By Denis Campbell
New York City in winter is an acquired taste. It’s a cold, unforgiving and tough place to live in or visit. It was almost 4-years since my last trip to the ‘Big Apple.’ My kids asked why they call it the Big Apple and this confusing explanation was the best I could find [...]
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‘Woman Down,’ Times Sq 2010 Ball Disappears Overnight and Other Manhattan Observations
Posted on 12 February 2010 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 2010, Big Apple, Macy's, Madison Square Garden, Mayor Bloomberg, New Year's Eve ball, New York City, The Garden, Times Square, woman down
Rudy’s Family Values and More Republican Hypocrisy
Posted on 22 April 2009 by Madeleine Begun Kane | Comments (0) | Tags: Annulments, Constitution, Dissent, divorce, family values, gay marriage, Giuliani Limerick, Madeleine Begun Kane, New York City, obama, Reagan Satire, Republicans Humor, Rick Perry, Same Sex Marriage, Secession, Texas Humor, Treason
Two new limericks by Madeleine Begun Kane
Rudy’s Family Values
How to become a GOP family values champion:
1. Marry your cousin.
2. Pretend you didn’t know she was your cousin.
3. Get your lengthy marriage to your mystery-cousin-wife annulled.
4. Marry someone else, have kids, then cheat on your second wife very publicly and notoriously while you’re New York City mayor.
5. [...]
Masters of the Universe No More
Posted on 13 December 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: 000 times their workers, 000-2, 1987 book, 1st Q on Wall Street barons could have a huge global fi, all notions we could gladly see end up in the dustbin, amusingly and obscenely rich characters (formerly) runn, bankrupt Lehman Brothers, Bettridge Jewelers on Wall Street, Canary Wharf is a ghost town, CEO’s being paid 1, collapse after 1st borrowing millions against its paper, Consigned Couture is doing a bumper business reselling, could be good for all of us, death of obscene stock price based compensation, Denis Campbell, East Hampton Airport on Long Island traffic is down 35%, Greenwich CT has 55 houses for sale asking $9 million d, homes and private schools leveraged to their eyeballs o, ignoring the long term picture for the health of the co, lemon tarts, managing for the short term of this quarter, Maserati in every driveway, Masters of the Universe, Masters of the Universe No More, New York City, New York City’s mayor Bloomberg is seriously worried ab, Notting Hill, panic amongst the ultra-rich, panic could rise even higher, projected a shortfall of 20% and once bonuses are annou, reaching alarming heights, so thin one could actually see their skeletons if they, so-called ‘middle’ managers worth ‘only’ $5-10 million, social x-rays, taking down retailers and charities, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe, traffic selling off jewells to make mortgage payments, UK, Vanity Fair’s Michael Schnayerson’s essay, women so young and stunningly beautiful/perfect hanging
By Denis Campbell
NYC suburb, Greenwich, CT has 55 houses for sale asking $9 million dollars or more. Staff at East Hampton Airport on Long Island, a scene of private Gulfstream jet gridlock, says traffic is down 35%. Bettridge Jewelers on Wall Street, sees traffic mostly selling off jewells to make mortgage payments. It means deals on classic pieces [...]
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