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Flirting With Death

April 28, 2013 – 12:43 pm

In 1988 I exerienced a series of dreams about nuclear annihilation. The first one was situated in New York. The sirens sounded the alarm and thousands of East Villagers headed to the subway for shelter. There wasn’t room for all of us. Someone pointed to the sky and I spotted a black missile falling earthward. [...]

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Peg Leg Bates

February 12, 2013 – 8:44 am

Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates lost a leg at the age of 12 in a cotton gin accident and learned how to tap dance thanks to getting a peg leg provided by his uncle. The other day someone in the diamond exchange mentioned having seen the famed tap dancer in the Borscht Belt. “Everyone went to [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions 2013

January 1, 2013 – 7:13 pm

Every January 1st millions of Americans vow to better their lives and the world. The Top Ten New Year’s resolutions barely differ from year to year, since few people realized their resolutions. I made no resolutions this year.

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MY WAY my way

December 7, 2012 – 7:35 pm

I love Frank Sinatra’s MY WAY, which was the English version of French song “Comme d’habitude” composed by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. The American words was written by Paul Anka and blisslessly adapted by Sid Vicious. At 56 I’m ready to do my version. I FUCKED IT UP MY WAY And now I’m no [...]

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A Good Nose

November 21, 2012 – 9:58 pm

I graduated ‘sin laude’ from university. Most of my classmates entered straight 9-5 jobs. I drove across the USA with my friend Andy and a coed named Carole. Two months later I returned to Boston. America was in a recession. A banking personnel director said that I had a stutter. He was right. I didn’t [...]

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