Category Archives: brooklyn

Brooklyn Tony ON MATH 101

September 26, 2011 – 10:57 am

Teacher asks her class: “If there are 5 birds sitting on a fence and you shoot one of them, how many will be left?” She calls on Brooklyn Tony. He replies, “None, they will all fly away with the first gunshot.” The teacher replies, “The correct answer is 4, but I like your thinking.” Then [...]

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Atlantic Slapdown

September 4, 2011 – 2:03 pm

Saturday my landlord extended a late afternoon invitation to join his family excursion to the beach. The weather was sultry and sunny. My other water option was a long soak in my tub. My answer was quick and to the point. “Gimme five minutes.” Within 4 I was in his Audi A6 station wagon. The [...]

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Fort Greene Haiku Times Two

July 7, 2011 – 3:27 pm

The crackle of Rip Van Winkle thunder then a strobe of flash lightning. White rain blurring the buildings. Rumble overhead. Storm passing eastward. The foto is the view from my window. That is not a haiku And neither are the first two Haikus consist of two or more separate images. I think I achieved that. [...]

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The Gift of Ungiving

June 12, 2011 – 6:23 pm

Most of my landlord’s friends are married couples with kids. His wife and he have them over for weekend lunches and evening drinks. I keep my distance for my marital status is an enigma and after a few glasses I tend to recite a litany of my tales from around the world. AK and his [...]

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GASLIGHT PINBALL by Peter Nolan Smith

June 5, 2011 – 2:12 pm

Pinball was banned in New York City until 1976 when a pinball wizard proved to a courtroom that pinball was not a game of chance but one of skill by calling out his shots to the amazed judges. The ace later acknowledged that his called shot was pure luck, however pinball machines once more populated [...]

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