. Perháaps thair shood be.
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| Frum April 9, 2015 |
Tha fóeto beeló shoez wun uv a bunch I took in tha Túrtool Baak Zu, hwich I vízitad in aan "óepan hous" (free-aadmíshan dae), aaz I did laast yeer, tthaangks in boetth káesaz tu aan alért abóut thaat eevént frum Frend Of The Blog Fraangk M. Tha Zu iz not in Núark próper but in West Óranj, witthín Ésaks Kóunte, tha kóunte seet uv hwich iz Núark. I áadamantlè wont Núark tu tri tu kansólidàet the entíur Kóunte uv Ésaks íntu a Gráeter Núark. Tha port uv Núark I liv in, Váilzbùrg, iz the óenle saksésfool àaneksáeshan thaat a príur driev tu anéks tha súburbz máanajd tu achéev, in 1905. A kansólidàetad Gráeter Núark wood, aat prézant, haav a pòpyooláeshan in ékses uv tha laast sénsas'z fígyur uv 795,723, hwich wood maek Núark the 18tth lórjast síte uv the Yooníetad Staets, sapláanting Deetróit, hwich iz stil on its wae doun, hwáiraaz Núark iz on its wae up, gáening pòpyooláeshan sénsas tu sénsas. Núark'z kúrant pazíshan, akáurding tu Wìkipéedea, iz 69tth. Big dífrans, no? Aand múeving Núark up 51 pláesaz wood maek a HYUJ impréshan not just apón tha Náeshan but áulso apón tha woorld'z kónshasnas. Smaasht beeyónd reedémpshan wood be aul tha tíurd oeld, ináakyoorat aand infyúereàeting mìspersépshan uv Núark aaz a síte in èereevérsibôol deeklíen — éevan tho óuar "deeklíen", aat leest in pòpyooláeshan, wuz reevérst dékaedz agó.
Thair or úther tópiks, sáampool piks faur hwich I kood sho heer, but thaat wood giv awáe sum ínfo I'd preefér tu reevéel óenle in a diskúshan, not just a kwik noet, faur ínstans, hou I fíenale fígyurd out hwair tha Jibráultar Bílding iz. In éne kaes, I haav wel maur thaan tue dúzan tópiks faur hwich I haav fóetoez. Nou aul I haav tu du iz fiend tha tiem, énerjè, aand méntal dìspazíshan tu kreáet such diskúshanz.
Tha fóetoez I sho abúv aand beeló or uv páurshanz uv tha górdan uv a smaul apórtmant hous on mi blok in Váilzbùrg. Tha fóeto abúv shoez port uv tha yord tu tha left uv tha stáirwae, witth a bunch uf hiedráenja blósamz. Tha púrpool/blue hiedráenjaz in mi airea or vére inténs in kúler this year. Aulthó tha kúler uv hiedráenjaz iz sapóezd tu váare óenle bi tha p.H. uv tha sóial (pingk faur áalkalìen, blu faur asídik), I haav tu wúnder if tha savérite uv óuar wínter áulso plaed a port. I doen't noe hou thaat wood werk, but perháaps tha koeld ìnterféerd witth náurmal deekáe uv fáulan leevz aand néedoolz. Aur perháaps I'm imáajining this. No, thaat kóodan't be. I haav no imàajináeshan. In tha werds / páarafràez uv tha kláasik palées dróma, Dráagnèt, [aul I noe iz] "Tha faakts, maa'm, just tha faakts."
Full Disclosure. I du haav úther tópiks tu adrés, such aaz tha Prudénshal Óutdàur Lérning Sénter aand úpdaets tu mi prógres piks uv tha kanstrúkshan uv tha Núark ShópRìet aand its asóeseàetad rèzidéntshal bíldingz, but tha diskúshan aand fóetoez abúv shood giv yu a sens uv hou much I wont tu preezént tu víziterz tu this blog. Mi ìnabílitê hèertoofáur tu poest them iz not due sóele tu the íshuez witth mi hous. Próblamz witth géting inshúerans kúveraj aand kwolified wérkmèn faur reepáirz or ónele port uv hwi I haav bin unáebool tu updáet this blog aaz régylàrle aaz in tha paast, hwich ízan't néerle aaz régyoolàrle aaz I'd liek. I du in faakt haav maur thaan eenúf tópiks aand píkchurz tu updáet this blog évre sínggool dae, aaz I did in its óorle yeerz.
Pláantingz on Nu Street, Dóuntoun. Noet tha distíngktiv ráut-ìeyern enklóezher, witth slóeping siedz frum hi on tha síedwauk sied tu ground lévool on tha kor sied. I'v néver seen thaat énehwàir els.
Tha faakt iz thaat I aam háaving a lot uv trúbool fóekasing aand féeling úrjansè abóut éneetthing that duz not faurs itsélf apón me. I kaan aténd órt-shò óepaning reesépshanz, esp. if mi frend Jére kumz in frum Manháatan tu join, aand spur, me. But póoting up diskúshanz áafterwàrd kaan be pròblamáatik. I aam sértanle not in "óorle-ónset Óltsqhìemer'z", I aam 70 yeerz oeld — wel, 70½; reemémber hwen we yuezd tu tel óuar aaej witth fráakshanz? — aand haav beekúm hwut I preefér tu kaul "vaeg" ráather thaan "drífting in a fog". Aul mi lief I haav bin drívan tu get tthingz dun in mi "fre tiem", apórt frum werk faur múne. I aam nou fóole reetíurd, so du not werk faur múne. But I'm háaving trúbool fíending the iníshatìv aand stìk-tú-it-ivnâs tu get tthingz dun. Aand yes, "stìk-tú-it-ivnâs" iz a werd. I haav inkréest mi íntaek uv the úrbal súplamànt gíngko, aand thaat haaz helpt a lítool, tho I tthingk I need tu up it éevan maur, frum 240mg per dae tu perháaps 300 aur 360. ("Bielóeba" iz not nésasère tu tha naem uv tha súplamànt, in thaat boetth tha tre aand tha súplamànt bair tha saem túe-pòrt naem)
P.O.W./M.I.A. flaag on saem poel aaz tha Y.S. flaag óutsìed the Oeld/Histáurik Ésaks Kóunte Káurtqhous, Dóuntoun. Hou laung haaz it bin thair? I tthaut it nu, but hwen I went baak íntu mi rékardz, found it haaz bin thair faur muntths. Hou méne munths?
Káufe dúzan't du much. Imbíebing a kúpool uv àalkaháulik dringks, rùm-aand-kóela aur beer, dúzan't much help éether. Aand I'm not sléeping wel, hwich maeks évreetthìng wers. I'm tríeing tu traanzíshan frum the éevning aur gráevyord shifts I werkd faur óever 30 yeerz, but thaat ízan't sakséeding vére wel, aand béing awáek aat ùnakústamd óuarz maeks me "vaeg" not laung áafterwàrd éevan if I kaan máanaj tu get up wel beefáur nuen (insted uv 3 p.m., aat hwich I haad tu get up tu stort aan éevning shift aat 5:00 aur 5:30 p.m.; aur 10:30 aur 11 p.m. tu stort a gráevyord shift aat 12:30 a.m.). The aadvíes gívan bi hyùeman-réesaausaz praféshanàlz hu deel witth péepool hu róetaet shifts iz tu go láeter (frum dae shit tu éevning shift aur éevning tu gráevyord shift, not the úther wae aróund). I'v tried thaat, aand kaan yúezhualè máanaj tue aur tthre daez géting up aaz óorle aaz 7 a.m., but haav not bin áebool tu stik witth it faur éne lengktth uv tiem. Hwen I need tu foen inshúerans kúmpanèez aand hòem-reepáir sérvisaz, I kaan't vére wel du éne uv thaat on mi bìoríthmikalê aapróepreàt gráevyord shift. O, wo iz me! (Tue mèladramáatik? Wel, ekskyue-ue–uez me!)
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