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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 …
"Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
A life-changing tip? No need to go into an extensive dissertation here. Relax! It's so simple: Watch out for overly simplistic tips that promise to be life-changing. Life isn't simple, and changing it can't be reduced to a simple formula: one, two, three, and four. So there it is: Lou's life-changing simple tip for the …
Got skills? I mean those that might transform a hobby into a business, or a sideline into a job? Pardon me, I may have harped on this before, but making a living in a changing job market may rely, not just on your current resume, but on the odd skill that you can pull out …
Back in the day, there was a fictional character that I closely related to -Gnossos Papadapolous, the main character in Richard Farina's book Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me. Paps was a staunch anti-establishment type like me, into pot, unable and unwilling to convert from the hip way of life he …
I almost titled this Rabbit Holes I Have Known. And the topic of why things happen is absorbing. Still, it's a WordPress daily prompt: "Do you think everything happens for a reason?", and I think that perhaps the folks in Prompt Central found the secret stash of good stuff hidden by Alphonse before he quit …
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