Miscellany

The development application I wanted to hear - the one proposing 153 residential units with 155 parking spaces at East Third & Richmond - was postponed until March 5, so I didn't have to go out in the bitter cold. However, it also meant I didn't have anything to report from the Planning Board meeting. So here are some miscellaneous items for your amusement and edification.

Snow Blowers

So during one of the recent storms, two guys show up with leaf blowers to attack the snow. I guess there's a skill involved in any activity, because one guy had the knack and the other one didn't.

I kept waiting for Hapless Dude to check out Mr. Clean Sweep's method, but it never happened.

Vulture Culture 

For a couple of years now, Black Vultures have been visiting Block 832. Unlike the Turkey Vulture which eats carrion, these birds will rifle through a Dumpster for food.

Maybe sensing they were on camera, they got in formation, the better to show off their spiffy white legs that remind me of tube socks. They teeter when they walk, with comical effect.

Truckin'

Sometimes those clipboards just don't work out. Did somebody really schedule two PMUA trucks to show up at the same time?

Flash from the Past

Tossing old papers and came across some anti-JG fliers from 1997. Since then he's won eight more terms - must be doing something right.

Mirons Warehouse

I'm curious to know what those four bays will become. Developer Frank Cretella plans to have a restaurant on this side of Gavett Place as well as an entertainment center facing it on the other side. The former furniture warehouse has a new roof and exterior repairs, with 12 apartments planned upstairs.

Mau and Grumpy Cat

I bought Mau a Grumpy Cat to play with, as most cat toys are too small for him to grab and bunny-kick. But Grumpy Cat's irascibility seems to have has worn off on Mau and mostly they just ignore each other.

Jersey Mayhem

Well, if this counts as mayhem, I guess things are looking up in the Soprano State - unless it was the fashion police.

That's all, folks!

--Bernice