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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
PERSONAL NEWS #222
On July
4th, I hung out with my friend Jackie in the evening to enjoy a
leisurely dinner at Paros on 7th Avenue in Park Slope.
Over
the July 5th – 7th weekend; I visited with the parents,
brother, sister-in-law and their friend Charlie for a relaxing weekend. Although we did lose electricity for 3 hours
Friday evening after a nasty storm, it didn’t dampen our spirits.
July
8th, I had a private yoga class with Fabrice at the yoga center.
July
9th, I attended the monthly BFP Peace Fair / Fundraising committee
meeting, which was very productive.
July
11th, I attended an open BFP community meeting regarding “Stop U.S.
Intervention in Syria”. Where discussion
centered on ... How can we stop U.S. intervention in Syria?
BFP strongly opposes US military intervention in Syria! We urge the
US, as well as the UN, the EU, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, to push as
strongly as possible for a political and diplomatic resolution of this crisis.
July 12th, I had a private yoga class with Fabrice at
the yoga center.
June 13th, after
my cleaning lady, Dana, did good work at my apt, I joined my friend Margaret at
The Way Station bar in Brooklyn for a fun afternoon of Sherlockian antics and
fundraising. All fundraising proceeds go
to support “Pathways to HousingNY”.
Visit their website at www.pathwaystohousingny.org
to find out more and make a donation.
June 14th, I
attended the “Justice for Trayvon” demonstration at Borough Hall in Brooklyn
with my friend Joel and his girlfriend.
Good turnout of 200 to 300 strong in support and the hope that justice
will prevail. Zimmerman getting off with
a “not guilty”, as well as receiving the murder weapon back in his possession
has angered many around America.
June 15th, I
had a private yoga class with Fabrice at the yoga center.
June 16th, I
attended a productive, informative monthly BFP A&C committee meeting.
June 17th, I
volunteered at the WCW national office to assist with computer work.
June 18th, I attended
the monthly “NYC Friends of Tolkien” meetup.
It was enjoyable with discussions on assorted topics and about 12+ in
attendance.
June 19th, I
had a private yoga class with Fabrice at the yoga center.
June 22nd, I
had an appt with Dr Tan for acupuncture treatment, and afterwards I attended my
private yoga class with Fabrice at the yoga center.
July 26th, I
had a private yoga class with Fabrice at the yoga center.
On July 27th,
after my chiropractor appt, I checked out the farmers market and street fair in
my neighborhood.
July 28th, I
had an appt with Dr Tan for acupuncture treatment, and discussion on sleeping
aids.
July 30th, I attended the monthly BCARP meeting to learn of latest developments / plans against the horrible proposed gas / fracking pipelines considered for Manhattan and Brooklyn.
July 30th, I attended the monthly BCARP meeting to learn of latest developments / plans against the horrible proposed gas / fracking pipelines considered for Manhattan and Brooklyn.
July 31st, I had lung and bronchial issues, and rushed to the emergency room from work in car service. Was at the emergency room from 6:15pm until 2am on Aug 1st, then took car service home from there. Same issues as before, coughing up blood from my bronchial tubes. So annoying, but have to go to ER in case there is internal bleeding. Thankfully there wasn't. Whew!
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
IN
THE NEWS
‘The
World Will Be Shocked’ – Greenwald on Upcoming NSA Expose
Obama
administration’s objective with Snowden is “to intimidate future whistleblowers
from coming forward”
Robert Reich: The
Republicans of the Supreme Court
Why
Edward Snowden’s Leaks Have Empowered All of Us
Elliot
Sperber, AlterNet
Chomsky
Says Young People Don’t Care About Surveillance – Is He Right?
April
M. Short, AlterNet
Richard Eskow: Where the Hell Is the Outrage?
Pesticide
Use Spikes as GMO Failure Cripples Corn Belt
Fukushima
Radioactive Levels Surge 90-Fold in Three Days
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/09-3
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/09-3
Corporate Interests Prevail in Transatlantic Trade
Talks
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/09-7
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/09-7
How
Unchecked Capitalism Has Brought the World to the Brink of Apocalypse and What
We Must Do Now
Robert
Jensen, AlterNet
Activists
Sue Federal Agency for Illegally Withholding Affordable Housing Funds
Alyssa
Figueroa, AlterNet
How
American Weapons Are Crushing Dissent in Egypt
Thalif
Deen, Inter Press Service
If
You Love Nature and Defend It Against Human Destruction, Be Prepared to Be
Called a Fascist
George
Monbiot, The Guardian
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Monday, July 01, 2013
PERSONAL NEWS No.221
June 2nd, I attended my second Qigong class at Greenpoint Yoga.
June 6th,
I attended the monthly BFP board meeting at The Commons.
June 7th,
I had my weekly private yoga class with Fabrice at Greenpoint Yoga.
June 8th
and 9th, I attended the annual Left Forum at Pace University. The highlight for me was seeing and hearing
Noam Chomsky speak on many important topics.
Also ran into acquaintances and attended several workshops.
June 9th,
did a mini photo adventure in Brooklyn Heights, had dinner at Heights Café and
then waited 1.5 hours for the East River ferry to take me home. Good thing it was a nice, sunny, warm day.
June 10th,
I attended an urgent BFP A&C conference call regarding the panel event we
are hosting on the 13th.
Productive call and much resolved.
June 11th,
I volunteered at the WCW national office to assist with computer work.
June 12th,
I attended the monthly BFP Fundraising/PF meeting. The discussion centered on planning and
organizing for the October event.
June 13th,
as part of the BFP A&C committee, we proudly hosted a panel discussion at
The Common’s called “Arts and Activism”.
Despite the weather the turnout was roughly 25+ attendees. Lots of great dialogue, networking, hip-hop
music, etc.
June 14th,
I had my weekly private yoga class with Fabrice at Greenpoint Yoga.
June 15th,
after Dana cleaned my apt, I went to get a much needed manicure and then jumped
on the East River Ferry to Governors Island.
Lots going on at Governors Island this weekend … start off with the
1920s themed “Jazz Age Lawn Party” … which was cool to observe. Many were dressed in period attire and the
music was cool. I checked out Figment
event, which was okay, and then a compost/chicken farm. Headed back to my hood on the ferry boat and
then went to get a much needed pedicure J
June 16th,
I volunteered to assist with BFP tabling at the annual Seventh Heaven Street Fair in Park Slope from 12-6pm. The weather held up nicely so that Eric,
Jane, Melissa, Veronica, Vicky, Eleanor and I could connect with those
attending the fair. I also ran into Josh
Skaller, who ran for New York City Council back in 2009. I did volunteer work on that campaign and
know Josh through CBID.
June 18th,
I attended the monthly BFP A&C committee meeting. Afterwards, I thought I was
taking the G subway home. Instead, it got halfway there and stopped at
Bedford/Nordstrom stop. We had to leave the subway station, as no trains were
running due to someone at another stop committing suicide. Sigh! I travel by car service to northern Brooklyn
with another nice subway passenger.
Once home I relaxed with my new book, "Inferno" by Dan Brown,
and read until 1am.
June 19th, I attended the opening evening
reception at my office for the “Beyond Our Work Life – 4th Annual
Art Exhibit”. I am one of forty
“artists” whose work was on display at the reception, and it’ll also be on
exhibit throughout June 20th and 21st.
June 20th,
I had an appt with Dr Tan for acupuncture treatment and herbs. Apparently I have a very mild case of Strep
throat. No wonder my voice sounded
terrible for a week and coughing up my lungs.
Sigh!
June 21st,
I met up with my friend Dennis after work and we had sushi for dinner down in
the East Village.
June 23rd,
I headed upstate on MetroNorth to visit with my good friend Katherine, take her
out for a belated birthday lunch, catch up on news and just hang out.
June 24th,
I had my weekly private yoga class with Fabrice at the yoga center.
June 27th,
I had a lunch meeting with Bob Baskin [Peace Alliance] and Liz Gannon Graydon
to discuss the peace movement, NYdoPeace, etc.
After work, I attended the monthly CBID [Central Brooklyn Independent
Democrats] meeting in Park Slope, and we heard several NYC candidates [ie: Jim
Brennan and Carlos Menchaca] speak. [NYS Democrat primary is Sept 15.]
June 28th,
was a crazy work day with end of EY13 fiscal year work to be completed, and
then handing in laptop for a serious upgrade.
Afterwards, I went out for a delightful, leisurely dinner [ie: Jack’s] with
my friend Liz Gannon Graydon to catch up on a lot of news.
June 29th,
started off with abit of a rough start, health wise, and then things improved
enough so I could enjoy spending time with my friend Sam. We did a mini photography adventure around my
hood, and then had a tasty dinner at Sakura.
June 30th,
I had my weekly private yoga class with Fabrice at the yoga center; afterwards
I headed into Manhattan for some appts.
One of which was seeing Dr Tan for more herbs.