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A lot of people have been wondering when I’d be performing the flea circus in New York– here’s an opportunity to see the show for FREE! Come check it out, if you get the chance. —FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPLEASE LIST, POST, AND DISSEMINATEKILL DATE 12/3/06 Trained Fleas Perform In Riverdale RIVERDALE, NY: This winter, the stars…

This isn’t actually supposed to affect us, but I thought I’d point it out, in case we suddenly go a little crazy, or our soap starts turning us brown, or something….. Hydrant flushing could discolor water in parts of Yonkers By BILL HUGHESTHE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: November 10, 2006) YONKERS – The city’s Water…

My first performance in Portsmouth went very well. But let me backtrack a little: My circus ring fits in my car!!! I wasn’t sure if my 16foot circus ring (8 1ft x 1ft pieces) would fit in my van or not. As it turns out, it does when you remove the backseats– this is excellent…

One of my most sincere wishes has been that the Westchester Bee Line would take the Metrocard. Well, starting April 1, 2007, that wish will come true. There’s a meeting on Wednesday November 8 in White Plains to learn more. The rumor on a couple of bustalk forums is that once this is in place,…

Tomorrow is Halloween, time for Tricks and/or Treats. This is the first time that either Stephanie and I have had a house that might be trick or treated. And truth be told, we are a little nervous about the possibility of mischief running rampant at our house– we were expecting to go to a couple…

The skinny on the Yonkers school system is that it is not very good. Yonkers, the fourth largest city in the state of New York, had trouble with their school system in the 70’s and 80’s due to battles about subsidized housing, (the full story is in the book Show Me A Hero by Lisa…

I had a weird and interesting ethical dilemma today. (At least, it was a weird and interesting dilemma for me– perhaps for someone else, not so much.) The weather was strange today. As aficionados of Winnie the Pooh might call it, it was A Very Blustery Day Torrential rain, gusts of wind, and tiny bouts…

I’ve been looking at the last 15 or 20 posts, and almost all of them are from me. I’m therefore publically calling Stephanie out– post already!! I’m sure that while our loyal readers are endlessly fascinated by my stunning missives, that every once in a while they would like to hear from you. Aren’t I…

Recent AP Story about how Yonkers will become a new breeding ground for mice soon, and the mayor is amazingly, really happy about it. A consortium of NYC medical hospitals and facilities are going to offsite their lab mouse breeding facilities, and move it to Yonkers. They expect to have in the area of 400,000…

My original one man show Buffoon Anonymous, will be performed as part of the Pontine Movement Theatre‘s season November 3-5 in Portsmouth NH. If you’d like to come make a road-trip (or you live in the area) please come by! The theatre is small (47 seats) so make your reservations early! Here’s some info about…

Well, not ALL of your problems– hey, they aren’t miracle workers! :o) On Thursday, October 26, from 7-9 pm, at our local elementary school (The Cedar Place School, 20 Cedar Place and South Broadway), there is going to be a town meeting with the Mayor and his commissioners. I plan on attending, and discussing the…

So last week sometime, I went out to grab some dinner (Stephanie was going to have one of her meetings for the fershlugginer synagogue (I’m starting to forget what she looks like– she goes to work, she goes to synagogue meetings, she goes to sleep) In fact, we’re going out on a date tonight just…

That’s right, it’s my birthday. And lo and behold, I’m feeling a little melancholy. (Great image to the left, right?) It’s right around this time every year that I get all weepy about my life, and how when Jesus, Napoleon, and Alexander the Great were my age, they were dead, and what have I accomplished?…

I was a little late picking up Stephanie at the train station yesterday, because I was speaking to the new owner of the house across the street (the one that we have affectionately dubbed “The Crack House”) For followers of our blog, this is the very house that during the winter and early spring housed…

As I was watering the sidewalk this morning, I met a bunch of people who liked what we were doing to the house. Yes, I was watering the sidewalk. Here’s the full story: Early in the year, I received a summons from the fabulous city of Yonkers, requiring us to have our sidewalk fixed. And…