Photo Hunt—"play"

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They may be "playing" chess, but—
trust me—these men take it
very, very seriously. Actually, the
guy in the background in the middle?
I just realized that I've featured him before.


[To see more "playful" posts, visit Sandi's meme.] 

New York Then and Now

I found a cool new website that features

old pictures of New York (and other cities too, 

including Paris and London). When I

saw this shot of Union Square, taken in 1893, 

I remembered one I had taken from more or less 

the same vantage point (looking northeast) last summer

[This post is part of That's My World Tuesday. See more here.]

the national debt

. . . as of 5/3/09 at approximately 2:30 am.

Before 2000, this clock on a building facing

Union Square was counting down the minutes

until the millennium.  Now it's tracking the

national debt.  I stood there and watched for

a bit, and I didn't see the numbers going down!

Sometimes it's spot on . . .

For example, yesterday that young woman
spoke to him, and his advice to her was to
wear boots and a short skirt today.  Would
you take advice from this guy?

skateboard

The board is belly up, but this guy just
keeps going anyway!  Skateboarding always
looked like fun, but I've never tried it (it also 
looks like a surefire way to break your butt).

play chess with me—or else

Actually, they were just going to have a friendly

game in Union Square Park.