Monthly Archives: September 2012

Flying For Fun PAN AM

September 26, 2012 – 8:38 am

Pan-Am was America’s airline, connecting the north and south continents, then island hopping across the Pacific to Manila and then straddling the Atlantic to London and Paris. I flew them often to Boston from New York back in the 1970s. The service wasn’t up to the fabled clipper class of the past, but they got […]

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Stop Throwing Poo

September 25, 2012 – 9:55 pm

Of course the ad from the Belfast council has been photoshopped, but I love it, plus you acidheads know it could be you or me too. Free your mind.

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Vote With Your Life In Mind

September 25, 2012 – 9:50 pm

“Well, we do provide care for people who don’t have insurance … if someone has a heart attack, they don’t sit in their apartment and — and die. We pick them up in an ambulance, and take them to the hospital and give them care. And different states have different ways of providing for that […]

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MAIGRE OR PHOM

September 25, 2012 – 11:25 am

My friend Bruce is a famous writer. His name is listed in Wikpedia. Last week I re-wrote a small piece about Palm Beach, in which I take care of a crazy Airedale during off-season. I mentioned Bruce’s name in the story and the robust novelist called to invite me to dinner. Last night Bruce and […]

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An Actor’s Incredible Journey

September 24, 2012 – 10:21 am

There is no TV in my top-floor apartment. I watch nothing by NBC, CBS, or ABC. My late father would be happy with my rejection of the ‘boob tube’, although my apostasy was more due to my inability to operate the new-fangled remote controls than the content offered by networks. I hear people talking about […]

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