Fahrenheit 9/11. NYC and TV geek heaven

I also managed to see F-9/11. Eye opening. Beware of the unavoidable bias, but watch it. Always two sides to every story? Try six.

I am in New York again staying with friends of the Middletons. Riding these streets is truely something else. Jostling for road space with Yellow Cabs, avoiding the pot holes (of which there are alarmingly many), seeing the buildings rise as I rest at a red light, music from the stereo adding atmosphere (for me and the pedestrians- who never seem grateful and always stare (!) ).

I have discovered a fantastic museum... The Museum of Film and Television (25 W 52nd Street). You can go in, sit at a computer and choose up to 4 items from a massive database of children's programmes, comedy shows, news items, variety performance, documentaries etc and then in your two hour slot, sit and watch them on a monitor in your own private booth for up to two people. The selection changes weekly. I watched Monty Python - Spanish Inquisition (1977 ?), Robin Williams- A night at the Met (NY 1988ish) and a documentary about the effects in Empire Strikes Back (1980).

What an amazing idea. Audio visual exhibits at my fingertips. I could have seen the pilot episodes for cop dramas, comedy shows, cartoons- you name it, it is available sometime soon if not now. And not just American stuff.

The bike is parked outside the appartment block here on West 82nd Street,

with no parking charges which is a bonus, plus we are a few doors away from 20th Precinct - NYPD, so the street tends to be pretty safe.

After winding down, and preparing to depart already, I have a new energy to go see, and to soak it all up. In a couple of days, I expect to head NE, to Boston, Martha's Vineyard (Mulder's mum lives there...), Cape Cod (first landing point of the founding fathers), Gloucester (fishing port featured in the true story depicted in Perfect Storm)....