Monthly Archives: September 2012

FLATLANDS by Peter Nolan Smith

September 18, 2012 – 8:13 pm

I-90 weaved over the gentle Berkshires in the shadow of Mount Greylock and dropped into the tree-drunk Hudson Valley. The smooth lanes shadowed the ancient Mohawk Trail past the cities of northern New York and the escort of low hills faltered after the Finger Lakes, as the interstate straightened out on fertile farmland between Phelps […]

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Obsession with Possession

September 17, 2012 – 5:34 pm

obsession, nothingness, james Steele Materialism is a fleeting desire of possession and all spiritualism is nothing but an attempt to explain nothingness to justify our obsession with possessions. – Pascha Ray

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New York State Of Mind

September 17, 2012 – 2:07 pm

Last night I was sitting in Frank’s Lounge bemoaning the Patriots 20-18 loss to the Cards. “It was a fix. That holding charge against Danny Woodhead was weak. You know when the refs blow a call, when the TV doesn’t show the replay.” I was on my fourth beer and speaking loud to Paco and […]

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Joe Was Good People

September 17, 2012 – 11:28 am

Penn State played Navy this weekend and after the game the teams sang each other’s fight songs. Nittany Lion supporters were touched by this display of sportsmanship, but once more criticized the NCAA ban based on the Freeh report accusing the university and its football program of enabling a child molestor for decades. Alumni are […]

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You Go Your Way, I Go Mine

September 17, 2012 – 11:09 am

The United States and its allies are rattling the saber in the Persian Gulf by conducting naval exercises designed to thwart any attempt to close the vital sea lane should Israel decide to attack Iran to prevent their distant enemy from developing an atomic bomb. This weekend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in New […]

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