New York–June 07, 2016

Not a lot of pictures today; just did a lot of walking around. I started out near Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, where the large display sign had a tribute to the late Muhammad Ali:

I met a friend for lunch; some pictures along the way:

I headed over to Times Square along Broadway. I have a video from Times Square, but my netbook isn’t powerful enough to do the editing, so it will have to wait until I get home.

Miscellanea

Something I forgot to write about yeterday—on the way up Central Park East, I passed a guy who was doing free poetry. He had a mechanical typewriter and typed a poem for me. He asked me about what was on my mind, and I said I was missing my cat Marco. Here is the poem he wrote:

purrrrrrrrr

is that you
my furry alarm
of the am?

awakened to phantom noises
as i curl my descripting
body to the side
where sunshine
cannot shower my eyes

the duty of a californian
bullies me out of my
grey

and with a grunt to
a foreign restroom

a pestering
nostalgia of orange
cream paws within
my cranium

as i splash my face
with tears

Signage

A few interesting designs:

I've seen some of the faded signs from yesteryear on brick buildings:

If you are a Doctor Who fan, does this give you as much of a startle reaction as it did me?

This silhouette of a pedestrian seems somehow different than others I’ve seen; it’s a bit like the “Keep On Truckin’” guy.

Finally, today’s political commentary: