Monthly Archives: January 2017

Lucky $1 Bet IN UK

January 13, 2017 – 2:30 am

On my 21st Birthday I gambled my way across Nevada with my good friend Andy Kornfeld. I won in several smaller casinos and hit Reno up about $500, which was a small fortune in 1973. Andy struggled to convince me to quit while I was ahead, instead a mini-skirted blonde waitress offered free drinks. I […]

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Boycott 1/20

January 9, 2017 – 8:13 am

The transition of presidency from Obama to Trump will be complete upon the swearing-in rite of the inauguration. The ceremony will be attend by hundreds of thousands of Trump supporters and millions of TV viewers. Calls for a boycott have resounded on the internet. I have no TV, but will avoid any viewing of this […]

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FAMOUS FOR NEVER by Peter Nolan Smith on Kindle

January 9, 2017 – 4:15 am

FAMOUS FOR NEVER is a semi-fictional recounting of the life of a ne’er-do-well living in the East Village during the 1970s, Paris throughout the 1980s, and Asia for the 1990s. Peter Nolan Smith’s pingponging through the world ricochetted him through the ranks of the famous and near-famous such as Jean Michel-Basquiat and Klaus Nomi without […]

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Unnative Son

January 9, 2017 – 12:23 am

Barack Obama was attacked by birthers claiming the President had been born in Africa or Indonesia. Even after he provided his birth documents from the state of Hawaii, the GOP accused Obama of forging his papers. This campaign of defamation never ceased with President-elect Trump leading the charge, however recent reports from the Sub-continent have […]

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Colder Than Warm

January 8, 2017 – 7:26 pm

President-Elect Trump is a first disbeliever of Global Climate Change and this weekend most of America is in a deep chill. Florida is the only state without any snow or ice. North Dakota is experiencing double-digit subzero temperatures. Yesterday I walked to my store with my nephew. Snow swirled along Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene. […]

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