Monthly Archives: February 2023

WIN AT ANY COST by Peter Nolan Smith

February 11, 2023 – 7:22 am

In 1968 the Baltimore Colts entered Super Bowl III as 18-point favorites over the New York Jets. The NFL champions were led by Earl Morrall in place of Johnny Unitas, while the AFL underdogs were quarterbacked by the flashy Joe Namath and the Alabama native boasted in Miami, “We’re gonna win the game. I guarantee […]

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GOOD DAYS FOR US ALL

February 6, 2023 – 7:33 pm

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both;”> I was born on May 29 1952 at Boston’s Richardson House. My mother’s labor had taken hours and she had always claimed that she had gone down to the Valley of Death to deliver me. I was born healthy, so my first day on Earth was a good one. Many followed. […]

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Tom Verlaine July 29, 1978 / Bottom Line

February 6, 2023 – 1:44 pm
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PEOPLE SUCK Gus and the Snowmen – 2014

February 6, 2023 – 1:21 am

This weekend will be Super Bowl Sunday and I am wandering around the Fort Greene Observatory in a green cotton robe. The windows are open and the curtains are up. The people in the new condo building across the way are probably staring into their binoculars and saying, “That crazy old coot is naked again.” […]

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A Walk In The Douglas Forest

February 5, 2023 – 3:05 am

Douglas, Alaska lies across the Gastineau Channel from Juneau underneath Mt. Douglas. Originally a staging ground of the Auke and Taru people for battles against rival tribes, the Treadwell and Douglas townships served the miners of the Juneau gold fields. The population grew to 1722 at the turn of the 20th Century. An explosion ripped […]

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