Monthly Archives: June 2013

The Original Six

June 9, 2013 – 3:19 pm

Back in the last century the NHL had six hockey teams from New York, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, and Detroit. Throughout the early 1960 the Canadians and Detroit dominated the Stanley Cup. The NHL expanded in 1967 with the addition of the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, California Seals and […]

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Iceless

June 7, 2013 – 10:02 pm

NASA scientists have extrapolated an image of an Antarctica minus its thick ice mass. The polar ice cap has been melting over the last century. Even global warming fanatics aren’t predicting that outcome, which would result in a 60 meter rise in the Earth’s sea levels. One more thing none of the research suggested that […]

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Frank Holliday – Painter

June 2, 2013 – 5:03 pm

A big painting of Frank Holliday. I called it BIG PAINTING # 1 Frank Holliday and I go back to 1978. He never gave up on his friends or art. His friends love his paintings. He sold ten small ones to a gallery owner. Another two big ones to privates. I love their layers of […]

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METHUSALAH’S MAD DASH by Peter Nolan Smith

June 2, 2013 – 2:13 pm

Last year I read that senior athletes competed against each other in a variety of track and field events. I had to ask myself, “Could I beat a 90 year-old in the 100-meter dash?” The current record by a 95 year-old was 22 seconds. In Brooklyn I talked my friend AP into officiating my race […]

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Painting Like Warhol

June 1, 2013 – 12:36 pm

In 1969 my friend Joe Gator hand-painted his Chevelle SS white and slapped a ragged black slash down the middle. “It’ll make it go faster.” I think the BC High senior used the same paint as Warhol slopped over this BMW M1. Andy echoed Joe’s comment, “I tried to portray speed pictorially. If a car […]

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