Monthly Archives: May 2009

STAR TREK 2009

May 11, 2009 – 9:33 pm

I used to go to the movies all the time. Movies were an event. I saw THE HARDER THEY COME at the Orson Welles Theater in Cambridge. TOWERING INFERNO on Times Square and APOCALYPSE NOW at the Ziegfield Theater. First day. First Screening. These moments were magic, however the movie-going experience has become tawdry with […]

By Peter | Posted in Movies / TV, Space | Comments (0)

Flying Down the Highway 1971

May 9, 2009 – 1:47 pm

In the summer of 1971 my friend Peter Gore and I hitchhiked from Boston to San Francisco. Both of us were longhairs. We got rides fast. One driver had a Super B. Lucky drove 110mph from Omaha to Reno. Peter and I stood on the highway in the Sierras for about 30 minutes. A Riviera […]

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Dow Jones 6000

May 7, 2009 – 12:02 pm

The US economy in March 2009 was in dire straits. Banks were on the verge of failure and the stock market was losing points every day. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq remained drains on the treasury and the GOP was vowing to battle any programs by the newly elected government. doom seemed certain and […]

By Peter | Posted in america, economy | Comments (0)

Doggie Go Where?

May 4, 2009 – 3:02 pm

NPR reported a story about a small Chihuahua being lost after a 70mph windstorm. The owners found their pet with the help of a psychic. Poochie was in a field downwind from the point of departure. Happy endings. Not all are as in this photo about another vanished Chihuahua puppy. She vanished into the crack […]

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Zombie Dreams

May 4, 2009 – 10:35 am

The swine flu panic seems to have abated after the news media stopped flogging the story. New cases are still reported around the country, although without the fatalities that struck Mexico. My trip throughout the Midwest ranged far from urban centers. Sometimes my Scottish friend and I didn’t have any human contact for hours. The […]

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