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Sugar Sugar

Sugar has been a mainstay of the world’s diet since Indian farmers discovered how to refine sugar cane into granules. The West Indies were famous for their sugar plantations and ships sailed north to deliver raw sugar to New York harbor and Domino Sugar. The Domino Sugar factory has dominated the Brooklyn waterfront since the […]

Why Then Matters

Several months ago I was at a party in Williamsburg. My tales of hitchhiking, bareback sex, and cocaine nightclubs mesmerized a clutch of true believers and a young girl holding a PBR asked, “When did then end?” “Then?” “Then.” The question was shared her friends’ inquisitive eyes. “There is nothing like then now.” “Nothing like […]

A Little Brando Maybe

Last week I was playing pool at the Abbey. Maz was in town from Alaska. He was leaving for the islands oN Wednesday. His time in the Far North had not effected his hand and eye coordination and the bald-headed genii ruled the table for several games. I lost to him on a double-miss on […]

Moses on the March

Moses freed his people from the Egyptian Pharaoh by unleashing Ten Plagues. The last one killed the first-born son of every family without lamb’s blood on their doorway. The murderous god Yahweh was spiteful and had the Jews wandering in the desert for 40 years until they reached the Promised Land. Their path to Canaan […]

Hitchhiking Hassid

I read ON THE ROAD this summer. Kerouac’s breakneck semi-memoir about drug-crazed beatniks during the Eisenhower years remains a classic primer for hitchhikers and hobos, however I was surprised by the paucity of roadside tramps during my summer travels. Not a single hitchhiker on the Interstates and state roads. None on the back roads either […]