Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Saturday, October 01, 2005
Health clubs, homeless, haiku, Honeymooners, and ha-ha-ha
(Yet another Storytelling Saturday is upon us)
For six years I worked as a trainer and gym floor manager at the Vertical Club. What Studio 54 was to 1970s New York, the Vertical Club (VC) was to 1980s New York. A warehouse-sized health club, complete with neon lights and blaring dance music, it was where the Big Apple’s social elite came to sweat, strain, moan, groan, and gyrate. Occasionally, they even worked out (sorry, I couldn’t resist). The job paid like shit and many of rich clientele treated us like peons, but I made some great friends and felt a genuine camaraderie with my fellow workers. Overall, the place was a high-end lunatic asylum.
To read my complete story, please click here:
http://tinyurl.com/87lrf
Anyone else got a story to share?
In the meantime…
...here’s a haiku I just got posted:
http://www.poetstea.com/bevs.html
...and a joke sent to me by Linda Howard…
Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: “Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed.”
“OH NO!” the president exclaims. “That’s terrible!”
His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the
president sits, head in hands.
Finally, the president looks up and asks, “How many is a brazillion?”
...and who doesn’t love cats in sinks?
http://catsinsinks.com
(Thanks, James)
Speaking of James and cats, Lee Hall also has a cat named Frank:
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Today is Oct. 1:
On this day, 50 years ago, “The Honeymooners” debuts on CBS
1961: Roger Maris hits home run #61
Happy World Vegetarian Day
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