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Surely You Know the Work of Mr. Two Goobs...
Mr. Two Goobs, from his Facebook page.My favorite artist these days is the artist whose work I see the most - Mr. Two Goobs, the man behind those brightly colored abandoned bicycles all over the...
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It Will Take Someone Famous Dying...
The Q hasn't felt much like blogging lately. Blogging is SO 2010's. But with my nearly decade of shit-shooting about the neighborhood, the Q at P has become something of a history of this time in the...
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You Know It's Serious When the Bagel Place Closes
Took a walk up the Flabenue this morning. Typically it would be full of action even early, folks getting ready for a relaxing start to their weekend, early brunch, Adventists going to church,...
View ArticleIt's All In the Hands (and face)
It's getting hard to talk to friends about how this COVID-19 gets transmitted. So much fear and hype that I try to stick to the experts and not argue. No one likes a know-it-all, especially in a...
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The New Regular Is Really Not Regular
As a man past 50 I'll tell you a little secret - the Q is lost without his Metamucil. For years I wondered why I couldn't depend upon regular and satisfying bowel movements, but like so many men my age...
View ArticleTesting and Self-Delusion
Wondering if you've got the demon bug? You can actually get tested, if you're in one of these high risk groups.Given that Essential Workers is a huge category these days that includes everything from...
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Flatbush Mutual Aid Needs You
Overwhelmed? Of course you are. It's okay to feel that way, but it's not good for the ticker and gray matter to stay that way. The back doesn't like it either.Some folks are dealing with a deep...
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The Great Depression Begins - Feed the Hungry
Lots of people hungry. Lots of folks lost their jobs. Lots of folks were reliant on someone who lost their job. Lots of folks can't pay their rent, their mortgage. Lots. Lots and lots.Sound like the...
View ArticleEric Adams Is Right: Get Police Out of Social Distancing
When a guy's right, a guy's right. And Eric's nailed it on this issue. Standing within six feet of another person without a mask isn't a crime - it's a bad idea, reckless sure, but maybe unintentional...
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When Whites Crash #BlackLivesMatter. And Accelerationism
Is the current moment of political unrest a chance for solidarity between white and black? Or are all the same dynamics of race, gender and class that plague societal progress simply playing out again...
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Could Diana and Zell Lead the Way To Lasting Change?
Assemblywoman Diana RichardsonTo put it mildly, elections have consequences. Not since 9/11 (aNOTHER stolen election mind you) has that been so obvious, at the Federal level. But watching dynamic duo...
View ArticleShirley and Diana: History and Legacy
Despite the horrible job America does at teaching black history, I do remember a few names and did my own research as a teen to get to know them better. MLK and Malcolm X for sure, and Harriet Tubman...
View ArticleYet Another Gaslighter Among So Very Many
Lovin' that Dixie Chicks song Gaslighter. Sorry, I mean, The Chicks. Does anything speak to the moment more than a song of defiance that sounds like it talks about Trump written by a rich white lady...
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Fire Destroys Apartment on Clarkson - Please Donate
pic by Lloyd Mitchell for Brooklyn PaperWe've all imagined the scenario. Through no fault of our own, or random carelessness, a fire breaks out in our abode. And even if we all get out alive we lose...
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On the Edge of the Precipice of the Turning Point
History takes the long view. The present, of course, is merely experience. But humans are notoriously unable to comprehend short-term past and future. Analysis is for the birds, typically inaccurate,...
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Ocean's 15
Yes, it's possible to both love and loathe a building you've never been in or seen in 3D. I know because I am currently in hate/love with 15 Ocean, as rendered by Rise Architecture (no developer as of...
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Shooting Across From the Q
Pic by Gregory MangoBeen a few years now, but this very spot was the scene of another tragic shooting of a young rollerblader named Brian Scott. Live in a neighborhood long enough, you remember things...
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So Long Bob Thomason
This guy was the quintessential Brooklyn kook, in the best sort of way. Endlessly optimistic about the potential for greater relations between races and religions, Bob was a neighborhood leader, avid...
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Flatbush 2020: What's Going On. REALLY.
Live in a place long enough, you can spot the long trends. The coming and goings of businesses, the changing of the faces, the physical and emotional architecture. As Mrs. Q and I round the corner...
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