Comments on: The Tipping Point: Let It Be Known That I Am Shallow http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/25/the-tipping-point-let-it-be-known-that-i-am-shallow/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:11:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: zuzu http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/25/the-tipping-point-let-it-be-known-that-i-am-shallow/#comment-208823 zuzu Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:23:08 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/25/the-tipping-point-let-it-be-known-that-i-am-shallow/#comment-208823 I got trapped on the wrong side of the street from my subway station when Bush came to town for the 2004 RNC. It was late, I was tired, and I just wanted to go home, but didn't feel like getting tackled by the NYPD for blowing through the barricade. So I flipped off the motorcade as it went by. I got trapped on the wrong side of the street from my subway station when Bush came to town for the 2004 RNC. It was late, I was tired, and I just wanted to go home, but didn’t feel like getting tackled by the NYPD for blowing through the barricade.

So I flipped off the motorcade as it went by.

]]> By: La Lubu http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/25/the-tipping-point-let-it-be-known-that-i-am-shallow/#comment-208709 La Lubu Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:16:05 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/25/the-tipping-point-let-it-be-known-that-i-am-shallow/#comment-208709 Hey, I'm hearing ya. The State of Illinois decided to alter the route of the annual Twilight Parade, which used to march up 9th St. from downtown all the way to the Main Gate of the State Fairgrounds. But noooooo! In its infinite wisdom, the State decided to cut the parade route in half---yet keep the same number of floats, groups, politicians, etc. Where does it start? Three blocks from my house, that's where. With all the staging area, the detours, the folks lining up along the roadside to get prime seating for the parade----there is nothing but wall to wall cars throughout the neighborhood. A neighborhood of one-way streets. And there is no alley on my section. If I'm not home by 2:00PM, I can't get home until around 7:30 (provided no helpful, friendly parade watcher didn't do a number on my driveway like they did yours). I've taken to just picking up my daughter after work and going out to eat somewhere nice. Somewhere that mama can have a margarita and chill out, and forget about the fact that <i>my own damn home is off limits!! Gaahhh!</i> Make that two margaritas. Hey, I’m hearing ya. The State of Illinois decided to alter the route of the annual Twilight Parade, which used to march up 9th St. from downtown all the way to the Main Gate of the State Fairgrounds. But noooooo! In its infinite wisdom, the State decided to cut the parade route in half—yet keep the same number of floats, groups, politicians, etc. Where does it start? Three blocks from my house, that’s where. With all the staging area, the detours, the folks lining up along the roadside to get prime seating for the parade—-there is nothing but wall to wall cars throughout the neighborhood.

A neighborhood of one-way streets. And there is no alley on my section. If I’m not home by 2:00PM, I can’t get home until around 7:30 (provided no helpful, friendly parade watcher didn’t do a number on my driveway like they did yours). I’ve taken to just picking up my daughter after work and going out to eat somewhere nice. Somewhere that mama can have a margarita and chill out, and forget about the fact that my own damn home is off limits!! Gaahhh! Make that two margaritas.

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