Category Archives: Power

Related Management’s Reply

Posted on April 21, 2015 by annecwoodlen

Good afternoon Ms. Woodlen, We are aware of the unfortunate that occurred yesterday and are thankful that there were no injuries to anyone at the site. One of our experienced maintenance team members responded to the emergency call and completed … Continue reading →

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Arresting Annie?

Posted on March 3, 2015 by annecwoodlen

So I went out my apartment door around 9:15 a.m. on Saturday morning and saw a medium-sized carton sitting in front of my neighbor’s door. My neighbor hasn’t been in residence for months so I went over to take a … Continue reading →

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Dana, Bed Bugs and Related Management

Posted on March 2, 2015 by annecwoodlen

Dana Natale, manager, McCarthy Manor Ms Natale was an exemplary manager. Her job put her in the middle between HUD, with its enormous load of regulations and ever-increasing number of forms to be filled out, and 176 tenants, almost all … Continue reading →

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A Day in the Life of an Activist

Posted on February 18, 2015 by annecwoodlen

It is 7:23 a.m. and the sun is rising over Syracuse; the temperature is zero. I always find zero a particularly dispiriting temperature, rather like a flat line on an EKG: everything has come to a halt; life is over. … Continue reading →

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Government Employees–Beyond Improvement?

Posted on February 17, 2015 by annecwoodlen

It is 7:27 a.m. and the sun is rising over Syracuse. Chimney smoke flows flat across the city: the temperature is -4. Why does the smoke flow flat when it’s icy cold? I’ve been watching it for years and when … Continue reading →

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What is Wrong with this Woman? Recovery, Chronic Fatigue and Depression (Part IV)

Posted on December 17, 2014 by annecwoodlen

Somewhere along the line around 2011 I had diagnosed myself as being depressed and set out to get a talk therapist, which turned out not to be as easy as it sounds.  What I didn’t understand was that the abuse … Continue reading →

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How Not To Be Depressed, Part 1

Posted on September 29, 2014 by annecwoodlen

1. Choose your parents carefully. There are two issues here: first, genetics and, second, child-rearing practices. According to the National Institute of Mental Health’s research, there is a gene for depression and it comes in a long form and a … Continue reading →

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And Now the Idiot du Jour’s Boss

Posted on September 18, 2014 by annecwoodlen

[Consequent to https://annecwoodlen.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/dr-w-c-elliott-the-idiot-du-jour/%5D Dr. Michael Iannuzzi, Director UHCC Adult Medicine MR Nephrology Dr. Elliott Dear Dr. Iannuzzi, I am in receipt of your letter of Sept. 10 regarding the above-captioned matter in which you threaten to terminate my health care … Continue reading →

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Black Girls and White Women (Part III)

Posted on September 9, 2014 by annecwoodlen

A couple weeks ago, a new aide and the director of her agency sat in my living room for the first time and the director said the aide and I “needed to learn each other.” I agreed, but didn’t have … Continue reading →

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Black Girls and White Women (Part II)

Posted on September 7, 2014 by annecwoodlen

Black girls, like everybody else, want esteem and authority. They are unprepared to do anything else, so they work as aides and I think they are ashamed of it. Couple that with their eagerness to tell the rest of the … Continue reading →

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