Dear Dr. Savage,
After the last posting, Friday, when coffee shop closed at midnight, I took the crosstown bus and came back to my neighborhood. Where I live many stores are open 24 hours and it's very safe. After a little shopping, about 1am, heading home, saw my neighbor hanging out with others. He said "why are you going to go to bed, everybody going out having a good time." I said "well, I don't drink, I don't like too loud music, bars or night clubs are not attractive to me, so..."
He said that he felt the same way, but just wanted to get out for the heck of it and we should go all the way downtown by the water. Weather was nice, spark of adventure is still alive in me, I was convinced. Dropped the stuff at home, took a jacket and in an hour we were on the boat on Hudson river where it meets Atlantic ocean. Took 2 hours of ride, look at the Statute of Liberty, sailed by the Ellis Island. Just look at the dark water, city lights and enjoyed the breeze.
He was born in here, but didn't know much of the history. I ended up telling him stories of the statute and the island. Actually when that french lib. gave it as a gift, that statute considered an atrocity to the art of sculpture.
He was famous and a big shut in Europe, he was friends with upper "art" circles in here, so they didn't want to hurt his feeling by throwing it away. That thing was so humongous, they didn't have place or a storage for it.
So, they decided to put it out of the way - far away - on the water. After the poet wrote a poem about freedom and connected to it, it took its own life and became a symbol.
About the Island; Sam Ellis owned it, he was faithful to British. British lost the war, he was forced to sell it for ... guess how much... guess, guess... that's right - ten bucks!
Manhattan Island was sold by Indians to Dutch for how much... guess, guess... that's right - twenty four bucks!
I believe that you know all these, I'm just telling you about my conversation with my American born neighbor who didn't know any of it.
It was a pleasurable trip for me and an informative one for him. I hit the sack at 5am tried and happy. Only in New York... You don't need to have your own boat to end up sailing any time of the day - any day. That's why I live in here. I can have a luxury life without being rich.
Sunday and Monday there were street fairs close to me. There you can have your BBQ, spinach pie, crepe, grilled corn on the cob, pastries, all sorts of ethnic foods (Spanish, Indian, Asian - you name it), listen to music, take a stroll looking at all the stuff being sold. It's a picnic. Why should I commute for this? It's hassling, cost much more and basically waste a time. Unless the trip is intellectually fulfilling and psychologically healthy, I'm not interested anymore. I have done so much traveling, I'm tired of it.
You know what you should talk about? About traveling less, staying put and spending money inside the country. It's very harmful to tell people to travel overseas at this time. It's not patriotic. Another thing; what if something happens? We should all be here to help each other. There is no place that has more abundance, better prices and better service than here at home.
Oh, yes, to finish on a fun note, today I met couple of pooches; they both jumped on me. One was Yankee, the other - Pookie. Cute, sweet faces. Both got chicken and beef BBQ treats from me. You could see their reaction and the spark in their eyes. They give you so much happiness back, you can't measure.
Oh, by the way, I wanted to tell you this fun story. It has been unforgettable for me. It's about pooches.
It was several years ago, I was with friends browsing the downtown, which was very crowded. I don't remember what was the occasion, but it seemed everybody was on the streets. We bumped into a group of young people who had a cute brown poodle. We started petting him, asked the name. His name was Cervantes. A little later another one caught our attention and got sweet touching. The name - Shakespeare. Before we got home, I was jumped by another one. The name? You're not going to believe this ... that's right - Dante! It was unreal. All in one day, pet names as such I never heard before? I still haven't. You can't make this up. That was the highlight of that day and I never forgot it.
Only in New York...
Hear you soon. So long.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
To Michael Savage (part 5)
Dr. Savage,
I was listening to your show today and laughing in the bus coming back to uptown.
You said people who listen to you today are lonely ones, because they don't have anywhere to go? Don't forget there is something called "battery" for radio (most radios, if not all, work on them) and also Walkman. I have the latter all the time with me. No one now needs to sit at home next to a radio to hear you. They can take the damn thing, no matter how big, and put in the middle of the lawn next to the grill. When I was new, many years ago, I was much more social. Most of my friends have family and houses in NJ and LI. I'd go and get stuck there for an entire weekend. Also I had to listen to other guests' life stories and opinions about everything. Gradually I lost interest talking about the same things I knew, about the past and the old country. It's just not worth the time anymore.
Lots of things to do in NYC, it's open 24 hours. I don't really like this weekend as an "holiday" because many people forget what they're gathered for. Like you said, it should be about remembering those under 6' deep in the ground, who secured what we have today. But people get together over the food and the music just having fun.
I was relieved that they didn't make the 9/11 a holiday and a day off. It'd become the same thing.
I better listen to you Monday, if you'd be on live. Get calls from people who have stories to tell about their loved ones who served. Also those who are away from their homes and families in foreign lands right now. How do they feel, what goes through their minds? Do they feel appreciated?
If I wouldn't go and spend the time with people that I already know, that's OK, I can always talk to them over the phone. But, by myself, I always spend the time learning something and enjoying the city and I'm never bored. I see funny side of things all around and get amused.
Another thing you said that cracked me up was about the skunk in your backyard. You said it was a lib.? How do you know? How do you know if skunk smokes pot? How do you know the difference between a crock-addict and pothead skunks? After they spray you, what strong and new chemicals you can use to wash your cloths? If you decide to trash your cloths because wash didn't help, where do you discard them?
Try to analyze this, find a definition, talk about it more. That's so funny...
You also said there was a Russian trapper you wanted to call for help? I believe most Russians can't tolerate stink, they should be good at that.
Do you think that some strong pot grown in Mexico today can give potheads in power of courts to hallucinate about skunks' "human rights?" Sorry, I should say "skunk rights,"- my bad. Do they enjoy "civil right" now? Domestic partnership to start with?.. When libs run out of each other to get married, you think we'll see the day that some of them will take their backyard skunk to City Hall? Las Vegas perhaps? - "Common judge, wake up, he/she just sprayed, we need to commit!"
Oh, my, I can't take this anymore. Too much fun for one evening... laughing by myself in a coffee shop. Let me go, they're closing already...
I was listening to your show today and laughing in the bus coming back to uptown.
You said people who listen to you today are lonely ones, because they don't have anywhere to go? Don't forget there is something called "battery" for radio (most radios, if not all, work on them) and also Walkman. I have the latter all the time with me. No one now needs to sit at home next to a radio to hear you. They can take the damn thing, no matter how big, and put in the middle of the lawn next to the grill. When I was new, many years ago, I was much more social. Most of my friends have family and houses in NJ and LI. I'd go and get stuck there for an entire weekend. Also I had to listen to other guests' life stories and opinions about everything. Gradually I lost interest talking about the same things I knew, about the past and the old country. It's just not worth the time anymore.
Lots of things to do in NYC, it's open 24 hours. I don't really like this weekend as an "holiday" because many people forget what they're gathered for. Like you said, it should be about remembering those under 6' deep in the ground, who secured what we have today. But people get together over the food and the music just having fun.
I was relieved that they didn't make the 9/11 a holiday and a day off. It'd become the same thing.
I better listen to you Monday, if you'd be on live. Get calls from people who have stories to tell about their loved ones who served. Also those who are away from their homes and families in foreign lands right now. How do they feel, what goes through their minds? Do they feel appreciated?
If I wouldn't go and spend the time with people that I already know, that's OK, I can always talk to them over the phone. But, by myself, I always spend the time learning something and enjoying the city and I'm never bored. I see funny side of things all around and get amused.
Another thing you said that cracked me up was about the skunk in your backyard. You said it was a lib.? How do you know? How do you know if skunk smokes pot? How do you know the difference between a crock-addict and pothead skunks? After they spray you, what strong and new chemicals you can use to wash your cloths? If you decide to trash your cloths because wash didn't help, where do you discard them?
Try to analyze this, find a definition, talk about it more. That's so funny...
You also said there was a Russian trapper you wanted to call for help? I believe most Russians can't tolerate stink, they should be good at that.
Do you think that some strong pot grown in Mexico today can give potheads in power of courts to hallucinate about skunks' "human rights?" Sorry, I should say "skunk rights,"- my bad. Do they enjoy "civil right" now? Domestic partnership to start with?.. When libs run out of each other to get married, you think we'll see the day that some of them will take their backyard skunk to City Hall? Las Vegas perhaps? - "Common judge, wake up, he/she just sprayed, we need to commit!"
Oh, my, I can't take this anymore. Too much fun for one evening... laughing by myself in a coffee shop. Let me go, they're closing already...
Monday, May 24, 2010
To Michael Savage (part 4)
Dr. Savage,
The world is running wild. Sometimes I can't believe what I hear. The good thing is that I still can be surprised, because I'm not medicated, drugged or stoned.
When most people will become desensitized, beginning of the end will arrive.
"Devil wins when good people don't do anything" - isn't it?
What's the news? We have to bail out lazy Europe, where people retire at 50 and they still blame America? Two m...s will be build by ground zero? Nice...
Another attack by vermin in southern Russia, killing 7 and wounding many more innocent people before concert.
I've got so bombarded with bad news that went into a nostalgic trend of listening Soviet time songs. Don't be surprised that some of them are very relevant to our feelings today in here.
Your grandparents came from Russia or Ukraine, right?
I was listening a few songs by a songwriter and poet Vladimir Vysotsky. He sang his own songs and played on guitar. He has unbelievably dramatic stuff about homeland, its heroes, who didn't come back, friendship, love, comic stuff from daily life, etc.
Some considered him "anti-establishment" at that time, but I think he was more of a patriot and poet. He wasn't anti-country, he was pro-improvement, he would give his life for his country. His criticism was constrictive and he believed in better days ahead. He was an actor, he suffered living and expressing his emotions in action, words and music. At least, that's how I felt about him. He had been in overseas multiple times, here in NYC in 70's had an interview with Dan Rather, was married to French citizen, but always returned to Russia, lived and died there.
It was 1980, he was only 42 years old. I remember that day. Olympic games were going on. I kept watching TV, turning the channels. His funeral didn't get any media attention. It was taken only by an amateur video. He is buried in Moscow. His gravestone is a monument as dramatic as his life was. There is always flow of people. He was young, he smoked, I read that he used drugs too, women, liberalism... What a shame...
I'll talk about him and his work later, if you want. You're going to like this character.
I know you love nature, you see God in its beauty. Look how complex the world is, how it could come out of accident of crushing stones and liquid? Give me a break!
I found one song on youtube by Vlad about mountains. It's an astonishing song.
It's chilling. I never felt desire chasing rocks, but now, for a moment, I wish I could run to mountains, sit on the top where everything is quiet and lonely. Look down, reflect, try to understand why and how humans created life like this for themselves. I'm not melancholic, I'm an optimist by nature, just want to get away from bed news and get nature's remedy for soul...
I made it easy for you to find this song; don't Google, go to the top line:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oztG4gSH-k8&feature=fvw see what comes up. See the nature's chilling force in action. Nothing can stop it, not a thing...
Lower the volume on your computer before you push "enter," it can come out loud.
Try to listen to the words, see if you hear anything familiar. I'll try to translate a few lines, here:
Into the bustle and the traffic of the cities,
We're returning - simply nowhere to get lost,
And we're coming down from conquered heights,
Leaving on the mountains, leaving on the mountains our hearts.
So, leave the useless arguments,
I've proved myself everything already,
Better than mountains can be only the mountains,
On which haven't been yet,
On which no one has been...
This is a very technical translation, just to give you all the exact words.
So long.
The world is running wild. Sometimes I can't believe what I hear. The good thing is that I still can be surprised, because I'm not medicated, drugged or stoned.
When most people will become desensitized, beginning of the end will arrive.
"Devil wins when good people don't do anything" - isn't it?
What's the news? We have to bail out lazy Europe, where people retire at 50 and they still blame America? Two m...s will be build by ground zero? Nice...
Another attack by vermin in southern Russia, killing 7 and wounding many more innocent people before concert.
I've got so bombarded with bad news that went into a nostalgic trend of listening Soviet time songs. Don't be surprised that some of them are very relevant to our feelings today in here.
Your grandparents came from Russia or Ukraine, right?
I was listening a few songs by a songwriter and poet Vladimir Vysotsky. He sang his own songs and played on guitar. He has unbelievably dramatic stuff about homeland, its heroes, who didn't come back, friendship, love, comic stuff from daily life, etc.
Some considered him "anti-establishment" at that time, but I think he was more of a patriot and poet. He wasn't anti-country, he was pro-improvement, he would give his life for his country. His criticism was constrictive and he believed in better days ahead. He was an actor, he suffered living and expressing his emotions in action, words and music. At least, that's how I felt about him. He had been in overseas multiple times, here in NYC in 70's had an interview with Dan Rather, was married to French citizen, but always returned to Russia, lived and died there.
It was 1980, he was only 42 years old. I remember that day. Olympic games were going on. I kept watching TV, turning the channels. His funeral didn't get any media attention. It was taken only by an amateur video. He is buried in Moscow. His gravestone is a monument as dramatic as his life was. There is always flow of people. He was young, he smoked, I read that he used drugs too, women, liberalism... What a shame...
I'll talk about him and his work later, if you want. You're going to like this character.
I know you love nature, you see God in its beauty. Look how complex the world is, how it could come out of accident of crushing stones and liquid? Give me a break!
I found one song on youtube by Vlad about mountains. It's an astonishing song.
It's chilling. I never felt desire chasing rocks, but now, for a moment, I wish I could run to mountains, sit on the top where everything is quiet and lonely. Look down, reflect, try to understand why and how humans created life like this for themselves. I'm not melancholic, I'm an optimist by nature, just want to get away from bed news and get nature's remedy for soul...
I made it easy for you to find this song; don't Google, go to the top line:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oztG4gSH-k8&feature=fvw see what comes up. See the nature's chilling force in action. Nothing can stop it, not a thing...
Lower the volume on your computer before you push "enter," it can come out loud.
Try to listen to the words, see if you hear anything familiar. I'll try to translate a few lines, here:
Into the bustle and the traffic of the cities,
We're returning - simply nowhere to get lost,
And we're coming down from conquered heights,
Leaving on the mountains, leaving on the mountains our hearts.
So, leave the useless arguments,
I've proved myself everything already,
Better than mountains can be only the mountains,
On which haven't been yet,
On which no one has been...
This is a very technical translation, just to give you all the exact words.
So long.
Monday, May 17, 2010
To Michael Savage (part 3)
Dr. Savage,
You should hold O responsible for his words about the freedom of media thing. Not only your lawyers should send him a letter, but they should go sit on front of Downing 10 with papers and get media coverage in UK. I have a gut feeling how that thing happened to you, who stuck your name under the counter, and you being a "libertarian" is not helping. If you don't understand what I'm saying, I can explain in private.
Some groups got lots of money around the world and are doing this on purpose. They're becoming more and more militant. They poisoned America, Europe, even Israel, which was founded as a religious country, embarking Russia and other emerging markets, even Africa. Some "non-for-profit" organizations are paying people in here to go and set up shop in there.
Let's go to trivia now. I can't take too much of this, please.
Take a break, shall we?
You say you don't like to get haircuts. I can give you a haircut. I'm not a hair dresser and never learned the trade, but all my cousins, friends, neighbors and later their kids use to get from me. Some of the kids were so used to, even as grown-ups they'd wait for me to visit them to get in shape. It's an unpleasant thing to go to hair salon, especially if you're a clean freak. I hate the "hair-washing" part. It feels like they want to break your neck. I ended up washing at home, running there wet, telling that I just did it and tip the washing person anyways. After hair cut I run back to shower and throw away the cloth I was wearing as a top (no need to clean hair, I have too many cloths).
Another hygiene thing; I never would let anyone cut my nails. I'll be doomed if the day comes that I wouldn't be able to do my own manicure and pedicure. Also massage - I don't like that. I don't let a stranger massaging me - a man or a woman. I'll talk about massage later, you should talk about it too on the show.
I have been in a SPA a few times. It was in Switzerland, small town, a train ride from Zurich, called B...n. It had inside and outside pools, pretty clean. Inside pool had all sorts of water flaws, which suppose to massage their own ways. The nice part was that coming out of the pool the service guy would give a warm fluffy towel right out of special closet. He'd open it and rap around my shoulders. I felt pampered and attended to. I guess that "closet" was keeping towels warm and disinfecting them at the same time. Shower also had lower fountain which had an anti-fungus liquid for feet.
It was a strangely quiet, beautiful and I felt isolated place. An old town with real small and very expensive shops. I wouldn't know what to do there. It should be very boring for a New Yorker like me who is sitting now in a coffee shop after midnight and doing this. Everything there closes early evening and people are not "smiley faces." From outside pool you could see a cute house on the hillside, all surrounded by trees, kind of alone. I believe I have the pictures. I would swim and think looking at that; what people do for a living who live there? How you can go and sleep in the house so isolated on hillside all your life? What kind of life is that? I still wonder.
Now, let's get back to our busy lives in USA. We didn't inherit houses like lots of them, we have to pay rent and mortgage and government debt on top of it.
If you, as fellow citizen, would invite me to visit San Fransicko, where I haven't been, and take me out with your friends and Teddy on the boat, I promise to give you a good haircut. You wash your own hair. We'll take as long as you want and discuss every single hair left on your head while cutting, so there will be no complains. While out with a good haircut, we'll discuss visiting Russia and doing business there. Business of informing and warning of the dangers of liberalism.
Also talk about some bio-energy stuff on the show, if you want. I know a little about it, I can check who has which one. Some people have positive, some have negative and all those have different strengths and different vibes.
I have very strong positive one. I don't feel comfortable around negatives. They take my energy. Dogs are very good sensors. They run and jump on the person who has a positive one. We'll see what Teddy will do if he sees me.
Kids also are like that. Some grow up being negative as adults, but they thrive on positive from the beginning of their lives.
Interesting topic? I can talk about this, but will stay away from determining for anyone. Believe it or not, it's not a complicated thing.
So long.
You should hold O responsible for his words about the freedom of media thing. Not only your lawyers should send him a letter, but they should go sit on front of Downing 10 with papers and get media coverage in UK. I have a gut feeling how that thing happened to you, who stuck your name under the counter, and you being a "libertarian" is not helping. If you don't understand what I'm saying, I can explain in private.
Some groups got lots of money around the world and are doing this on purpose. They're becoming more and more militant. They poisoned America, Europe, even Israel, which was founded as a religious country, embarking Russia and other emerging markets, even Africa. Some "non-for-profit" organizations are paying people in here to go and set up shop in there.
Let's go to trivia now. I can't take too much of this, please.
Take a break, shall we?
You say you don't like to get haircuts. I can give you a haircut. I'm not a hair dresser and never learned the trade, but all my cousins, friends, neighbors and later their kids use to get from me. Some of the kids were so used to, even as grown-ups they'd wait for me to visit them to get in shape. It's an unpleasant thing to go to hair salon, especially if you're a clean freak. I hate the "hair-washing" part. It feels like they want to break your neck. I ended up washing at home, running there wet, telling that I just did it and tip the washing person anyways. After hair cut I run back to shower and throw away the cloth I was wearing as a top (no need to clean hair, I have too many cloths).
Another hygiene thing; I never would let anyone cut my nails. I'll be doomed if the day comes that I wouldn't be able to do my own manicure and pedicure. Also massage - I don't like that. I don't let a stranger massaging me - a man or a woman. I'll talk about massage later, you should talk about it too on the show.
I have been in a SPA a few times. It was in Switzerland, small town, a train ride from Zurich, called B...n. It had inside and outside pools, pretty clean. Inside pool had all sorts of water flaws, which suppose to massage their own ways. The nice part was that coming out of the pool the service guy would give a warm fluffy towel right out of special closet. He'd open it and rap around my shoulders. I felt pampered and attended to. I guess that "closet" was keeping towels warm and disinfecting them at the same time. Shower also had lower fountain which had an anti-fungus liquid for feet.
It was a strangely quiet, beautiful and I felt isolated place. An old town with real small and very expensive shops. I wouldn't know what to do there. It should be very boring for a New Yorker like me who is sitting now in a coffee shop after midnight and doing this. Everything there closes early evening and people are not "smiley faces." From outside pool you could see a cute house on the hillside, all surrounded by trees, kind of alone. I believe I have the pictures. I would swim and think looking at that; what people do for a living who live there? How you can go and sleep in the house so isolated on hillside all your life? What kind of life is that? I still wonder.
Now, let's get back to our busy lives in USA. We didn't inherit houses like lots of them, we have to pay rent and mortgage and government debt on top of it.
If you, as fellow citizen, would invite me to visit San Fransicko, where I haven't been, and take me out with your friends and Teddy on the boat, I promise to give you a good haircut. You wash your own hair. We'll take as long as you want and discuss every single hair left on your head while cutting, so there will be no complains. While out with a good haircut, we'll discuss visiting Russia and doing business there. Business of informing and warning of the dangers of liberalism.
Also talk about some bio-energy stuff on the show, if you want. I know a little about it, I can check who has which one. Some people have positive, some have negative and all those have different strengths and different vibes.
I have very strong positive one. I don't feel comfortable around negatives. They take my energy. Dogs are very good sensors. They run and jump on the person who has a positive one. We'll see what Teddy will do if he sees me.
Kids also are like that. Some grow up being negative as adults, but they thrive on positive from the beginning of their lives.
Interesting topic? I can talk about this, but will stay away from determining for anyone. Believe it or not, it's not a complicated thing.
So long.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
To Michael Savage (part 2)
Dear Dr. Savage,
I don't know what were you thinking having an interview with P...y anyway (I don't want even mention the name) and complain about it later? What did you expect? I'm not going to read it, so I can't comment. I heard I guess on your Thursday show your
analysts. Why do they stop your 3rd hour broadcast in NY area?
Try to reinstall it, if you can.
I have a little FYI, suggestion and a comment in this posting.
FYI:
You said that Mr. Putin was shooting tigers in Siberia. He shoot, but it wasn't a bullet, it was a syringe with tranquilizer. He was working with some wild life preservation group, which saves tigers. They had to check some stuff, ok?
Suggestion:
Let's find out how to translate and publish your books in Russian.
I can help with my skills, but you have to make contacts and find financing.
Comment:
I wanted to say this all along, all those years I listened to you; please, please, stop insulting people!!!
Don't call O H....r! Don't insult Rush, Sean, Bill, Glenn and others, don't call them names. They don't do it to you. That's why you're not being invited by Foxnews.com to their programs.
It's just not helping you or, I believe, pleasing anybody who listens to you. It's not helping any cause.
They do their part. All of you don't need to agree on everything. Even identical twins have different personalities. I don't agree with everything every one of you say every day, but I continue to listen, because that's the way I hear intellectual discourse.
You said that you were "... libertarian" I heard on that interview with P...y? You were like that before or you changed recently?
I thought you were talking against perversion all those years? How do you compute these 2 together? Can you explain this on your show?
I'm not a full blown conservative. I disagree on 2 major issues with them and with you, which leaves me on center-right. Polls say that most of the country are center-right today? Can you talk some more about this?
So long.
I don't know what were you thinking having an interview with P...y anyway (I don't want even mention the name) and complain about it later? What did you expect? I'm not going to read it, so I can't comment. I heard I guess on your Thursday show your
analysts. Why do they stop your 3rd hour broadcast in NY area?
Try to reinstall it, if you can.
I have a little FYI, suggestion and a comment in this posting.
FYI:
You said that Mr. Putin was shooting tigers in Siberia. He shoot, but it wasn't a bullet, it was a syringe with tranquilizer. He was working with some wild life preservation group, which saves tigers. They had to check some stuff, ok?
Suggestion:
Let's find out how to translate and publish your books in Russian.
I can help with my skills, but you have to make contacts and find financing.
Comment:
I wanted to say this all along, all those years I listened to you; please, please, stop insulting people!!!
Don't call O H....r! Don't insult Rush, Sean, Bill, Glenn and others, don't call them names. They don't do it to you. That's why you're not being invited by Foxnews.com to their programs.
It's just not helping you or, I believe, pleasing anybody who listens to you. It's not helping any cause.
They do their part. All of you don't need to agree on everything. Even identical twins have different personalities. I don't agree with everything every one of you say every day, but I continue to listen, because that's the way I hear intellectual discourse.
You said that you were "... libertarian" I heard on that interview with P...y? You were like that before or you changed recently?
I thought you were talking against perversion all those years? How do you compute these 2 together? Can you explain this on your show?
I'm not a full blown conservative. I disagree on 2 major issues with them and with you, which leaves me on center-right. Polls say that most of the country are center-right today? Can you talk some more about this?
So long.
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