Category Archives: Legend

ONLY A GAME by Peter Nolan Smith

July 17, 2018 – 11:38 am

In July of 1986 Argentina beat England in the quarterfinal of the World Cup on the ‘Hand of God’ goal by Diego Maradona. The referees ignored England’s protests over the obvious error in judgment to no avail and his team went on to beat West Germany 4-3 in the final. Few people in the USA […]

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JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF NEW YORK by Peter Nolan Smith

April 23, 2018 – 5:21 am

Back in the 1920s New Yorkers returned from Florida holidays with baby alligators. The little reptiles grew fast and their owners flushed the saurian relics down the toilet, thereby creating the myth of albino alligators slithering through the city sewers seeking to devour cats and dogs. While this urban legend has been broadly dismissed as […]

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A STEP INTO TOMORROW by Peter Nolan Smith

April 14, 2018 – 12:30 pm

Back in the 1970s crime and arson had depopulated the Lower East Side. Rebellious young white people fled their suburban hometowns to find freedom in the East Village. I escaped Boston in a stolen car and my hillbilly girlfriend joined me from West Virginia in Spring of 1977. Her best friend, was another scrawny brunette […]

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The Great One – Jackie Gleason

December 18, 2017 – 4:19 pm

If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don’t know you have it, you don’t have it. If you don’t have it but you think you have it, then you have it. Jackie Gleason

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See Ya Mike

April 6, 2017 – 12:23 pm

Michael Kessler, my long time, 24/7 169 employee and friend passed away last night, April 6, 2017 at 3:33 a.m. He just found out he was terminal 2 months ago, not having a clue before. He had lost use of his hands and I was told by his sister he’s speech too. When I visited […]

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