Rant #3,964: Don't Rain On My Parade

After Tuesday's procedure, I am feeling pretty good ...

Not perfect, but good.

I don't have any pain sitting, standing, or doing anything else.

I actually wore shorts for the first time since last year, when I didn't know what 2026 would bring.

I did my exercises for the first time in many weeks, as it was just too painful to do them before this procedure.

And I finally was able to take my vitamins; I couldn't take them prior to the procedure because they are considered to be blood thinners.

So everything is pretty good in Larryland right now, although I know that there are things that still have to be done to make me whole--

And those are things I will have to deal with sometime soon, but not right at this moment.

There really isn't much more to say about it--

I am kind of in a "watch" period now, and I will see how I really am by the weekend to determine whether I am really back together the way I should be.

And then I might be able to make some future plans.

But let's not put the cart before the horse.

I am better, but let me see what the level of "better" really is.

And today, New York City is having its parade for the Knicks, and it is full of controversy.

Why did they set it for Thursday, and not on Friday?

Kids have to take Regents exams and other tests today--

Why did they set the parade for today knowing that a lot of kids won't be able to show up because they have to take these tests?

Well, the answer is simple, but few want to say it out loud.

It is because tomorrow, June 19, is the Juneteenth national holiday.

You can't have the parade squarely on Friday, because it might impede Juneteenth festivities and celebrations.

And you have to get everyone together while the iron is hot, so Thursday was the logical day to have the celebration.

In addition, adults who decided to skip work today to attend the parade now have a tidy, four-day weekend to enjoy.

Sure, the kids are kind of being left out of this, but educational testing--a building block leading up to a successful future--is way more important than attending the Knicks parade.

And you can bet that thousands of kids will be there anyway; it's not like the millions of kids, in totality, in New York City and the surrounding areas, would be at the parade anyway.

Perhaps the hidden meaning to having the parade on Thursday is that it might just protect some kids from any idiotic behavior and violence that might ensue during the parade.

Nobody will say this, but I will--

What happened during the watch parties was absolutely horrendous, made New York City and its citizens look very bad to a worldwide audience, and put law enforcement in great danger.

Do you want that to happen during the victory parade?

Do you want any kid--or anyone--assaulted, hurt, or even worse--on this grand stage?

I think New York City got it right this time ...

Having the parade today is a godsend that people don't even realize.

Yes, the watch parties were at night, when some revelers were so inebriated that they did things that were unconscionable. 

But the city, obviously, doesn't want to take a chance that they could have a repeat during the day, and on a school day yet.

And that is why the parade is on a Thursday and not on Friday.

I doubt you will read this anywhere else but here, because people are so afraid to say the truth.

I am not.

Look, honestly, I wouldn't go, even if I was 1,000 percent healthy.

I haven't been to a New York City parade since my grandfather took myself and my sister to the Thanksgiving Day Parade more than 60 years ago.

I have witnessed other parades in person when I worked in Manhattan--the St. Patrick's Day Parade comes to mind--but it was a work day for me, and I worked right off of Fifth Avenue, so I saw it whether I wanted to or not.

I am not a big parades person, but I understand the significance of these parades, and the pride that they demonstrate, whether you are of a certain ethnic group or a fan or simply a spectator.

But parades are not for me, so no, I won't be at the parade today.

And, hopefully, others won't be at the parade who would turn a fun day into total chaos.

God help the NYPD during this day.

I hope that New York and its environs have a great, joyous day.

Me, I will probably watch some of it if I have the time, since every TV channel in the New York Metropolitan Area will seemingly be pre-empting their regular programming to cover it.

I just hope the parade goes as well as my recent medical procedure.

No hiccups ...

No stupidity ...

No nothing--

Other than fun.