Posts Tagged ‘New York’
Before Landing ~ Pred Pristaním
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012Toothpick City
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011When Stan Munro started Toothpick City I in 2003, he convinced his wife that this might be an actual job.
Whether she really believed him, or just reveled at the thought of a husband spending all his time in the basement, she supported him. She helped him in every way imaginable, and when Toothpick City sold in 2005, she helped him spend the money.
“My wife is the only sponsor I’ve ever needed,” Stan admits. “She’s a pretty good boss, and she doesn’t mind if I work all day in my underwear”
Stan was born in Rochester, NY in 1970. He has family in New York City and Seattle, WA. Before making large toothpick structures for a living, he was the “Wacky Morning Guy” on 13WHAM-TV, in his hometown of Rochester, NY.
He worked at other TV stations in Albany, NY, Watertown, NY, and Seattle, WA. For several years before that, Stan worked for True Detective magazine, traveling the country writing true-crime stories.
A handful of other jobs scatter through his past, but toothpicking was always there. In college (Fashion Institute of Technology), Stan built toothpick structures as a hobby and gave them away as gifts. His first introduction to toothpicks was in grade school when Stan’s art teacher instructed the class to make a toothpick structure that was six inches tall and could hold an egg. Stan’s held his desk.
Today, Stan lives in Syracuse, NY, with his beautiful wife and four Shi-Tzus. He has no plans to stop toothpicking anytime soon. Life is good.
It Never Hurts to Re-Post These
Thursday, May 26th, 2011GOOD MORNING AMERICA!
Madison Ave closed to traffic!
This is Political Correctness gone crazy…
Scary! Isn’t it?
This is NYC on Madison Ave
This is an accurate picture of every Friday afternoon in several locations throughout NYC where there are mosques with a large number of Muslims that cannot fit into the mosque. They fill the surrounding streets, facing east for a couple of hours between about 2 & 4 p.m. Besides this one at 42nd St & Madison Ave,
there is another, even larger group, at 94th St & 3rd Ave, etc. Also, I presume, you are aware of the dispute over building another “high rise” Mosque a few blocks from “ground zero”. With regard to that one, the “Imam” refuses to disclose where the $110 million dollars to build it is coming from and there is a lawsuit filed to force disclosure of that information – November can’t come soon enough.
This is in New York City on Madison Avenue,
not in France or the Middle East or Yemen or Kenya.
Is there a message here???? Yes, there is, and they are
claiming America for Allah. If we don’t wake up soon, we are going to “politically correct” ourselves right out of our own country!
PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO CARES!
and everyone else!
Does it help?
Do Yo Know the Difference…
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Winter Images
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Imagine Trying to Sell This?
Sunday, January 16th, 2011Near the intersection of Av T & Van Sicklen is Brooklyn’s smallest house.
Occupying what used to be a driveway, it’s a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom home that sits on a parcel 7.25 ft wide, 113.67 ft long. Its interior area is just under 300 sq ft.
Here’s the living room, looking towards the front of the house…
Here’s the living room again, looking towards the back.
Here’s the kitchen. Note that despite the small space, they’ve managed to fit a washer and dryer into the place.
Here’s the bedroom. It comes with a Murphy bed, which is a necessity in such a space. This is what it looks like with the Murphy Bed down.
And here the bedroom with the Murphy Bed retracted.
You also get some patio space out back. Here it is, looking towards the front of the house.
And here’s the patio looking towards the back.
Here are the home’s ‘Listed Features’:
* Completely redone top-to-bottom, front-to-back!
* Tumbled stone entrance walk
* Renovated Bath
* Renovated Kitchen with new stove, new cabinets and new stacked washer/dryer
* Bedroom with Murphy Bed + ‘Built-ins’… (doubles as a den)!
* Walkout to fenced patio
* 100 Amp service
* 2 Satellite Dishes and Receiver
* Window Air Conditioner Available
THE PRICE ? ? ?
You get all this for…
Only in New York !
Madison Avenue in New York
Sunday, November 21st, 2010This is in New York City on Madison Avenue, not in the Middle East or Yemen or Kenya.
Stuur deze e-mail door naar elke persoon die u kent. Laten we bidden, dat deze Mosliminvasie stopt!
Madison Ave in New York
In een Christelijk land is het niet toegestaan een kerststalletje, met het kindje Jezus op de openbare weg neer te zetten, maar de Moslims mogen elke vrijdag een drukke straat afzetten voor het normale verkeer om op straat te bidden. Dit soort dingen gebeurt niet alleen in Amerika, maar ook in Europa. Door de politieke correctheid is men gek geworden! Erg, vindt u niet?
Something is happening in America that is reminiscent of what is happening in Europe .
Dit is een waarheidsgetrouw beeld dat u elke vrijdag op diverse plaatsen in New York kunt tegenkomen. Wegens het grote aantal moslims, dat niet in de moskeeën past, vullen zij tussen 2 en 4 uur ‘s middags de straten met hun gezicht naar het oosten.
U hebt waarschijnlijk ook wel gehoord van het publieke debat dat nu in Amerika plaatsvindt over het bouwen van een hoge moskee vlak bij de plaats waar de door moslims verwoeste Twin Towers stonden en waarbij meer dan 5.000 mensen omkwamen. De imam die deze moskee wil bouwen wil niet zeggen hoe hij aan de 110 miljoen dollar komt om dat te betalen. Er loopt een recht zaak om dit gegeven boven water te krijgen.
Deze foto’s zijn genomen in New York en niet in het Midden Oosten of Yemen of Egypte.
This is in New York City on Madison Avenue, NOT in the Middle East or Yemen or Kenya.
Wat is de boodschap die hier wordt uitgedragen? Zij willen Amerika en Europa innemen voor Allah. Als we niet snel wakker worden uit deze “politiek correcte” nachtmerrie zullen we spoedig
Stuur deze e-mail alstublieft door naar iedere persoon die u kent!!!!
“Alles wat nodig is om het kwaad te doen groeien zijn goede mensen die niets doen.” – Edmund Burke
The Hotel Bill
Saturday, September 25th, 2010Next time you think your hotel bill is too high, you might want to consider this:
My wife and I were traveling by car from Texas to California. Being Seniors, after almost eleven hours on the road, we were too tired to continue, and decided to take a room. But, we only planned to sleep for four hours and then get back on the road. When we checked out four hours later, the desk clerk handed us a bill for $350.00.
I exploded and demanded to know why the charge is so high. I told the clerk although it’s a nice hotel; the rooms certainly aren’t worth $350.00 for four hours. Then the clerk tells me that $350.00 is the ‘standard rate’. I insisted on speaking to the Manager.
The Manager appears, listens to me, and then explains that the hotel has an Olympic-sized pool and a huge conference center that were available for us to use. ‘But we didn’t use them,” I said, ”Well, they are here, and you could have,” explained the Manager.
He went on to explain that we could also have taken in one of the shows for which the hotel is famous. “We have the best entertainers from New York, Hollywood, and Las Vegas perform here,” the Manager says.
“But we didn’t go to any of those shows,” I said. “Well, we have them, and you could have,” the Manager replied.
No matter what amenity the Manager mentioned, I replied, “But we didn’t use it!”
The Manager is unmoved, and eventually I gave up and agreed to pay.
I wrote a check and gave it to the Manager.
The Manager is surprised when he looks at the check. “But sir, this check is only made out for $50.00.” ”That’s correct. I charged you $300.00 for sleeping with my wife,” I replied.
“But I didn’t!” exclaims the Manager.
I said, “Well, too bad, she was here, and you could have.”
This is Genius
Monday, August 16th, 2010Greg Gutfield To Open A Gay Bar Next To Ground Zero Mosque To Cater To “Islamic Gay Men”
by Jon Bershad | 8:23 pm, August 9th, 2010
No, this is not a joke. In fact, it is instead one of the most brilliant pieces of provocations in recent years.Greg Gutfield from Fox News’ Red Eyeannounced today via his blog that he is actively speaking to investors and plans on opening a gay bar next to the controversial mosque being built near Ground Zero in New York. To make matters worse (better?) the bar will be specifically designed to cater to homosexuals of the Islamic faith. God, this is going to be an exciting block.
Here’s Gutfield’s entire post which he will expand upon during tonight’s Red Eye:
“So, the Muslim investors championing the construction of the new mosque near Ground Zero claim it’s all about strengthening the relationship between the Muslim and non-Muslim world.
As an American, I believe they have every right to build the mosque – after all, if they buy the land and they follow the law – who can stop them?
Which is, why, in the spirit of outreach, I’ve decided to do the same thing.
I’m announcing tonight, that I am planning to build and open the first gay bar that caters not only to the west, but also Islamic gay men. To best express my sincere desire for dialogue, the bar will be situated next to the mosque Park51, in an available commercial space.
This is not a joke. I’ve already spoken to a number of investors, who have pledged their support in this bipartisan bid for understanding and tolerance.
As you know, the Muslim faith doesn’t look kindly upon homosexuality, which is why I’m building this bar. It is an effort to break down barriers and reduce deadly homophobia in the Islamic world.
The goal, however, is not simply to open a typical gay bar, but one friendly to men of Islamic faith. An entire floor, for example, will feature non-alcoholic drinks, since booze is forbidden by the faith. The bar will be open all day and night, to accommodate men who would rather keep their sexuality under wraps – but still want to dance.
Bottom line: I hope that the mosque owners will be as open to the bar, as I am to the new mosque. After all, the belief driving them to open up their center near Ground Zero, is no different than mine.
My place, however, will have better music.”
Reply from a friend:
I heard him doing this and he suggested names for the gay bar like:
