Comments about reality

There are 100 comments about "reality"

Rick: Matty: You reminded me of the full-court basketball games that sometimes took place in the 241 schoolyard. On occasion, on the court would be Connie Hawkins, Roger Brown, Doug Mo and Billy Cannon (who lived......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

yoyo: Okay, I'm giving my opinion. Everybody here is trying to sound so smart, but in reality it's your opinion and not reality. This planet first of all is not ours, it has been lended to......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Peter: heh... its so true, though. my reality indicates that just about every new yorker i know winces upon hearing the name "mccain", wanted to punch giuliani every time he over-invoked 9/11 while campaigning and basically......

in response to: Preaching to No One by Peter

CHRISSY-46: what a cool site. I can't even believe I found people that came from my childhood, teenage, neighborhood. I grew up on Melrose St. between Knickerbock and Wilson in the early 50's. ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

CartLegger: I gotta agree with you on this one Peter. With all the nutritional wonders of NYC, nothing can quite measure up to the magic of the Dekalb Farmers Market. The food is from everywhere, the......

in response to: Dekalb Farmers Market by Peter

Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

serlingrod: I don't think I paint a rosy picture of Kensington at all. If you read what I wrote I actually said there's lots of crime, disinvestment, and the schools are broken. Those were my words.......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Joseph Bridge: sorry, but this is the reality i see when i rarely visit family who still live there. the cup is half empty, thanks....

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Joseph Bridge: beautiful response serlingrod...you paint a rosy picture of kensington... you must be an artist type. lets talk reality here. business investment in kensington: mom and pop stores, laundrymats, stop and go...for that 40 oz,......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Cecilia Midiri: Wow, Kimmer Teesedale...you remember the Midiri's? Me and Mamma Ceil are still on Keim Street. She refuses to move...and hey, who am I to make her. I can't complain too much. The street was so......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

vanillamay: Thank you, Peter, for sharing all these strange and beautiful pictures and feelings with us.This is a reality which is as usual at times a "wonder", which we don't notice and the role of the......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Michelle Byrd: I grew up in the hornets as my generation called them,and while there were some bad situations happened there it was some very good times as well.Folks need to remember that bad events happen all......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

upfromflames: And 70% dropout rate! I am a high school teacher--and you sir, are quoting some racist drivel from a time long past. Perhaps it suits your needs, but it does not suit the reality at hand.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Elkin School Rules!!! DJD: If I could move back to Kensington I would. However, that can't happen, due to the realities of life. Reality sometimes is a bitch! Reality forces you to make decisions that you wish......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

jsmooth: this is just another example of tax dollars gone too waste...we try to do something night for the brothas and this is the thanks that we get, a bunch of drug selling, cop killin, gangbangin......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

CB : It is easy for anyone to put down our inner city areas and declare them a war zone. But the truth of the matter is that if we had more people involved to make change......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Tex: You are absolutely right, we should be thankful for what we have and the great country that we live in. We are very blessed and fortunate to live in a country where we have......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Haunt Won 597: KILL YOUR SELF!! HEAVY ROTATION KREW!! REALITY SUCKS CREW!!...

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

Haunt Won 597: KILL YOUR SELF!! HEAVY ROTATION KREW!! REALITY SUCKS CREW!!...

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

Former Hutchinsonite: Gosh Hunter, sounds like you're a hypocrite. If you thought the town was so great, why did you pack up and move out to California to find a job? And as far as......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Hunter: I'd like to make two points at this time. First, it seems that most of the dissatisfaction with Hutchinson revolves around the lack of "good", i.e. well-paid jobs. As I mentioned earlier, there are no......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

jack: nice story, as soon as i saw the names i knew the reality....

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Padre Island: As far as your tax dollars providing a good education in Hutchinson, let's do a reality check on the results. According to [[http://www.city-data.com/city/Hutchinson-Kansas.html ]] For population 25 years and over in Hutchinson High school or......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Peter: guy: thanks for your posts; im glad to see youre taking a crack at going pro- best of luck! additionally, ive enjoyed looking at your posts; the ones concerning exotic animals, especially, are just so......

in response to: Its Been Almost Two Years Since I Posted by Guy McLaren

Georges: "The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. " Jeez,......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

susannah: Thanks so much for these photos and commentary- they brings home the reality of the situation. I'm sorry about the tourists- that is pretty upsetting. I couldn't bear to go to ground zero after 9/11......

in response to: Bridge Collapse 2 - Life in the Exclusion Zone by Tyfoid Kid

EvilGentleman: Well, how about we let the place that used to be in Yugoslavia call itself "The Slavic Republic of Northern Macedonia"? I dunno, just trying to state what I feel is right. The only Yugoslavians......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

Cinic: Great angle on the rosemont factory it seems so isolated when in reality it is in the middle of the city. i always loved that thing, but never seem to remember what it is called....

in response to: Two Factories by CE

Sohail Moughal: Thanks for all the comments. I am really amused. Personally, I believe that if there is a probability for a thought to exist, leave alone the reality, then it carries a certian weight and hence......

in response to: All the Whores Shall Go to Heaven by Sohail Moughal

Bass Girl: Oh my gosh PAPERGIRL17....do you live in the salt mine hundreds of feet under Hutch or something? Lets try coming to the surface and having a cup of reality.... 1. The Cosmosphere (since there are......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

christine: congratulations jack. the whole life is like a mirror, your own thoughts, ideas and actions are continuously reflecting on your reality. that is why some people experience life in general and in this case the other......

in response to: All the Whores Shall Go to Heaven by Sohail Moughal

GalaxyGrasshopper: Wow, this really takes me baaack! My mom scooped us up from L.A. to Hamburg Germany when I was eleven. I hated that place, or so I thought. I came back to......

in response to: May 14 2007 Hamburg by hool

kobie: well a lot of these tenements probably arent even housing association or council owned anymore cos a lot of the people who live in these better quality tenements usually buy them then sell them and......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

EvilGentleman: Concerned Monster Fan: I never said that the drivers and crews were hillbillies et al. But like pro wrestlers or Jerry Springer, the mass audience has a tendency to be less sophisticated, on average. That is......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

joey: sign rescued from creek. ##reality internet## at it's finest. are there any fish in the creek?...

in response to: Employee of the Month Parking by EvilGentleman

lisabetta: Out here in California, I don't recall ever seeing it (even in the REALLY bad areas like Compton or East Palo Alto) until after the movie "Wag the Dog" came out--and now thety're everywhere! ......

in response to: Shoes by Peter

westcoast LK: real spit to the author who wrote this article.... i used to live in las vegas...in fact i resided about a block away from the strip itself near warm springs. I feel as though vegas taught......

in response to: View of Vegas by jack

EvilGentleman: joey - sometimes, a picture can show a thousand times more than words can, and other times, a picture cannot even begin to describe the horror of reality. This is one of those cases. I......

in response to: Lost by EvilGentleman

upfromflames: BD: I truly appreciate your response. Maybe that is why I posted it. Thanks for taking the bait! Your perspective is clearly rich in experience, and me, well, I am a non-NYer who has just......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

upfromflames: ** The Urban Ecology of Arson** The power of the Wallace's interpretation is its integrated systems approach. just as flames cannot burn in a vacuum, the flames of July 13th did not arise out of nowhere.......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

EvilGentleman: kricket - Most French people here are quite open-minded and tolerant, but like anywhere else, about 25% have an intolerant redneck way about them. It is this 25% who are famous for completely ignoring you......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

jack: good twist with words to show the reality of it....

in response to: A House Is Not Necessarily Always a Home by jack

I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I agree with you Rich. I would love to live in a world where people can coexist peacefully along side one another. All I am saying is that most people make generalizations of people based......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

John: This is a good example to us all that we can make our dreams a reality, not just dream about them all our lives. That having been said though, Justo is missing the fact that......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

EvilGentleman: The old name of the neighbourhood, Notre-Dame-de-Grace (Our Lady of Grace). It was also the name of the area from when it became an independent city in 1906, until it was swallowed up by Montreal......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

emma b.hope: fab images take me from small town america to mysterious filmic reality phantasy david lynchish territory... to where i am not infrequently found-hospital, trying to be in touch despite feeling alienated and bewildered (often).but hey,int......

in response to: Transparency and Reflection by elaine

Grant: I am sitting in an apartment in 1230 Burling (one of the buildings in Cabrini Green) as I type this. I have lived here since 2000 (and before that I lived in a house......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

EvilGentleman: Canada is generally safer. This incident has frightened everyone, and reminded us of some of the worst-case scenarios resulting from being in a very public environment, but the reality is, this was a one-off event.......

in response to: Dawson CGEP Shooting by CE

EvilGentleman: My life has become so good, that unfortunately, I have had to give up having fantasies, since they are constantly being exceeded by reality. Such are the prices we pay to be fortunate. I do......

in response to: Everything Looks Perfect from Far Away by zagg

Karlo: Whilst appreciating their reasons,I do feel it would be better if whoever was controlling this site didn't delete posts such as the one made by volunteer. Although it was bitter in the extreme,and potentialy liable,what it......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Cathy Bernstein, east 84th Street: Carl Schurz Park: It’s easy to hear this park’s name and think Carl Schultz, the creator of the beloved Charlie Brown cartoons. In reality, Carl Schurz Park was named in 1910 to honor the soldier,......

in response to: Saturday Walk by Laura

EvilGentleman: Hmmmm... Maybe the blind need help to operate the screen, except for the PIN, which should always remain confidential. They could still operate the ATM from the rear driver's side window. What worries me is......

in response to: I Assume You\'re Not Blind by Cosmo

peacefrog: As an American who has lived in Canada most of his life, visiting the US and especially NYC is a harsh reality check, and a reminder that the ravages of racism are still alive and......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Shamie: Thanks for your post Karlo, I have taken it on board. I do actually have a similar viewpoint as yourself and I do not agree with murder and sectarian violence. The reason I posted 'fuck the......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

PAULS BOUTIQUE: perceptions are highly subjective, unfortunately there is a reality.....that star is in fact a T....look it up....:0)...

in response to: ProHo Graffiti... by Peter

EvilGentleman: phill - enough already. We get it. You are white, and cannot understand why there is anti-white racism. Racism is wrong, we all understand that, but it is a reality in a land where the......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

EvilGentleman: Sounds like the typical Canadian and/or Quebec films of the 80's come back to life. "Profits? What are profits? We were thinking grants and tax deductions, eh?" Canadian films are generally indy films that absorb government......

in response to: Bon Cop, Bad Cop by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Chris - Sainte-Catherine near Lambert-Closse, except picture 4, which is down the street at the corner of St-Marc. anon - I am for the most part still experimenting with shooting people in an urban setting. I......

in response to: August 1 2006 Montreal by EvilGentleman

aer: yeah, after i saw these the first time i did a little research and found out that these types of clouds have been mistaken for ufos before...i can see why, they do look freaky in......

in response to: Lenticular Clouds by aer suzuki

Susannah : Is it a majority that favors civil union or a majority that supports gay marriage - because I don't think they are the same. I think civil union is a diplomatic attempt to bridge......

in response to: Smash by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

EvilGentleman: I suspect Chris, like many who grew up around the Maritimes, has finally reached that stage of life where he must venture off to sample life in the big city before deciding where he belongs......

in response to: A Poor Puppeteer by Marlo

aer suzuki: the photo makes the trash look oddly beautiful, yet in reality i'd probably want to go down there, rake it together, and burn it in an empty oil drum. nice shot....

in response to: Bridge Trash by okcomputer

EvilGentleman: Here in Montreal, all our traffic woes can be solved by simply blowing up all Honda Civics and Honda Accords. If we do that, we will have reduced the flow of traffic on all roads......

in response to: Spoiler & Crash by Peter

oldie from the hood: I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, YOUNG & OLD, HAVING A MUTUAL PLACE TO COME & WRITE AT THIS WEBPAGE & SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES OF......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (belf-cache-1.server.ntli.net): A Belfast man called Karlo: 12th Apr 2006 - 00:37 GMT i feel i must say something to at least let people know there are those of us that live in Belfast who DO posess a......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

EvilGentleman: I guess the salt makes it a confection... Yeah, what I meant by a "test run" is that I think laws should be given a chance to be experienced by the ##people## before being mad final.......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Make light of it if you want, Matt. My health is **not** negotiable. The reality is, I have had to actually get off of an aircraft because some idiot thought perfume would be a suitable......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

A Poet in Philadelphia: Having lived in Belfast several times, I can agree wholeheartedly with the above comment that the change begins with the person in the mirror. And having lived in the US for most of my......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

yippie skippie: NYC is a cesspool, maybe you live in a less stinky area with better ventilation, and don't venture into the nastier parts like South Bronx, Harlem, Washington Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, or Brooklyn.... but the nastier......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

Hazel: Eveyone is asking if it safe to move to Bushwick, why don't ya move to Ridgewood which right next door. It a part of Queens but a few blocks from Bushwick. If your looking for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: chiamattt (I think I finally got 3 t's in there this time!), if that idea of yours could become a reality, I think I would definitely support it. You definitely got my mind going with......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: chiamatt, Elicar... What we have here... is a failure... to communicate (cue acoustic guitar) I never claimed that others were responsible for the actions of drunk drivers. It is **always** the responsibility of the person who......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

Mat-E: I think this question touches on a fundamental human reality; you can never create a policy which will satisfy a largely civil, responsible majority and at the same time satisfy a minority of......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Bri, you bring forward a very valid point that I feel needs further explanation. While at first, it would seem to be a double standard when it comes to how it is perceived whether a......

in response to: Beware: Perv Alert! by friendly_chic407

anon (cpe-72-134-234-209.hawaii.res.rr.com): It's true. Animal cruelty does indeed create serial killers. Just look at the ALF (or just about any of the "concerned, caring activists" that've posted at this point) - they presume cruelty, so......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

a dose of reality: This topic is being beat to death by people without a real grasp on the term "life". this cat/rabbit in the scheme of things is as worthless now as it was when it was alive......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

A Belfast man called Karlo: i feel i must say something to at least let people know there are those of us that live in Belfast who DO posess a bit of wit,understanding and compassion..it really is quite sad to......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

EvilGentleman: As far as homelessness among the wealth goes, I think I may have already mentioned in some other post my experience of seeing a homeless man sleeping in the glass and chrome entrance of a......

in response to: Only in Toronto... by Elicar

anon (cyfairisd-062.phonoscope.com): No, Hell no ! I wouldn't want for neither Mexico & the U.S. to come together and become one nation ...that's american globalization of the world. Why ? well both nations have their beginnings &......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

spygirl_t: We're crazy if we think that trash we throw out will melt like the snow in spring time. It's disgusting... but an unfortunate reality in this big city. ...

in response to: Fag Butts by Elicar

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I was going with Jack's notion that if all people were gay, the race would die out in 100 years. Obviously, today (and in reality) people chose to have children by many means and have......

in response to: NADIAN Beer Ad by Biff

Chuckles: G'day Sean: Appreciate your response and interesting comments. The great thing about photography is it truly allows the "shooter" to express themselves in ways that are really quite remarkable. There is no right way / wrong way......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Love these pictures, especially the frog, the Chrysler building (can that Buck Rogers spire ##ever## look bad?) and the water towers. And at least there are stains on the Concorde's toilet services panel, that would......

in response to: NYC Rapid Fire by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: nice light. but is that a true reflection in the mirror or is there another doppler world in there that we think is only our reflection but in reality on the other side they......

in response to: Magritte Lives by joey

EvilGentleman: We all know that lies are the fabric upon which all governments are founded. It matters not whether the nation is a democracy or non-democracy, capitalist, socialist, communist, fascist, agrarian, theocracy or dictatorship. The one......

in response to: Freedom of Speech! by Elicar

EvilGentleman: It says "This article has been viewed 263 times in the last 6 weeks" With shots this breathtaking, it really makes me wonder what the hell some people are thinking when they browse this site. The......

in response to: Icinoise by GGP

Laura : I cant even wrap my brain around that first one. where does reality end and the reflection begin? amazing. thanks :)...

in response to: Kangirsujuaq by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: RE: Jury I demand a retrial, it is obvious right from the opening statements that the jury was decided before the trial, and the jury selection process was too impromptu to be properly effective. And by the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Viceroy Snuffleupagus: This forum discussion is an excellent example of discursive disintegration by virtue of anonymous expression. I'll explain, as this message board was an opportunity squandered. Sure, an argument can be made on behalf of......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

EvilGentleman: re: The Jury is STILL out on Evil Gentleman: 2nd Feb 2006 - 22:25 GMT Thanks for taking the time to read my posts. First off, I use the same nick in chat, and it is......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Old Kensington Dog: Quote: "RE: reality check: 2nd Feb 2006 - 22:58 GMT RE: the commments on biycycles and autos being invented at the same time... Wrong... bicycles have a far longer timeline." Actually, "reality check", I am correct. The......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

reality check: RE: the commments on biycycles and autos being invented at the same time... Wrong... bicycles have a far longer timeline. In fact the first paved roads in America were done so for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Mac: I can't even begin to fathom the Angst and anger being displayed on here. People!!!...REALITY CHECK! Listen to yourselves "it's us against them" My God, do you even realise what your'e saying? There has to......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Christine: I made my two posts yesterday....I agree with Leah although I think if she does this again, she should ride off quicker after delivering the garbage... I have decided to cancel my Bell Express Vu. We......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Wendy: I dont agree with all of the references to this cyclist being an "environmentalist" or trying to "save the world", etc...This, to me, is not a "polluting SUV driver versus greeny cyclist" story. Why......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool