Tommy Karr

Category: Life

  • The Ceiling Fan Calamity: Day 1

    The debacle began when NYC went from frigid temps to “cooking an egg on the sidewalk” overnight.  My room was a large set of windows along one wall and, while that allows for access to the air outside it doesn’t mean that said exterior air is any more soothing than the stifling atmosphere of my…

  • Manhattanhenge 2011 (a.k.a. What happened to the cool moment?)

    Tonight at 8:17pm I propped against the railing of the Pershing Square overpass on East 42nd Street under the looming face of Grand Central Terminal.  With iPhone in hand I prepared to capture a stunning photo of Manhattanhenge  – one of two days when the sunset falls in line with several streets of Manhattan, mimicking the precision…

  • Time Warner Cable and NOM – Advertising Discrimination

    I was invited to this event on Facebook by a friend and, initially, thought, “Nah, I don’t need to R.s.v.p. to this. I already canceled Time Warner Cable.”  But then I read it again and realized that this was more than just canceling service.  This will send a message to Time Warner Cable that, because…

  • Intrepid Adventures – Memorial Day 2011

    Yesterday I was a maritime anthropologist.  We’ll assume I’m using that title correctly and move on.  Friends came to NYC for a visit and, thanks to a little extra cash from selling my bike (see previous post) I had the bonus fun bucks to go on a little exploratory adventure with them to the Intrepid…

  • Out with the Old (a.k.a. Bike and Chairs for Sale)

    With spring rapidly approaching (yes, it is technically here but it is only just now getting to be spring-like in NYC) I’ve begun my spring cleaning and decided to donate some old clothes and sell off some belongings that I just don’t use anymore.  And if you’ve been in a NYC apartment you know that…

  • Mother Nature is Trying to Kill Me (a.k.a. Allergy Season)

    If it was just a cold I could deal with that.  I would take some medicine and in a day or two I’d feel hunky-dory.  But when Mother Nature bitch slaps you with an insanely high tree pollen count you might as well through in the towel, turn off the hepa filter and pour the…

  • The Evolution of Passing Out on the NYC Subway

    The image above is a documentation of the evolving stages of passing out on the NYC subway. This happens almost every day.  Let’s walk through it. A man or woman enters the train, stumbling like a Roger Corman zombie, struggles towards a vacant (hopefully) seat and drops down with a thud, seemingly stunned by the…

  • Twitter Faux Pas: The Blake Shelton Kerfuffle

    So, as the Twitterverse (and most of the world and web) knows Blake Shelton made a mistake in using Twitter to be funny without thinking through what his tweet might mean to various people. In his post, he said, “Re-writing my fav Shania Twain song.. Any man that tries Touching my behind He’s gonna be…

  • The Thing Under the Bed

    At sometime after 3:00am this morning I woke up drenched in a frigid dread.  Something was wrong.  What was it? I sat up, tried to adjust me eyes to the darkness but realized it wasn’t my eyes that were upset.  It was my ears. Somewhere near me a faint tap-tap-tap was rapping.  I sat perfectly…

  • Things That Should Be Scheduled Better

    UPS Delivery Cable repair service Home maintenance Bug spray/Exterminator All of the above! Every single one of the above should be scheduled better by their respective service provider.  But let’s focus… Today I rushed home, praying that UPS hadn’t been to my apartment yet because I had been tracking my package all day – literally…