Category Archives: friends

CHICKEN MESSIAHS by Peter Nolan Smith

January 31, 2022 – 12:36 pm

Several years ago the media covered a story about rat-infested aGreenwich Village KFC. The stock for Yum Corp, which owns the fast food chain along with Taco Bell, dropped fifty cents on the NYSE with the negative news and I felt bad, because for several years I had been a quality control inspector for KFC […]

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Simple Math

December 10, 2021 – 10:53 am

Simple Math is a strictly mathematical viewpoint. What Makes 110%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% […]

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BIG FOOT by Peter Nolan Smith

November 30, 2021 – 6:51 am

In 1977 I moved out of my SRO room in Greenwich Village to the East Village with my hillbilly girlfriend. The third-floor walk-up on East 10th Street had a bathtub in the kitchen and a water closet off the living room. I carved Alice’s name on the wooden window sill. We lasted until 1979. The […]

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SUNDAY QUIETUDE by Peter Nolan Smith

November 6, 2021 – 1:46 pm

Ten years ago I took a young friend to see the Strokes at Saturday Night Live. The host was Miley Cyrus, the Disney teen sensation. The 19 year-old’s current worth is in the hundreds of millions and SNL’s producer followed the svelte brunette’s every move, as if he had plans for the perennial good girl. […]

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TO RUSSIA FOR US by Peter Nolan Smith

July 10, 2021 – 1:17 pm

In May of 2009 Johnnie Z asked if I wanted to go to Russia.

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