Category Archives: NEW YORK

Bloomberg, Teigh Trasna Ort Féin

February 12, 2011 – 9:12 pm

New York’s Mayor Bloomberg spent $100 million to convince the voters that his opponent stood no chance against his juggernaut. The billionaire won by 6% thanks to the apathy of the brainwashed electorate. Bloomberg has cut services, raised subway fares, and blamed underlings for his failings, but this week the nebbish crossed ethnic lines by […]

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The Longevity of Women

February 9, 2011 – 8:58 pm

My late Uncle Carmine theorized that the longevity of women was due to the fact that men wait for women and every minute and hour stolen from a man was stored within a genetic code of a woman’s body. In America that advantage of life over death amounted to more than five years and I […]

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Back In The Land Of the Ice And Snow

January 28, 2011 – 10:08 pm

My flight from Incheon Korea lasted over 13 hours. Our landing at JFK was delayed by an hour. The airport was only operating one runaway. Snow plows were still working to unbury the other runways after a 19″ snowstorm. During the final approach I stared out the window at the ground. Most of the major […]

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NAKED RUN by Peter Nolan Smith

January 8, 2011 – 2:22 pm

Most men brag about their sexual exploits. Both real and imagined. My boss Manny has no patience for macho bravado. He is a ladies man even at the age of 80, but he’s also very quick to cut anyone’s claim to Casanova status by pointing a finger in my direction. “No one in this diamond […]

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Head Rolling in the Snow

January 7, 2011 – 8:04 pm

The most vicious movie ever filmed in the winter had to be FARGO by Coen Brothers. Critics portrayed the flick as a dark comedy about a kidnapping gone bad in the frozen wasteland of North Dakota. A place few Americans have ever visited. Murder, betrayal, horrifying body disposal and dialogues marked by huffs of icy […]

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