Monthly Archives: June 2014

BAD CROSSING by Peter Nolan Smith

June 24, 2014 – 4:39 pm

My college tuition in 1973 was $2000 for the year. I hacked a cab for Boston Taxi to support myself. Our garage was next to the old Boston Arena. If a driver booked more than $100 a night, the payout jumped from 45/55 to 50/50. My classmate Hank Watson and I were the top earners […]

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Zrooom

June 24, 2014 – 4:13 pm

Citroën DS Campaign. Helmut Newton Sexy Car Sexy Woman Sexy photgrapher Helmut Newton

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Top Ten US States For Corruption

June 22, 2014 – 10:34 pm

No surprise at # 1 1. Mississippi 2. Louisiana 3. Tennessee 4. Illinois 5. Pennsylvania 6. Alabama 7. Alaska 8. South Dakota 9. Kentucky 10. Florida But where was New Jersey?

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THE MAGUS by John Fowles

June 22, 2014 – 2:02 pm

Everyone is planning summer holidays. People ask me where to go, since I have been many places. Camille from the diamond exchange was wavering between Morocco and Turkey. I had been to neither, but heard Morocco was a hassle and Istanbul was a gem on the Bosphorus. “Thanks for the info.” Camilli was the queen […]

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When David Became Goliath

June 22, 2014 – 12:07 am

Role reversal in the myth of Little David versus the Goliath of Palestine.

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