Ok, I know you are getting tired of reading about the bad weather up here in The Big Apple but in the name of fair and unbiased reporting Billi Pod has to keep you loyal and faithful readers up-to-date on what is going on in his life in The Greatest City In The World.
So .... Gotham City is recovering from yet another major snow storm last night. It started snowing around 7:00pm and continued on through the night. Around 1:00am it had reached blizzard conditions and all of the windows in PHC were completely, and I mean completely, covered in ice. This had never happened during my tenure here.
Luckily this morning the snow had stopped and it is relatively calm out right now. I haven’t been outside yet but I know the sidewalks and crosswalks are going to be treacherous.
As I mentioned in yesterday’s posting, my entertainment event last night was at a venue that basically only exposed Billi Pod to the elements as he walked to and from the subway station in The Port Authority Bus Terminal, about 1.5 blocks each way.
I left a bit early for my 8:00pm show and the snow had just begun, so no problem ... BUT ... when the show was over around 9:30pm it was blizzard-like conditions outside. What made it worse was the fact that none of the sidewalks had been cleared so there was snow and ice every foot of the way from the PA back to PHC. The wind was howling.
As I was slowly and carefully, and I do mean SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY, walking back to PHC I have to admit, in the name of fair and unbiased reporting, that I was thinking to myself ... “self, you are f**king insane for putting yourself in harms way like this. You are almost 77 years old and you are risking serious injuries if you slip and fall.”
But, the inner Billi Pod responded ... “self, shut the f**k up ... you know that you are invincible and therefore immune from danger and harm so just keep your head down and keep walking.” So, Billi Pod did just that and made it back to PHC, freezing, covered in snow, but safe.
Billi Pod’s report card on last night’s show ...
THE ROAD TO QATAR==>very very funny, unless you are of Mid-Eastern heritage and/or a terrorist. They really skewered our perceptions of Mid-Eastern wealth, the role of oil in the scheme of things and the “relationship” between Muslims and Jews.
This was the second preview performance, so it is still a work in progress but the audience seemed to be really into the show. Most of the story line is told in song with very little dialogue.
I give it a thumbs up and recommend that you see it if you are in the mood for a kinda guilty belly-laugh.
Tonight’s entertainment event is --
7:30==>NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC @ Lincoln Center - Beethoven: Symphony No. 8; Beethoven: Ah, perfido!; Sibelius: Selected Songs for Soprano and Orchestra; and, Nielsen (who?): Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments. (discounted TDF ticket).
I am happy to report that my WiFi service has been restored. Received a rather strange email for the service provider, which I will copy below --
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Dear Natural Wireless subscriber,
We would like to update you on the unusual service disturbance you may have experienced in the last 36 hours with the Natural Wireless system.
The service disturbance is a result of an source outside of the Natural Wireless network attempting to make our computer resource unavailable to its intended users. This attempt consists of the concerted efforts of a person or people to prevent our service from functioning efficiently or at all. These type of attempts typically target sites or services hosted by high-profile companies such as banks, government Web sites, Google, eBay, and more.
It is important to mention that what we have been experiencing in the last 36 hours does not create any security risk to any information our subscribers are sending or receiving via their Internet connection. Our servers and our network remains secure.
We are in the process of isolating the source of this attempt and blocking it. Please bear with us while we are dealing with this unusual event.
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Not really sure what all of this means but I am just happy that things are back to normal, at least for now.
And speaking of normal, I think it is time for Billi Pod to close in the normal way with --
Musings from THE MIND OF BILLI POD (a memoir in progress):
“When all is said and done, everything is pretty much over the hill and through the woods, despite what your next door neighbor says.”
GO GATORS AND GO YANKEES!!
Billi Pod
“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”
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