Glad to have them. We might not always agree, but so what. Happy to know guys as packets on the intertubes.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I was trying write a review of this year but I didn’t finish it with friends visiting.
OT/rant about anything…
i am a leaf on the wind….watch how i soar
as i dance between social calls
no really… graceful like a pregnant cow me
Most of the newer college football bowl games are a waste of time.
HOWEVER
The Poptarts Bowl just ended and its demented mascots make that one fantastic.
After they present the trophy (which also is a functioning toaster), mascots in Poptarts costumes go into a giant toaster and out come giant Poptarts for the winning team to eat. As they put it, the ultimate sacrifice! 😀
The Donna Summers “Hot Stuff” song definitely improved the experience
https://x.com/awfulannouncing/status/2005072949695709679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2005072949695709679%7Ctwgr%5Ed5bd09a633063980fe0e6ca87910244583963050%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fncaaf%2F2025%2F12%2F27%2Fpop-tarts-bowl-mascot-team-team-sprinkles-sacrificed-byu-georgia-tech-football%2F87929205007%2F
I don’t blame them. I think most things that are food, would say “FUCK THAT SHIT! I’M OUTTA HERE!”
I’m not crazy about the holidays. I’m unsure what day it is.
One of my favorite songs (I have hundreds) but one of my biggest regrets in life is that I didn’t scoop up Bette Midler’s triplex penthouse co-op when it came on the market. It eventually went for $45 million, a decrease from the $50 million ask.
https://www.6sqft.com/bette-midler-sells-palatial-upper-east-side-penthouse-last-listed-for-50m/
Not only do we not have $45 million to drop on an Upper East Side triplex penthouse co-op, I doubt the board would accept us. I will not burden you with the ins and outs of co-op “shareholding” vs condominium ownership. Suffice it to say that when we were finally ready to buy, we didn’t even look at co-ops.
To buy one you have to go before the co-op board and they can and will reject you for any reason. The city is trying to make this a little more transparent, to little effect, but as a gay biracial couple we’d be a hard sell, even if we could hand over $45 million in an all-cash offering. It’s why condominiums trade at a premium. If my apartment were a co-op (and it wouldn’t have been, since they’re not building co-ops anymore) I bet it would have cost at least 30% less.
We had a resident who was the Board president for a couple of years and she was a property manager who came from the co-op world. At owners’ meetings she would say things like, “As shareholders—” and inevitably this one guy, one of my best friends, natch, would stand up and say, “This is a condominium building, not a co-op. We’re not shareholders, we’re owners. If we wanted communal living we’d move to a kibbutz [they were both Jewish. I had to keep explaining to Better Half what a kibbutz is].
Well, to bring this back to doe, I hope the new owners are enjoying Bette Midler’s apartment and absorbing the joy she no doubt left behind.