Think...

Is anything worth it? I used to live just by doing. If I wanted to watch "The Price Is Right" on TV I just did it without questioning whether it was "a good use of my time." Now I start to think about how boring a game show is. If I wanted an egg salad sandwich I'd just boil up an egg and mash it with a little celery and mayo. Now I start thinking about the saturated fat in the yoke and do I really want to use mayo that doesn't have any fiber. I've been thinking a lot lately about some of the things I used to enjoy: Yellow Checker cabs with a black and white checked detail running down its sides and two jump seats in its cavernous back, double-decker buses on Fifth Avenue spewing fumes into the air as you pushed a dime into the conductors little chrome collector; dirty, filthy Broadway with its upstairs 'dance' studios and porno 'lingerie' shops and big movie palaces sending gusts of cool foul air into the hot, sweaty street scene. Gone. And what about Saks and DePina's? Does anyone go to Macy's anymore? Try the Nieman-Marcus at the Westchester for a real thrill. I'm so glad it isn't all gone. And the trains still run to Grand Central. Why can't we work from home? Because then the trains might not run anymore....