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westernqueensland

  • Name: westernqueensland
  • Location: Sunnyside, Queens, NY
  • Job: Educator
  • Tell us about yourself: Learning and loving the blogosphere
On May 9, 2010 10:07 AM in Two Killed, One Injured In Bronx Shooting, they said:

Heartbreaking murders/ Are poverty's true result/ When "poor" equals "bad"/ #haiku ...

On April 23, 2010 3:55 PM in Citing Terrorist Threat, Cops Make Schnitzel Truck Leave, they said:

German "cuisine" is/ Not very good, however,/ Not "Terrostic"/ #haiku @wqueens7...

On April 23, 2010 9:42 AM in Harlem Hostel Closed By Department Of Buildings, they said:

Hotels: Close Hostel!/ Big business: competition/ For lobbiest-less/ #haiku @wQueens7...

On April 18, 2010 11:17 AM in Man Runs Block After Getting Stabbed, they said:

Pity poor people/ With only reputations/ Left to fight over/ #haiku @wQueens7...

On April 16, 2010 9:29 AM in CEO of Furniture Company Arrested in Fatal DWI, they said:

Heartbreaking consequence/ Of the institutionalization/ And fetishization of cars/ As the talisman of freedom/ Wealth, meaning & power/...

On April 9, 2010 12:12 PM in Cyclist Arrested After Road Rage Limo Smash, they said:

"Been there, done that:" never took the bust. ...

On April 4, 2010 6:48 AM in Parody Product Placement, they said:

"Ice Cold Happiness" Fermented from corporate/ profits and cheap grains/ #Haiku @wqueens7...

On March 31, 2010 6:37 PM in Pharmacist Kept No Record of 20,000 Painkillers, they said:

I could see not keeping track of the first nineteen-thousand-nine-hundred-and-ninety-five, but trust me, he knew exactly where the last five went....

On March 25, 2010 8:59 AM in 7 Train Down Between LIC and Times Square, Both Directions, they said:

@NYCTSubwayScoop Regular 7 service resuming between Hunters Point Ave and Times Sq following mechanical problems. #ServAdv 10 minutes ago via TweetDeck ...

On March 23, 2010 10:23 PM in City Wants To Make Even More Money From Meters, they said:

Even if they doubled parking it wouldn't come close to being what it costs the city to maintain streets, parking meters and sidewalks. $0.75 cents and hour is chump-change for a multi-thousand dollar ...

On March 5, 2010 6:57 PM in Williamsburg American Apparel Under Attack, they said:

Interestingly, when W'Burg wasn't trendy enough to attract American Apparel, it also lacked these "citizens."...

I wonder if the sense of entitlement the workers felt was erected by the architecture (physical and social) of the institution?...

On March 1, 2010 10:48 PM in CUNY Is Diverse...Its Faculty Not So Much, they said:

HMMMM!...

On March 1, 2010 10:43 PM in Harold Ford Jr. Says Never Mind to Senate Race , they said:

Oh, OK, he doesn't have to move back to Dixie...

On February 24, 2010 11:14 AM in Drunk Driving NJ Cop To Serve 3.5 to 10.5 Years In Prison, they said:

Pity really. We need to have meaningful consequences for breaking laws while driving. If people had their licenses revoked for life threatening acts behind the wheel in a year or two car-drivers wo...

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