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Film the Police, 5

Do you want to live in the police state that the reelection of Trump will enable? Have you registered to vote? Have you requested your absentee ballot? Have you planned how you will cast your ballot in this election — by mail or in-person? If the latter, where? Will you vote early if possible in your state? Are you urging everyone in your circle to vote? The survival of this flawed democracy hangs in the balance between now and November 3. Get woke. Stay woke. […]

Dog Day Afternoons: Bits & Pieces (13)

Aside from the fact that we liked and respected each other, I never figured out exactly why Cynthia decided to put her imprint a book of my essays, Tarnished Silver: After the Photo Boom, in 1996. […]

Spring Fever/Cabin Fever: Bits & Pieces (2020)

Among my mottoes I include “Nihilism: There’s no future in it.” I find I can only mope and grump for so long before it gets boring. So I’ve laid in a supply of unpopped kernels for my hot-air popcorn machine. Let’s watch the show. […]

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All Lost Socks Returned

Efficacy of Prayer Proven, Vatican Claims; Schoolgirl Cited as Probable Cause

Staten Island, NY, April 1, 2019 — In what appears to be “a demonstration of the efficacy of prayer,” as Pope Francis pronounced from Rome earlier today, billions of lost socks have returned […]

Cabin Fever 2019: Bits & Pieces (a)

On Groundhog Day 2019, February 2 as always, Staten Island Chuck, our local expert, unexpectedly and coincidentally achieved consensus with his elder, Punxsutawney Phil, predicting an early spring. And we did get a record high of 78F on February 21.

But winter won’t just throw in the towel around these parts, where we’ve had snow, […]