Until I came back to New York last week after nearly 2.5 years of being in California, I had pretty much forgotten these things:
- Winter is cold
- Ice is slippery
- Snow requires shoveling
- Optimum internet sucks
- Deli sandwiches are delicious (probably where the word comes from)
- Bill de Blasio is an idiot
- Miracle whip is oddly expensive
- Californian wines are cheaper when you are not in California
- News 12 is run by college dropouts
- Stairs, so many stairs
- Debit or credit; it makes a difference for some reason
- Plastic bags still exist, and they give them to you to put your stuff in
- Dominican rum is the nectar of the gods
- Cars that honk at you are taxis offering their services
- Cross when you see no cars. Waiting for the light is for out of towners
- If a train car is empty, best leave it that way
- Anyone who stops in the middle of the sidewalk to look at their phone deserves a punch to the back of the head. Make it a thing
- Public transit should run all night in a civilized society
- There are eating and drinking establishments that stay open past 10pm
- Stop signs are suggestions, or possibly interrogatives. Stop?
- Mumbling is a language unto itself
- People visiting from third world countries, like Canada, should stay off to the sidelines until they get the hang of things
–DG.
Inside Doug's Head 