a 70" TV for $379. This is exciting news, or it would be if there was anything worth watching on it. I know people like their sports ball and themed series slop, but I can't stand any of it. I'm getting to the stage where I could live without it entirely. I get so much more done. I don't know how I managed to do anything at all, I spent so much time being distracted with TV news and internet basket weaving forums.

I just blew as many leaves off the front sidewalk that I could. It has it's own eco system by the fence. There are mini forests growing along there because the leaves haven't been removed for many years. As I was doing that a man was out the front cleaning out his truck. He told me he was waiting for the building inspector. This guy had been working on the flophouse next door and I guess the inspector was coming to check his work. 

Soon enough  a brand new  city logo emblazoned shit box rolled up and an angry looking fellow came out of it. He was carrying some kind of a stick. The vehicle itself had a set of yellow and white lights on the roof  which were continually flashing on and off. These are the people you're paying money to, so they can approve you doing some necessary maintenance  on your house, I thought.

I was reminded of the citizens auxiliary police.  Some people just like to be employed to lay down the rules for everyone else and enforce them. It's like being a cop but without the fancy uniform. I wanted to ask the guy whose work was being inspected if it was a pleasant experience or not, but they were still inside after about 15 minutes so I went inside my house and shut the door.

This is all part and parcel of living in a place where politically inclined  individuals have some control over what you do with your own property, that you paid for and they didn't. There's no escape from these zombies unfortunately. I know that rules have to be obeyed and that people shouldn't be able to build a three story dog kennel anywhere they like, but I'm never going to like any of this garbage. I'll just have to put up with it, like everything else that's annoying in the 21st century.

On Wednesday I'm going to do something I don't normally do and that is go to an art show in the city. I'll report on Thursday. I don't mind going into the city sometimes. The train is easy and civilized. It's a very pleasant journey all along the Hudson river especially in winter when the scenery is spectacular. You also get to pass through the infamous Sing Sing prison. The train line literally cuts through the middle of it.

The internet tells us that "When it was opened in 1826, Sing Sing was considered a model prison because it turned a profit for the state.By October 1828, the prison was completed. Lynds the Warden employed a system which imposed absolute silence on the prisoners, enforced by whipping and other punishments."

There are certain people who would pay good money for that experience today.

Good Day