Jimmy Legs

Here comes sickness

April 3, 2007 – 3:20 pm

Somehow, despite my healthy lifestyle choices and PMA, my cold continues unabated. I thought recovery was imminent when my voice gave out on Sunday, but I'm still decidedly unwell two days later, albeit in new and disgusting ways. My only solace is that by not using my federally-mandated sick days, I may very well infect […]

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Crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see

March 30, 2007 – 9:56 am

Burned Egg Roll, photo by Elizabeth Weinberg Check out that fire! If you look just to the right of the fire you will see my first Brooklyn apartment, the 3 windows on the 2nd floor. I don't think I ever ate at the Chinese restaurant, but there was a vent in the back that produced […]

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A lot of people got it right and the others just wanted to fight

March 28, 2007 – 11:07 am

I'm sure the article has already been linked to death, but I just read it for the first time, and like everybody else who's seen it, have been struck with the similarities in real estate issues now and over 20 years ago: NYT: The Gentrification of the East Village You can argue what neighborhood most […]

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Another one's gone

March 21, 2007 – 2:24 pm

I had an opportunity to ride the AirTrain last night as my mom and her manfriend were at JFK for a 7-hour layover before going to Brazil. The boyfriend's daughter works for a major airline, so they were flying standby which brought them, at the last minute, to the Far Rockaways. The trip out there […]

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Not everyone can carry the weight of the world

March 19, 2007 – 9:49 am

Sealing the drywall seams, originally uploaded by Jimmy Legs. Just what you've all been waiting for! More updates on the soundproofing of the basement band room! This was much harder than I thought it would be, but then pretty much every single thing I've done on this house has been harder than I thought it […]

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