Monthly Archives: April 2010

Where I was born

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I have been listening to XM Radio all day, as I usually do while working. However, today is different, it’s not “The Village,” the folk music station, or “Bluesville,” but rather “On Broadway, listening to show tunes, many of which … Continue reading

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Dreams of my Uncle

How strange this morning seems to me. My Uncle is being put into the ground. I am sure there are few in attendance, but my son is there, reading my eulogy. I could not attend, nor would I because of … Continue reading

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My uncle died: Stanley 1919-2010

My uncle is dead. He lived 91 years and died last night, my son told me this morning. My uncle was a surgeon, some would say a “great” surgeon who, as often as not, acted as a general practitioner and … Continue reading

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Friends versus Acquaintances

“Bring an expensive present; you have to bring an expensive present,” he said of his forthcoming third marriage. “And I’m seating you at a table with my fiancé’s family; they’re fundamentalists and you can tell them how Jesus was a … Continue reading

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My Saturday and My Wife

My wife’s on a tear today. “I have no ‘normal’ friends,” was the phrase with which she initiated the one-sided argument, while I was doing my Saturday “thing,” watching an old movie, “The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer,” as awaited … Continue reading

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Fighting Debt Collectors

From the New York Times: Learning How to Fight the Collector Among debt collectors, Steven Katz is known as a “credit terrorist.” For years, he has run what he calls the Steven Katz School of Bill Collector Education, otherwise known … Continue reading

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Arizona

Wow. Arizona’s new laws are just what? Nuts, crazy, insane: Law enforcement can just walk up to anyone and ask the person for “his papers.” Obviously it’s aimed at immigrants living there illegally, but how are they to know I’m … Continue reading

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My life

I am struck with a remarkable ennui. Looking about, the world appears so askew and that’s at best. It seems a return to another time in my life when I questioned almost constantly is there anyone in the world who … Continue reading

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The Guest Who Almost Stayed Forever…Again

This old (67) broad (way too endearing a term) did it again. She found yet another way, albeit a reprise of past actions, to keep my wife engaged: She took a bunch of pills. Off went my wife to her … Continue reading

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