OWS NIMBY

I was walking on the empty street when a policemen told me to move onto the sidewalk. There was no car anywhere five hundred feet all around.
These were nothing when some idiot policeman pepper sprayed them into public attention.
There was no cars, no demonstration, so regular pedestrians took over the entire street. A nice afternoon  stroll on Bway.
Was thinking I am with OWS, just hope they are not going to complicate my commute home.
 OWS NIMBY

As I was making left on Prince St. they showed up. First, municipal union reps, sad and thin in numbers.
At the end there were quite joyous young people. A good show. 1st of May. Better than than the Thanksgiving parade.

dubious data

One would say that science based on hard data leads to hard truths. Incontestable. In fact there is not even  agreement on the basic phrasing-  data are or data is? 

wasted words

Was contemplating my days...and observed that I spend a lot of time a la recherche du mot perdu.  Then I wondered how this might sound in English. Obviously could not remember the title in translation. It turns out there are at least two...In Search of Lost Time and Remembrance of Things Past ...of course, it should be lost time more like wasted time. And now, after these thoughts, I feel better.  I am a la recherche du mot juste.My snob aunt met another old nobility snob who complained that her grandson was an actor. Famous, but just an actor.My generous aunt consoled -He's not an actor. He is an artist.