Monthly Archives: June 2009

Michael Jackson: 1958-2009

Admittedly, though I don’t dislike Michael Jackson’s music, I’m not a fan; preferring blues, jazz and folk. However, I feel a bit sorry for Farrah Fawcett, who was “Robert Mitchum’d,” i.e., she had the misfortune to die (in my family … Continue reading

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Again, where's the outrage?

Citigroup Inc. is increasing base salaries for many of its employees as it restructures its compensation program amid new restrictions on bonus payments. The increased salaries will offset lower bonuses, according to a person familiar with the matter who requested … Continue reading

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My life…

I’m just a half year from hitting 67, assuming I make that far. It never occurred to me that my profligacies would have consequences and that life would have the array of challenges it has today. Two ex-wives and a … Continue reading

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Is everything really getting better?

I don’t know about you, but I feel a constant level of discontent, anxiety, angst these days, as I did during the, dare I say it, Bush Administration. It’s not just the economy or the fact that we remain in … Continue reading

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Koko Taylor Dead at 80

Blues legend Koko Taylor dies at 80 The Queen of the Blues is dead. Koko Taylor, a West Tennessee sharecropper’s daughter who went to Chicago, Illinois, with “35 cents and a box of Ritz Crackers” at 24 and wound up … Continue reading

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Summer

…forces me to think of attending school, when I looked forward to this season. There was little to do, though I’d earn a few bucks washing cars and one summer as an usher in a grand old Loew’s theatre. I … Continue reading

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