Category Archives: youth

Playing With Fire

July 27, 2024 – 5:56 pm

January 1, 2014 My young friends sometimes complain that these times are no fun. Gwen O’Neils’ comrades aren’t like that. To quote the old punk duet band ART, “Our fun begins where other peoples’ fun ends. And they know how to play it safe too. Notice the plastic cup filled with something. Opps, I guess […]

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Perfection 1968

July 27, 2024 – 5:55 pm

From1/10/2010 I was 16 in 1968. My favorite band was the Rolling Stones. The year they released BEGGARS BANQUET. Rolling Stones – No expectations / You can’t always get what you want Live. “I saw her at the reception. A glass of wine in her hand. I knew she was going to meet her connection.” […]

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Burning A Draft Card Never

July 21, 2024 – 7:51 pm

After the 1963 assassination of JFK, the United States became more embroiled in the Vietnam civil war. Support for our involvement was widespread, however according to Wikipedia a twenty-two year-old conscientious objector, Gene Keyes, setting fire to his card on Christmas Day 1964. While the federal government declared the destruction of a draft card a […]

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The Location of X

July 20, 2024 – 6:37 pm

My first major in college was Math. My mother had chosen that field of study, because a 710 score in my Math SATs provided convincing proof that her second son was a future Einstein. She was not privy to the fact that I was smoking pot and dropping acid. Both opened my mind to the […]

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Burning A Draft Card Never

July 20, 2024 – 6:26 pm

After the 1963 assassination of JFK, the United States became more embroiled in the Vietnam civil war. Support for our involvement was widespread, however according to Wikipedia a twenty-two year-old conscientious objector, Gene Keyes, setting fire to his card on Christmas Day 1964. While the federal government declared the destruction of a draft card a […]

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