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Polite New Yorker: Misplaced Guilt Problems
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Matthew Sheahan's opinions, observations and outrages. Death Threats Welcome. Sunday, October 21, 2012. Perusing the vastness of social media, a phrase has caught my eye a few times and has been repeated enough to call it a trend. The phrase is “Middle Class Problems.”. Except that isn’t the real phrase. It’s a glossed-over sanitized version of a more apt, accurate and original term that caught on first. Of Communism turned out to be every bit. As we were told. Nonetheless, there was no moral judgment or...
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Polite New Yorker: Remembering on Memorial Day
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Matthew Sheahan's opinions, observations and outrages. Death Threats Welcome. Thursday, May 28, 2015. Remembering on Memorial Day. As someone who was rejected by all four major branches of the military in one form or another, I don’t have much authority to preach on about the sacrifices made by our armed services. This country was forged by common citizens, and the first people who gave their lives to create this country were outlaws using. 8220;Supporting the troops” has becoming such a meaningles...
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Polite New Yorker: Penn & Teller Are Back in New York
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Matthew Sheahan's opinions, observations and outrages. Death Threats Welcome. Thursday, July 23, 2015. Penn and Teller Are Back in New York. Penn and Teller are back in New York City you should go see them if you can. Penn& Teller on Broadway. Runs through August 16 at the Marquis Theatre. I first saw them live in New York during a rare series of shows in the early summer of 2000. It was at the Beacon Theater and I sat in front of Al Goldstein. 8221; It was the only time I’ve ever seen Teller speak...
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Polite New Yorker: New York Means Expected Excellence
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Matthew Sheahan's opinions, observations and outrages. Death Threats Welcome. Saturday, April 04, 2015. New York Means Expected Excellence. From the New York City Comptroller found that New Yorkers work the longest weeks and have the longest average commutes. In the U.S. What makes the report so disturbing is that the two top cities with the longest commute times: New York and San Francisco, are cities that have some of the most extensive public transportation infrastructures. We expect a certain level o...
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Polite New Yorker: A Long Angry Summer is Coming
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Matthew Sheahan's opinions, observations and outrages. Death Threats Welcome. Thursday, May 21, 2015. A Long Angry Summer is Coming. Is the ordnance in New York City that requires all air conditioners be installed with proper reinforcement on multi-dwelling buildings. It’s good that this law exists because too many people are doing what I did and installing their air conditioners with a jerry rigged effort involving a 2x4, cardboard and tape. People without drills still need to keep cool too. But despite...
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Polite New Yorker: A Father’s Day Quest for Laziness
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Matthew Sheahan's opinions, observations and outrages. Death Threats Welcome. Thursday, June 18, 2015. A Father’s Day Quest for Laziness. This Father’s Day my quest is to be as lazy as possible without appearing to be ungrateful or a bad father. If I could move my couch and laptop to the nearest White Castle. And camp out for a day feasting on delicious burgers and watching hunting shows. Festival. This will be the first time in several years that our band Blackout Shoppers. I am very lucky to have the f...
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Polite New Yorker: Goodbye Alumni Club
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Matthew Sheahan's opinions, observations and outrages. Death Threats Welcome. Thursday, June 04, 2015. The secret to a good bar has nothing to do with what beers are on tap or what its décor looks like. The only valid measure of a bar is its character, it supersedes all other measures. I’ve been in bars that reeked of piss and fruit flies that were a thousand times better than the cleanest, sleekest pre-fabricated gastropub. And New York City has lost some of its best dive bars. There are a few thoug...
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Polite New Yorker: Down on the Farm, in New York City
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Matthew Sheahan's opinions, observations and outrages. Death Threats Welcome. Sunday, April 26, 2015. Down on the Farm, in New York City. No city is as emblematic of the urban life as New York City, so it may be a surprise to find that there are several farms operating in the city. There’s a working farm in Queens, the city’s largest borough. The QueensCounty Farm Museum. Is a real working farm located in the Glen Oaks neighborhood of Queens. Today even though some of its buildings are abandoned. This pa...
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Polite New Yorker: I Want To Be Poet Laureate of Queens
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Matthew Sheahan's opinions, observations and outrages. Death Threats Welcome. Friday, March 27, 2015. I Want To Be Poet Laureate of Queens. The Borough of Queens is taking applications for its poet laureate. And I’m going to throw my sweaty hat into the ring. I think my chances of being accepted are low, but fuck it. I’m as good as anyone else and I like this borough very much. I got a job at JFK airport that helped me move back here and I went looking for apartments that were a reasonable commuting dist...
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Polite New Yorker: The Brooklyn Nets Deserve to Fail
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Matthew Sheahan's opinions, observations and outrages. Death Threats Welcome. Saturday, October 06, 2012. The Brooklyn Nets Deserve to Fail. To a private developer for private profit. Wherever your previous sports loyalties lie or whatever your political persuasion, there are enough reasons for everyone to want to watch the Nets drown in sorrow and mediocrity. Hating the Nets could be as proud of a New York tradition as having your heart broken by the Knicks. A scheme hatched by developer Bruce Ratner of...
