Category Archives: 2010s

Victory For the Filthy Rich

Hollywood movies love car chases in parking garages, gun ballets, Barbie and Ken love scenes, and ticking clock of doom. The suits in power can produce a film without them. They have no grasp on reality, but people sit in theaters to escape their lives and eat popcorn. Art tends to imitate life and vice […]

Run Down By The G-Men

Heroes for young boys in the 1950s were Marines, Davey Crockett, and the Three Stooges. The latter led us to the Young Rascals and the Bowery Boys on Saturday morning TV. Our parents despised the three shows as trash, but young boys across America envied these juvenile delinquents for their lively adventures in the city. […]

Good News Every Day

These are hard times for people my age. My friends are fired from long-time jobs by bosses seeking to maximize profit. Their houses are underwater in debt. Pensions are threatened by the GOP, corporations, and Democrats. Health care is a myth. The world is supposed to end in 2012 and many people are anticipating the […]

Victory At Last

My history with the Boston Bruins dates back to the 50s. My father took my older brother and me to a game at which both Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull scored hat tricks for the Chicago Blackhawks. My youngest sister and I watched Bobby Orr score the winning goal against the St. Louis Blues on […]

Heading Up Country

Heading up country. Leaving 0069 in charge. She is a good agent. Have a good weekend one and all.