tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post2132521187851844754..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Ten Years AgoBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-73577864530527218962013-08-19T15:53:11.027-04:002013-08-19T15:53:11.027-04:00I remember the '77 blackout. I was in Midtown,...I remember the '77 blackout. I was in Midtown, and stayed with friends on the Upper West Side. The following day I made my way back downtown, and you know, downtown in SoHo, it was all cool - no looting, and free beer and ice cream, too.<br /><br />I remember standing on the roof at my Greene Street building, watching the lights go on gradually, all over the city.Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-28924113094253790842013-08-16T12:52:22.385-04:002013-08-16T12:52:22.385-04:00Thanks BBBB, tho' now I live in fear of not ge...Thanks BBBB, tho' now I live in fear of not getting 8200 bottles!Syrbal/Labryshttp://www.herlanderwalking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-66885509138071330692013-08-15T18:00:22.263-04:002013-08-15T18:00:22.263-04:00I remember that blackout.
I was going to a brunch...I remember that blackout.<br /><br />I was going to a brunch place in the Village to meet a former co-worker. No power, no brunch...and no elevator service when I got home, for a number of days. At least I was only on the 9th floor...<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-53076273088237952252013-08-15T15:43:23.192-04:002013-08-15T15:43:23.192-04:00Now, that's a monument, S/L!Now, that's a monument, S/L!Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-13820572713259136702013-08-15T13:43:54.530-04:002013-08-15T13:43:54.530-04:00Must be the summer for anniversaries...10 years ag...Must be the summer for anniversaries...10 years ago, I was building a Cretan labyrinth in stone to be a war memorial (and magical construct of sorts) to furiously refute Bush's claim of "mission accomplished".<br /><br />This summer, I am trying to collect enough tiny empty booze bottles, <a href="http://herlanderwalking.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/drink-to-the-dead-and-send-me-empty-bottles-an-appeal/" rel="nofollow">"dead soldiers"</a> to put over 8,200 of them on the stones of that Walk of the Fallen on its 10th anniversary in November.Syrbal/Labryshttp://www.herlanderwalking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com