today’s mood

So, for some reason, WordPress refuses or has stopped allowing photographs in my postings. Sometimes they allow it, other times they do not, and for the past two days, they have not, even though I go through the motions posting it only to find nothing works.

It allows printed words but not images

It is February 10th, 2026, a Tuesday. The temperature is in the 30s, which is quite balmy considering that for the past couple of days it’s been in the teens.

So many things run through my mind that so many times. Today it was that band called Kitchens of Distinction. They were on A&M records, and some friends of mine worked there.
The Kitchens were playing some club somewhere, and I was on the list, and I brought my friend Steven. We were invited to the after-party at some place in Chelsea, and the leader of the band, Patrick Fitzgerald, was immediately smitten with Steven, and I was relegated to third wheel status.

They were an item, so whether or not their relationship is consummated is unknown to me. Steven likes twinks. Patrick was not a twink. But still, they hung out, and I was never invited to hang out.

Lord have mercy, I am embarrassed by so many things that occurred 20, 30, 40 years ago that still haunt me upon occasion. I look back, and I blush and hide my face. I’m sure the people I’ve interacted with and these embarrassing moments do not recall, but for me, they pop up every now and then like acne.

We approached the middle of February, perhaps the Ides. My phone bill cycle ends today, and I’ve been good at managing data. It’s a feather in the cap, and it’s a small feather in a large cap.

So have a job that I like, and it’s a good job. I like the people I’m wit,h so they’re not around that often, and I spend a lot of time by myself. No one to talk to, I went to interact with, not much is going on, and the face of time is a cruel crawl.

Yesterday at this job, I made the mistake of being lazy and actually typing the blog entry on my computer, which is something I should not have done, but here we are, and I had done it, nothing seems to have happened, but anything could actually.

Mike is at his crib. Bill is with Jim at the gym. They spoke yesterday on the phone primarily about the Bad Bunny performance at the Super Bowl. Both were moved by the situation, whereas I didn’t pay much attention to it. Just because my mind was elsewhere.

I’m coming up on being here for 3 hours, so it’s not quite 3 hours yet. It’s been a long morning, and it’s not over yet.

I was asked to watch the door of the fruit stand a few blocks away, and it has been easy to do such a thing. I just have to keep refreshing the iPad every couple of minutes or so. Marcus requested it, and so I cannot let Marcus down.

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Something’s going on this morning at Hoboken with fire trucks lined up, lights flashing, police cars lined up, lights flashing, who knows? Apartment fire on the west side of the 300 block of Hudson Street.

For February 9, 2026, a Monday, it’s certainly a Maryann Fuentes kind of day. Meaning it’s cold outside, and I am inside drinking ice water. She would be doing that, whereas I am merely hydrated. Those bloody Algerians. The last decent one was Doreen Galante, and she passed away a few years ago. She saw the way out and took it. Some rednecks claim it was the COVID-19 vaccine, but we tend to know better.

The weekend was another stroll through blase lands. I did go out on Saturday, much to my dismay. The trip to the supermarket was a difficult one. The temperatures were in the 10-degree range with a wind chill that cut right through. The leather gloves, which were a topic of my foibles last week, provided scant relief as the wind sliced through them.

I was planning on getting a cigar and shooting a video as I walked, but it was too damn cold. I also “had” to go to the dispensary, which sent me out into the dges of the wastelands of Hoboken. Where the land was barren back in the day, now it has construction, which will tax the overtaxed sewers and pipes, which were not built for more and more toilets and plumbing.

I spoke with my siblings over the weekend. My sister’s call was as expected, my brother’s call was a bit awkward. Sometimes we get in fine, other times it is like pulling teeth. I’m usually alone when I call, but I think my brother has an audience and speaks kindly to whoever is in the room at that time.

I also called my friends Connie and Jane. I last saw Connie in January 2025 before they shipped her out to California. I left her a voicemail in November for her birthday, but reports are that Connie is not doing too well, a bit of dementia, it seems.

As far as I know, Jane was doing well; she’s been taking care of her man, Duke. We last spoke a while ago, and things were shaky with regard to Duke’s well-being. I left a voicemail for Jane as well, happy to have checked off the connection boxes, though I would have preferred to have spoken directly.

Mike’s beloved flew back to the left coast yesterday. The boyfriend arrived Friday evening and left Sunday evening. I was taken aback when Mike asked if I could send his boyfriend in a ride share from the crib in Jersey City to Newark Airport. There was a plan for Mike to come over after the boyfriend left, which meant Mike would need a ride share as well.

I could not afford both and told Mike that. He said the boyfriend did not know anything about my being asked to foot the bill for a later reimbursement, but I am skeptical. I don’t know the boyfriend beyond photos and videos online, and I caught a glimpse of his left ear during a FaceTime thing on Saturday.

It turned out the boyfriend’s sibling was able to forward the cash for the ride share, and Mike did not come over anyhow, which was fine by me.

Bill is supposed to return today, so I guess within minutes of meeting again, he will proceed to drive me up the wall in a bus.

I have finished the Patti Smith book, Bread of Angels. Next up is Jelani Cobb, Three or More is a Riot. I have a crush on Jelani Cobb.