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Focus Group on the Upper West Side

July 6, 2025 | 9:02 AM
in ABSURDITY, ART, COLUMNS
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By Gary Martin

I get easily distracted. You?

Gary B. Martin is an illustrator and animator who has lived on the Upper West Side for more than 30 years. His illustrations appear in the Rag on Sundays, chronicling life in the neighborhood, New York City, and the Universe. See them all here. For a broader range of Gary’s work, including animations and other motion graphics, please visit www.martoons.com

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Sharon
Sharon
5 days ago

YES! Are you in my head? So much harder to concentrate these days.

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Paula Sahli
Paula Sahli
5 days ago

I see me! Metaphorically 👍

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Joanna
Joanna
5 days ago

I so get this. I always pause for puppies. Thanks for the giggle.

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Ken
Ken
5 days ago

Ain’t it the truth- look! – bright shiny object!

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Nina
Nina
5 days ago

However, ADHD individuals are high on creativity!

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Neal Leibowitz
Neal Leibowitz
5 days ago

Is OCD the opposite of ADHD?

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Ped Astel
Ped Astel
4 days ago
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I need to know PDQ so I can Rx

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Ish Kabibble
Ish Kabibble
4 days ago
Reply to  Neal Leibowitz

Wouldn’t that be DHDA?

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Nancy
Nancy
5 days ago

Hilarious! this is nearly everyone I know now..

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Ellen T. White
Ellen T. White
5 days ago

That made me laugh out loud!

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Therese Sargent Case
Therese Sargent Case
5 days ago

Love it! I look forward to your weekly cartoon!

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Therese Sargent Case
Therese Sargent Case
5 days ago

Love it! I look forward to your weekly cartoon! Such talent!

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Elaine
Elaine
5 days ago

Yup! That’s about the attention span we have been exhibiting nowadays! SAD 😞,HUH?

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Deb
Deb
5 days ago

Lol!

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Joe Chiplock
Joe Chiplock
5 days ago

So that’s why it has taken me two years to unpack all the moving boxes in our (not so) new apartment!

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L Shenker
L Shenker
5 days ago

So true. That happens to me all the time. Lol

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A. Shenker
A. Shenker
5 days ago

Gary. You hit this one perfectly

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Lisa
Lisa
5 days ago

The teachers in my family got a good laugh over this one.

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Corcoran
Corcoran
5 days ago

I meant to comment earlier, but…

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David
David
5 days ago

Hysterical.

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Pat W
Pat W
4 days ago
Reply to  David

Actually it’s not hysterical. You can’t have a conversation with anybody anymore. At least not the good, meaty kind. You can’t even go to a clothing store or a restaurant without music blasting. Everyone’s distracted or checking their email while they talk to you. Click click click.

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Lauriek
Lauriek
4 days ago

HAHAHA! I was away visiting my niece and her kids in the counrtry this weekend and shared this with her kids (esp. the ADHD kid) and it was a BIG BIG BIG HIT.

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Edith Tyson
Edith Tyson
4 days ago

Lol! Gary had me cracking up again. Too perfect.

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Lori
Lori
2 days ago

Hysterical!!! And so true.

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Debfrombrooklyn
Debfrombrooklyn
1 day ago

Very funny! I love this one.

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