Ridiculousness heard today

• The TB scare patient with the extremely rare case of TB who continued flying from US to Europe and back was finally named today. Turns out he was the son in law of a TB specialist. The TB patient was leaving US in order to go on his honeymoon. Either that was one disapproving father-in-law with a grudge ala de Niro in "Meet the Parents/Fokkers" or a very stupid man. Either way, you couldn't dream it up.
• Being asked to find the cell number of a suspected criminal for an interview. The FBI were still looking for her. She had abducted her son from kindergarten and was riding around on a bus somewhere.
  

Everything just...works

Caught a mouse in a (humane) glue trap for the first time ever. It was from a 99cent shop.

Walmart is too trendy

Apparently Walmart has done a Marks & Spencer and become too trendy for its consumers. Odd that the ranges worked for ASDA. There was a "hillbilly redneck woman" song (Gretchen Wilson lyrics) about buying fashion at Walmart, heard throughout our drive from Deep South to North East. Maybe that is their customer base, plus the odd Amish.

I have just bought this hoodie online from walmart.com (there's no store in NYC), I wanted to thank them for all the free sponge baths with hot water at the start of my year. Plus, it's HOT and I want one in every colour. I also really like their generic rip off skincare but that's not online yet.

Antique Bike

Dangerous new addiction

The bagel walk or an excuse to stuff oneself ie.myself.

There has never been a queue anytime I have been there. Wish there was something to dissuade me. Bagels are 60cents each and you don't need any filling - they even have a chocolate chip or french toast version for the dessert part of your day. Tonight I persuaded myself that if I got off the subway five stops earlier (...ish, Nassau Ave) in order to walk there and walk home, I would expend sufficient calories to enjoy it.

Then proceeded to get completely lost in South Williamsburg. Tried to keep my head down in front of the Hasidic Jewish community as I thought they may remember me from the accidental vomiting in a bin episode. Got away with it and did get to witness a bit of a preview of the Manhattanenge phenomenon. Amazing views of Manhattan in the early evening sunlight and occasional snippets of bridge. The sun streams through the building gaps (otherwise known as streets?!). I will try to capture in a more visual manner with 2 megapixel camera phone once fully charged.

New noises

The fight outside has stopped but now there is definitely a mouse in my cupboard. The shouting covered the squeaks.

MOUSE UPDATE at midnight - it is a tiny robber mouse which seems to live under the fridge.

How many networking sites does a person need?

I am so confused about where to upload tales and trivia these days so I am creating another one. Which at the moment seems very, very trivial as there is a fight outside my door involving two very loud ex-cons, a barking chihuahua and a little boy asking where his daddy is. Moving on...

Old photos are still on
pickyernosetrail

First stories of our US road trip and pictures are on:
mygayspace

Current tales of hilarity and pictures of small appliances are on:
sitonmyfacebook

and that's way more news about me than anyone really needs however...I am going to upload my travel diaries written by failing torchlight (and under the influence of very cheap vodka). I would like somewhere to preserve my sense of shock and awe at this beautiful and diverse country. From toothless ladies to handcuffed aliens, with sprinklings of Amish and disgruntled marines oh, and a wheelchair ramp and a pecan nut farmer. Working title is "Mr Wilson Magical Chair" or something like that.