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Has anyone else checked this out? I'm enjoying it.

Since I can’t walk on a treadmill to do a regular stress test, I had to take a nuclear stress test today. I’m supposed to stay away from kids & pregnant women for 24 hours because I’m radioactive. I expect to turn into The Incredible Hulk momentarily.

Just as I predicted... and, yes, I'd still get him off for just a nominal fee.

Pretty satisfying finale.

Did y'all realize his daddy was the sergeant on CHIPs? (who I always found mildly attractive)

Keanu's known to be one of the nicest people in show biz.

LET'S ALL CHIP IN & BUY IT... Private island in Connecticut slashed to $100M Great Island, a private island in Darien, Conn., is back for sale asking nine digits for a new generation of owners.Courtesy of Douglas Elliman There’s no need to jet to the Caribbean when an opportunity to snag a private island at a major discount lies much closer to home — provided you’re a billionaire. Now listed for $100 million: Great Island, a roughly 60-acre private spread in Connecticut. The Wall Street Journal first reported the listing. The roughly 60-acre spread first listed in 2016 for $175 million. Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Great Island originally listed for $175 million in 2016, as The Post reported at the time, marking its first time up for grabs since 1902. What’s more, if the car-accessible estate had traded hands for that princely sum, it would have broken the record for the most expensive property ever sold in the US. Perched on Long Island Sound, the listing has scenic views in every direction. Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Ultimately, it met a different fate. In 2018, it lowered its asking price to $120 million; come 2019, it was taken off the market entirely. The island, in Darien some 50 miles from Manhattan, has more than 1 mile of shoreline along Long Island Sound. It’s accessed via a causeway and includes a roughly 13,000-square-foot main house with views of the Sound from nearly every room. Its basement has a Prohibition-era wine cellar with bottles of whiskey from that time. This home has reportedly stood vacant for decades and may need a renovation. Other perks include a strip of private beach. Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Other structures on the island include a 19th-century Colonial house that’s since been renovated and an equestrian facility with indoor and outdoor riding rings, plus a polo field, among its other inclusions. The new asking price is “very realistic,” the listing agent, Jennifer Leahy of Douglas Elliman, told the Journal. “Although I’d love to say there are many buyers that can buy a $100 million property, there aren’t. This is for the 1% of the 1%.” Accessed via a causeway, Great Island and its residential structures can be reached by car. Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Great Island belongs to the descendants of the baking powder entrepreneur William Ziegler. Ziegler, a founder of the Royal Baking Powder Company, purchased it around the turn of the 20th century and used the property as a summer home, according to the Journal. He died in 1905, and ever since it has stayed in the family. Today, it’s owned by a trust controlled by the Steinkraus family, who are descendants of Ziegler’s granddaughter, Helen. One of Helen’s sons, 56-year-old Philip, told the Journal that despite having lifelong ties to Great Island, he and his brothers have simply moved on. He added that the new asking price, in part, owes itself to several property lines being redrawn. For instance, a neighboring waterfront parcel was removed and is now under ownership by another part of the family. That $175 million ask was also set by family members who have since passed away, and “there were no comps to compare it to and we were flying blind,” he told the Journal.

Killing Eve is back for its final mission — but will Eve and Villanelle find their way back to each other? In a new trailer for the fourth and final season of the BBC America thriller we catch up with Eve and Villanelle, and they’re in very different places: Villanelle has seemingly found religion, although she hasn’t completely stopped sinning yet (“I killed two people last night after I tried really hard not to”), while Eve is having sex with a charming new gentleman friend. But Eve gets roped back in by Carolyn, who tells her that members of The Twelve are murdered. “You’re still playing the same old game of chess,” Eve tells her… but when we see the secret conspiracy board Eve is keeping, we know she’s still playing it, too.

There WILL be a season 2!

Warren Beatty's sister will be guest-starring in Season 2 and Senator Charles Schumer's cousin will be playing herself.

Enjoy the Oscar-winning For All We Know by the Carpenters.

Win the lottery and tell the press you want to blow it all on boy-toys. Then stand back and prepare to bask in unprompted, unsolicited, unscheduled glory

NYers can't seem to stop trying to show off their flexibility... Assemblywoman slammed for anti-cop tweet, liking post comparing NYPD to Nazis https://nypost.com/2022/02/02/ny-assemblywoman-yuh-line-niou-slammed-for-anti-police-tweet/ A progressive New York lawmaker has been blasted for describing uniformed NYPD cops taking the subway as a “frightening show of intimidation” and “a massive health risk” — then liking a tweet comparing the group of officers to Nazis. Democratic Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou, who represents parts of Lower Manhattan, made the eyebrow-raising comment Monday in response to a video showing mostly maskless officers in a Midtown Manhattan subway station following the Friday funeral for slain NYPD Officer Jason Rivera. “It honestly takes a lot to take a heartbreaking tragedy and a family’s moment of mourning and turn it into a frightening show of intimidation for the whole city and be a massive health risk to every New Yorker,” Niou wrote. “But they somehow did it.” The lawmaker then liked a response from a Twitter user with the handle @ATStampede, who referred to Rivera’s funeral as “their fascism rally on the streets above,” the Daily News reported. The tweeted reply contained photos of a Nazi march next to one showing cops gathered along Fifth Avenue for Rivera’s funeral. Niou removed her like from the tweet after the paper reached out to her for comment about it. Masks have been required on MTA subways since April 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and all NYPD cops, regardless of their vaccination status, are required to wear face coverings while on duty, according to a department-wide email sent in late December. The head of the city’s largest police union blasted the left-wing lawmaker for liking the tweet comparing cops to Nazis. “This is why our streets have gotten out of control. Our legislators are busy boosting anti-cop hate online when they should be fixing the laws that they broke,” Police Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch told The Post on Wednesday. “We’re glad that New Yorkers sent a resounding message last week and again this week,” he added. “We’re not going to let self-serving politicians divide us again.” Fumed one Staten Island cop, “These people should learn a little about history.” “Fascists would not allow people to speak out against them; they would be silenced,” the officer added. “This officer and his family deserve respect. These officers also allow these people to walk the streets and make comments like this no matter how ignorant they may be.” A rep for Niou — who has represented the Lower East Side, the Financial District, Chinatown and Battery Park City since 2017 — did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

One of the “most glamorous” penthouses on the Upper East Side is now in contract. The 6,241-square-foot home at 15 E. 69th St., was formerly owned by the late Broadway producer and socialite Terry Allen Kramer. It last asked $32 million. Kramer, heir to the fortune of Charlie Allen Jr., founder of investment firm Allen & Co., produced shows including “Kinky Boots,” “Evita” and “Hello, Dolly!” The duplex opens from a private elevator landing to a double-height gallery, marble floors and a marble-clad staircase featuring a cast-iron and bronze banister. The residence boasts four bedrooms, along with more than 2,000 square feet of outdoor space across two terraces showing stunning city skyline views. Inside, the glam details include a solarium and wood-burning fireplaces in the living room and the large main bedroom suite. There’s also a spacious chef’s kitchen that opens to a dining room. Building amenities include a gym, concierge, doorman and wine cellar. I think this kitchen is ugly.

The Brooklyn public school teacher who posted an anti-cop Instagram post about the funeral of detective Jason Rivera is no longer an employee of the school. Coney Island Prep said on Sunday that Chris Flanigan, who appeared to encourage violence against cops mourning Rivera, no longer works for the school. Flanigan told The Post on Sunday that he’d received death threats over his since-deleted Instagram Story showing an overhead shot of officers flooding Fifth Avenue for Rivera’s funeral, with the caption, “5/30/20: NYPD SUV drives into a crowd of protestors. Ideal conditions for reciprocity.” He claimed his message was “misconstrued” and that he was merely commenting on the “vulnerability” of the crowd of cops. “I respect the NYPD. I do not condone violence,” he insisted on Sunday. “A 22-year-old police officer murdered in the line of duty is reprehensible. I’m devastated by that.” LI woman with same name as actress fired for NYPD funeral rant makes tearful plea. https://nypost.com/2022/02/01/woman-with-namesake-of-actress-fired-for-nypd-rant-makes-plea/ A Long Island woman with the same name as the actress who sparked outrage for mouthing off about the inconvenience of slain cop Jason Rivera’s funeral says she has been harassed and threatened by people confusing her with the woman who made the vile rant. “My name is Jacqueline Michelle Guzman. I am a 25-year-old gymnastics coach and a business owner,” the home-based chocolate vendor says in a TikTok video posted on her business Sister Sweets’ Facebook and Instagram accounts. “This video is to clarify that I am not the Jacqueline Guzman in that video — that awful video. I have been receiving multiple calls and messages and many threats,” the resident of Huntington in Suffolk County says tearfully. “Please stop targeting me and attacking me. I personally cannot handle it,” Guzman adds. The Long Island woman’s sister Cristal Guzman also posted a video on TikTok about the deluge of misdirected hate messages and threats. Cristal thanked her family, friends, customers and fellow business owners who “had our backs,” adding: “That amount of support truly got us through the day.” The sisters also posted a message on Instagram to set the record straight. “Please note that we have been mistakenly & maliciously tagged in a hateful post,” reads the post. “To be clear that is not either of us, nor are we affiliated with that post. We support all law enforcement in our community. We do not align with her messaging, we find it despicable. “Please do not continue to associate us with this person. We have gotten word that the girl in the video has the same first and last name as our Sister Sweets Jacqueline. We do NOT know this girl and it is NOT the same Jacqueline,” it says. “Respectfully we have turned off the commenting and have made our page private to avoid further confusion temporarily,” the post adds. The sisters also expressed their gratitude in a message posted Sunday on Instagram. “There was SO MANY of you who really showed up for us in a time where we felt like everything we worked SO HARD for was over,” they wrote. “We are tired and it’s not over yet but we WILL get through this and we are forever grateful for our amazing Sweets Family!”

Certainly most fans of members might prefer that.

After transitioning to online programming for its audience amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Queens Theatre is bringing a “Golden Girls” puppet parody show to the borough as the venue’s first in-person show of 2022. “That Golden Girls Show!” tour will be presented on Sunday, Feb. 20, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. According to Taryn Sacramone, executive director of Queens Theatre, they’re looking forward to reconnecting with everyone this year, beginning with the “Golden Girls” show. “This is a show that interested us before the pandemic. It feels even more appropriate now because we are looking to bring the community together for a really joyful experience. We want people to have fun, to laugh and connect over their shared fandom of ‘The Golden Girls,’” Sacramone said. The brand-new show at Queens Theatre parodies classic “Golden Girls” moments with puppets portraying the four women — from Sophia’s get-rich-quick schemes to Rose’s tales from St. Olaf, Blanche’s insatiable hunt for men and the fountain of youth, and Dorothy’s daily struggle to make sense of her life. According to Queens Theatre, the show is also a way to celebrate White, who died in December. “While we are extremely saddened by Betty White’s passing, we are so thankful to have the opportunity to bring her fans together to celebrate Betty’s incredible career and one of her most iconic roles with this puppet parody show. What better way to honor Betty White than to laugh together?” Sacramone said. The show’s cast includes Miranda Cooper as Sophia, Dylan Glick as Dorothy, Lu Zielinkski as Blanche and Samantha Lee Mason as Rose. For Mason, who is a New York-basedmusical theater performer and puppeteer,it’s an honor to portray White’s comedic character as Rose onstage. “I love playing Rose because I like her sense of earnest optimism. She’s really sweet and she has love for her friends, how she grew up, and she has all of these crazy funny stories that I get to tell,” Mason said. Although she didn’t know White personally, Mason says it felt very personal when White died while working on emulating her character as Rose. “I felt like I knew her and that’s something universal; everyone knows Betty White. I really want to continue her legacy in a respectful way, and I want what I’m doing to be a love letter to her,” Mason said. Mason says she hopes people will come to the show to not only share in laughter and joy but to also celebrate the incredible life of White. “Our show is told in three episodes of ‘The Golden Girls.’ It’s almost as though the audience will be participating in what would have been a live taping of the show back in the ’80s,” Mason said. “We just hope we leave people laughing and smiling and having a great time in the theater because we all need an escape right now.” Tickets start at $20 for seating in the rear and side sections. Seating in the center section is $35. Students and seniors receive a 10 percent discount. This production is not recommended for children and is suggested for ages 13 and up. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit queenstheatre.org. In compliance with New York City’s vaccine mandate for indoor activities, Queens Theatre requires confirmation of vaccination against COVID-19 of all eligible (5 years of age and over) staff, performers, patrons and audience members, with a completed course of a vaccine considered effective by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and/or the World Health Organization. Learn more about Queens Theatre’s COVID safety protocols at queenstheatre.org/covid-protocol. https://qns.com/2022/01/queens-theatre-present-golden-girls-puppet-parody/

I'm bummed this is only a 7 seven episode series. That means only 4 left. I hope it'll be picked up for another season, but there doesn't seem to be much buzz about it, and 10:30 PM on Sunday is not exactly a prime time slot.

Your mom sounds just like me, so I have to ask 'what's wrong with that?' As for the rest of your post... Yikes. If it helps at all, you are one of about 90% of the population who feel this way after the past 2 years, although you seem to have more on your plate than most. You're so overwhelmed, you wrote out that whole thing about your stress the last two years and never mentioned the pandemic. You need to find SOME time or activity for yourself that relaxes you, and somebody to talk to, even if it's just a therapist over the phone or zoom, since you wouldn't have time for an office visit. As to your first paragraph, I think you wrote it all out because the pressure was getting unbearable and you had to just let it out in some non-destructive way before you burst. As to your last paragraph, you can't take that first step BECAUSE you are in a rut. That's what ruts are. Take it one baby step at a time (advises the guy who's been in a rut for 30 years). And as for your provider... tell him firmly that if he doesn't stop contacting you right now when you don't need the hassle, you'll block him. Then DO IT. Good luck to you. Sorry I couldn't write anything more helpful.

Series finale next Sunday (2/6). Despite its plots (and Niecy Nash's*** boobs) being over-the-top and ridiculous, I'm going to miss it. ***She hyphenates now with her wife's name. She was billed this season as Niecy Nash-Betts.

Yeah, but I was turned off by his overlong and verbose self-description: Amazon king Imagine the Perfect guy Well I’m him