Monthly Archives: September 2008

MAYBE TOMORROW – CHAPTER 3 / A Novel by Peter Nolan Smith

September 15, 2008 – 11:05 am

Thirty-one shopping days remained until Christmas and not a single wreath hung in any of the porno shops, strip clubs, or X-rated theaters above 42nd Street. Times Square ran short on holiday spirit and if there was a Santa Claus, he was steering clear of 8th Avenue, on which every night hapless victims were robbed, […]

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Samak No-Confidence

September 13, 2008 – 3:46 pm

PM Samak has been ousted as government leader by the courts for having been paid for his TV cooking program. His own party the PPP have voted no-confidence and Samak is contemplating his resignation as party leader. The PPP will meet this Monday to choose a new leader. Sompong Amornwiwat is mentioned often as the […]

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UNDER THE BANNER OF GOD by jon krakauer

September 13, 2008 – 3:31 pm

My last name is Smith. Someone in my family told me we were related to Joseph Smith, the martyred Mormon prophet. I never thought much about it, until my father and I were driving through the Utah desert. “What’s your church?” Fellow travelers would ask at rest stops. “Catholic,” My father would reply, then quickly […]

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Too Much Beermas

September 13, 2008 – 3:30 pm

Neil Nepola, my doctor, has advised that I curtail my drinking until Xmas. “You’re getting heavy and I don’t like the readings from your kidneys.” “I only drink a little.” “Yeah, right.” Doctor Nepola knows me since college. “Stop and desist.” I will try, if only to regain my girlish figure.

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Viva Las Vegas

September 13, 2008 – 3:30 pm

Ann-Magret and Elvis VIVA LAS VEGAS The Dead Kennedys did a great version of that song. She never had an affair with Jello Biafra

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