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There is at least one conspiracy theory that I feel has a grain of truth at its core, and that is that the super wealthy are preparing for a blow-up. Credible stories about their compounds, retreats, and bunkers have been published. When the shit hits the fan, those folks do not expect to be camping. …
I don't think it's a cop out to say that adulthood shouldn't be defined as an arbitrary age. Here in the States, if you ask, they'll say eighteen, and while it's generally the age when you are permitted by society to do all sorts of adult things, we know that many don't behave in a …
I should choose just one author to have lunch with. Hmmm. To hell with that. I'll get a group together. Steinbeck, Heinlein, Kerouac, Capote, Orwell, Faulkner, Harper Lee, Woolf, Morrison, and Salinger. I'd get them in my favorite barroom, the Harvard Garden on the backside of Boston's Beacon Hill circa 1965. I'd get them all …
Last week I was driving on the interstate and watched as a vehicle ahead of me pulled off the road to assist a car in distress. The distressed car had a flat tire, and from the looks of the scene, they were having no luck changing it. It's the small things like that that maintain …
Whenever stopped by Law Enforcement, I'd dutifully demonstrate my legitimate status as a tramper, camper, and hiker. "Why, no, Officer Opie, I was not hitchhiking! I was merely sitting by the side of the road resting - If by chance a passerby offered me a ride, I probably wouldn't refuse it, though." Unlike many today, …
Playing "hooky" from high school in New York City started with frequent stops at some of the most disepitomable pool halls and billiards parlors in Washington Heights and surrounding areas. I still can't play those games worth a damn. It was my best friend, Bart, who introduced me to Greenwich Village, where I then began …
Max- My mission is to restore order, and peace when my siblings misbehave. Of course as a Cattle Dog I am an epitome of righteous behavior...OK, so I do steal a bit of kitty food very once in a while. But, hey, running around after those two builds an appetite! Marcus & Sabrina: We are …
There was a poet in Greenwich Village called Mother Hibbard. Well, biologically, he couldn't have qualified as a mother. But he acted in a maternal manner to some of us younger habitués of the Village. Mother Hibbard did regular poetry sets in some of the same coffeehouses I performed in, and between sets we often …
In a couple of days I turn eighty. That's right the big eight zero. I still work about 24- 30 hours a week running an Access Television station in a small Massachusetts town. I'll stay as long as I am able, and need the distraction. That's right the distraction. I couldn't bear sitting around all …
Yes sireeeeee! It's a one-liner Wednesday, a Fandango's One Word Challenge, and a daily prompt wrapped in one: "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent van Gogh. OK, now that I have your attention, I'll admit that it's not the only quote that guides me. But it is …
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