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I'm very familiar with the 2 RetroFitness locations where he worked as a trainer. (I've passed them by many times, in other words)... between Burger King & PC Richard on Queens Blvd (near the LIE) and in the shopping plaza with Stop & Shop on Union Turnpike, off Woodhaven Blvd (behind Trader Joes). His family’s construction empire shaped the Big Apple’s skyline, according to the Daily Voice. Rocco Tomassetti’s Empire Transit Mix company reportedly provided the concrete for the Freedom Tower. The pumped-up suspect’s late grandfather — Italian immigrant Dino Tomassetti Sr. — owned construction chain Laquila Group, whose projects included Goldman Sachs’ headquarters near Ground Zero and the Bank of America headquarters, the outlet said. He also had been linked by the feds to organized crime, according to a 2006 report in the New York Times. The then-79-year-old Tomassetti Sr. was under indictment for allegedly making thousands of dollars in illegal payoffs to union officials over a decade, according to the newspaper. He had denied the charges. And in 1997, Rocco Tomassetti and his father were arrested for allegedly operating an illegal waste transfer station near the company’s headquarters in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn, the Times reported. Laquila also failed to disclose a 1987 racketeering indictment for bribing local officials to allow it to dump construction waste illegally in New Jersey, according to the outlet. The scheme was allegedly organized by a member of the Gambino crime organization. The charges against Laquila were ultimately dropped as part of a $25,000 civil settlement, the Times reported. https://nypost.com/2021/12/27/mug-shot-released-of-nyc-bodybuilder-accused-of-shooting-parents/

My sister's family got a dog named Shaggy earlier this year. The day after Thanksgiving Shaggy called me and told me that she'd found the perfect gift for my sister, but her credit card was maxed out, so she asked me to buy it for her. Of course I did.

Gone Baby Gone

THE SUNDAY COMICS

The final season begins this Sunday.

Even with 2 fractured ribs, I have to dance in my chair:

There are longer versions, but I prefer this short one:

In reality? None In my mind, more than you could count (I'm such a slut in my head).

Having a body that works and doesn't hurt all the time.

My best friend wasn't thrilled. She found it very slow. And she likes Benedict (Arnold) Cummerbund. I don't think I'll watch it.

The voice behind the iconic 1970s rock track “Signs” has died from COVID-19 at the age of 77. Les Emmerson, the lead singer of Five Man Electrical Band, succumbed to the coronavirus in his home city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, last Friday, the CBC reported. The frontman contracted COVID in November. Emmerson — who was doubly vaccinated — had “underlying health issues” that contributed to his vulnerability, his wife, Monik Emmerson, told Rolling Stone. After Emmerson and his Canadian group changed its name from the Staccatos to Five Man Electrical Band, they went international with the hit “Signs” in the early ’70s — only striking gold after the original, B-side recording had cut two guitar solos for it to be more radio-friendly. The song’s inspiration came from Emmerson when he took a trip on iconic Route 66 and felt that the many advertorial billboards plastered along the road were ruining the natural beauty of America’s heartland and southwest. In the years following, Emmerson used the anthem’s popularity to rally social causes for children’s hospitals and climate change. He went on to re-record the tune as “Signs4Change” with newer, more environmentally conscious lyrics, the network reported. https://nypost.com/2021/12/14/les-emmerson-of-five-man-electrical-band-dead-of-covid-at-77/

within days of me posting this, one of his 7 kids died. ☹️

The people in your life are very lucky to have you in theirs.

It's happened again: Fans lose their minds over Nick Cannon’s apparent bulge on TV show https://pagesix.com/2021/12/06/fans-react-to-nick-cannons-apparent-bulge-on-tv-show/?_ga=2.65105646.1981484459.1638720193-1458710319.1623223896

Didn't he have a brother with a weird name? I think it was something like Tyrannosaurus.

Because calling anything "So and So's Something or Other" always sounds pretentious to me and I find the practice annoying. So it's kind of a rebellion on my part, showing that you can call a film anything you want, and it's still the same film. And trust me, it's impossible for me to do anything without being so cute.

2022 NYPD K9 and Friends calendar has tails wagging https://nypost.com/2021/12/05/2022-nypd-k9-and-friends-calendar-has-tails-wagging/

Obnoxious musical Bringing 'Mrs. Doubtfire' to Broadway was a huge mistake Why has a movie that was never anything more than a ridiculous vehicle for the late Robin Williams’ comedic talents been dragged onstage almost 30 years later without him? I liked, but didn't love, the movie, which is basically what I felt about Robin Williams. The only time I ever truly loved him was his 2 hour 'INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO' which was absolutely hysterical.

Six legendary names have been inducted to the National Baseball Hall Of Fame, as per the results of today’s special selection committee meetings. Bud Fowler, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Minoso, Tony Oliva, and Buck O’Neil have all been elected to Cooperstown, and will be officially inducted on July 24 along with any players voted in by the regular writers’ ballot.

It's funny... For some reason, since the latest site update, I can't post to this site with Google Chrome, which is my usual browser. One of the tech guys/administrators explained to me that it's because the site sees my attempts to post as malware, or something like that, and the site's firewall blocks the attempt. So when I want to post, I have to use Firefox. Because of that, I signed out of the site on Chrome so when I do come here with Chrome, it's as a visitor; I can see and access everything, I just can't reply to anything. Obviously, I'm here on Firefox now, and all I see is a notation under the link to the article that I edited the post, so when @jeezifonly asked me about changing the title, I thought I'd only just gone back and bolded the link. I just looked with Chrome and I can see the notation @azdr0710 referred to (between my original post and the post by @tchm). I think it's weird that I can see that as a visitor, but not when I'm signed in, but whatever... So knowing now that I DID edit the title, it was simply changing 'hubby' to 'husband'. It was always Kate Capshaw's... I often use 'hubby' instead of 'husband', but it's rather informal, and I guess I looked at it and decided Ms. Capshaw deserved something classier and less informal. Mystery solved!