My hosting company screwed up and at least one post got deleted, so I am going to repost this classy photo of the first apartment I lived in when I was in Brooklyn:

I lived in Bedford-Styvesant across the street from the Lafayette Gardens housing project, better known as “The LG”. Lil’ Kim’s ex-boyfriend as since been indicted for running a gang out of The LG that processed cocaine in several apartments that they took over in the complex. They also (allegedly) killed a number of people, including one guy in the lobby of the housing project.

In other news, I was at 24 Hour Fitness today and there was a slightly stout middle-aged man with a beard singing along with James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful” at a moderate volume while he was working out. It was appalling enough that the gym was playing that song in the first place, but to sing along in pubic is just incredible. I finished working out after that and walked into the locker room to see a man totally naked and damp (presumably from the shower) standing in front of the television watching jeopardy, clearly in no hurry to get dressed.