Just to get the whole idea into my head that you take a laser beam-emitting machine and NOT turn it into a laser gun, blaster, stunner, turbolaser or any other sci-fi device make me smile. And if you substitute something ordinary – like shaving – with laser makes me feel like we’re somewhere in 23rd century.

Overall, the laser hair removal and laser skin treatment stuff is really cool (if I can use such an expression), and it turns out more and more people use it instead of not only waxing or shaving, but as an acne treatment, skin polishing and a lot of other things.

Just to illustrate how much better this thing is – as per laser har removal technicians, there are a lot of dark skinned guys who use the service. The primary reason is that dark skin is somehow more prone to ingrows and skin irritations, which is worsened when shaving. So these guys undergo a laser hair reduction treatment on their neck and simply stop having any more problems with it.

Of course, it’s not just guys, it is mostly ladies who need to get the best skin they can, especially since the summer is coming. So drop by to read, let me know what you think.

From her own words:

“I want to look better each day, every day. Everybody’s got a dream inside, you know? And, it’s good when you can make your dream come true”

but if you ask me – 38KKK size breasts is a little too much. After all, KKK is about a gallon each, so it’s a little beyond me what you can do with them.

Oh, and you are more then welcome to visit my small 38KKK Sheyla Hershey’s photo gallery. Don’t get scared while you’re at it.

Being a New Yorker for last 14 years, I know how to tell a New Yorker from a tourist on a New Year’s Eve – if someone is rushing out of the city – he’s local, if one tries to get in – he’s a (stupid) tourist. Being a New Yorker (or, flaunting aside, a child of a big city) I know to stay away from the crowds. Just once I’ve been in the crowd large and dense enough that when my ex-wife’s shoe got stuck in pavement the crowd almost stepped on us because we couldn’t move with the crowd. It was a bit scary moment, honestly. We managed to get out, safe and sound, but ever since that time if I am not alone – I am not going into the crowd. No way.

Although I do understand and support the desire to cheer with peers, to celebrate and to be in the middle of it all, I am probably too old (or too smart, he he) to go into all that. Besides, my common sense told me that.

My wife, who’s close to being legally blind herself, said that there’s nothing wrong with the skit. In fact, she found it very funny and amusing. Especially the blind parts.

And the best part of our discussion was – if they’re blind, what the heck did they see to get so offended?

Recalling my own high school days – was a different country and different times, of course – I remember waking up at 7 am to be at school by 8:30 am. For whole 10 years in school I vividly remember only second parts of the day, as I was sleepy until about 2 o’clock. But again – this was different culture. Radio started playing national anthem at 6am, so everybody would wake up at the same time, go to work at the same time and so on. Schools were sort of barracks or a training camp, where you were supposed to acquire the habit of waking up just like everybody else.

Personally I feel more productive if I sleep late. If I have to wake up anytime before 8:30 am – half a day would be spent on fighting sleepiness. After 8:30 – I’m all energetic and ready to go. Been like that since school, so if 10 years of school plus 3 years of college (that started even earlier – 8 am sharp) could change my habits into waking up earlier – there must be something larger than that. Something like biological predisposition.

What I think would be a good idea is the following scenario. I’ll talk about GM, but any american car manufacturer can listen in. Here’s the six-step business recovery path.

Step 1: File for Chapter 11 protection. This will allow restructuring at a lowel cash levels.

Step 2: Fire everybody.

Step 3: Hire back every single factory worker immediately, loose car designers and unions.

Step 4: Hire sane designers who are aware of contemporary trends and technologies. Let them kick ass.

Step 5: Emerge to the markets with fewer product lines, better models and better prices.

Step 6: Watch sales rise, competition get angry.

So far every foreign car manufacturer, including Toyota, Nissan, Honda and even Hyunday have been thanking the big three for their ugly cars, high fuel consumption and inability to design modern hip cars. Look at any Lincoln or Chrysler – they look very nineties… It’s end of 2008, people. Wake up!

Honda could afford selling (the uglies car ever) Element, because they sell Accord. Nissan doesn’t even have an ugly car, their lines look pretty decent. Even Hyunday took couple of photos of Jaguar and thought them through. What’s holding GM or Chrysler from doing same things is beyond me.

P.S. Here’s a better, but more cruel idea – branch out couple of product lines (one sedan with three models, one truck with three models and one line with small SUV, big SUV and van models). Something like Pontiac or Saturn for sedan, Saturn or Buick for big and small SUV, buy Town and Country from Chrysler for van model. Throw in a best selling pickup truck line. Loose everything else (okay, keep that Hummer beast for guys with small penises and Escalade for rappers) and make it into a single brand. Hire designers who don’t drink Budweiser or Heineken, lock them into a dungeon for as long as it takes them to design a modern looking car. Something that would look and sell better then Hyunday or Toyota, but priced just as low. Watch this brand beat the rest of big three in sales.

Don’t get me wrong, CC isn’t a best store around, but I’ll miss that big landmark from the Union Square. At least the big red and while sign is more fun than yellow on black counter of national debt.

By the way, don’t expect any huge sell-offs, discounts and so on. If CompUSA’s going out of business process is any indication, then the so-called “huge markdowns” would be jacking up price 20% and then discounting it by 10%. So if you might think they have a good deal of 10 or even 15 per cent off – be sure to check other stores. You might be in for a surprise.