Category Archives: brooklyn

Clyde’s Back

March 9, 2012 – 9:40 pm

Even when no one is home at AP’s brownstone, there are two cats. AP’s wife picked up two strays from the shelter; one for each of her children. Neither of them think of one of the cars as theirs. It might have to do with their dispositions. Clyde is the male. His fur is orange [...]

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Staying In My Cage

March 5, 2012 – 4:20 pm

Back in the 70s East 10th Street between 1st and 2nd Streets was what the locals called a ‘hot’ street. Drugs of every kind were sold at the Blue Door. The Green Door was a brothel serviced by young Puerto Ricans. Street dealers conducted their business on the sidewalk with impunity. The police were on [...]

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This Beer Is For Jesus

February 21, 2012 – 3:06 pm

GOP candidate Rick Santorum drinks beer. “My favorites are stouts, the bocks, and then the white ales and the wheats. Not a big fan of IPAs, a little too bitter.” If I ran into Santorum at Frank’s Lounge, I would buy him a beer. But only if I could spit in it. I’m a bad [...]

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BEATEN BY THE OLD AGE TRUCK by Peter Nolan Smith

February 13, 2012 – 10:08 am

 
Two years ago New York’s newspapers reported that January had been the warmest January on record and I couldn’t recall a single day since early December with the temperature in the 30s. Late in the month the thermometer hit 45 on a Sunday Morning and I picked up the telephone to call Shannon. We [...]

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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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