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TWO SECONDS LEFT WITH THE BALL IN MY HANDS by Peter Nolan Smith

August 1, 2022 – 11:39 am

Every high tide deposited beer bottles, oil containers, fishing lines, shiny candy wrappers, and plastic bags onto the sloping shoreline of Jomtien Beach. At low tide I harvested the trash into sea-worn rice bags. Within a half-hour the sand was devoid of any human refuse and I smugly regarded the pristine strand with pride. While […]

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Pocket Radio

July 31, 2022 – 9:27 am

The following day my father brought home two crystal radio sets shaped as rockets. They were made in Japan. My father was an electrical engineer with New England Bell and explained their workings, “You attached alligator clips to a metal object. The signal is transmitted to the antenna and you tuned the radio with a […]

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Obama and Bernie Rule

November 6, 2020 – 1:13 pm

Barack Obama appeared for a Biden rally and hit 3-pointers. In 2016 Senator Bernie Sanders dropped mid-range jumpers without missing a shot. After a hurricane struck Puerto Rico Donald Trump showed his prowess at flinging toilet paper. Donald is also an expert of sharting in his trousers. Wanker. FDT. DT is so uncool.

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Cool Versus Uncool

November 5, 2020 – 2:13 pm

Barack Obama appeared for a Biden rally and hit 3-pointers. In 2016 Senator Bernie Sanders dropped mid-range jumpers without missing a shot. After a hurricane struck Puerto Rico Donald Trump showed his prowess at flinging toilet paper. Donald is also an expert of sharting in his trousers. Wanker. FDT. DT is so uncool.

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Isla Mujeres B-Ball 1988

August 4, 2020 – 6:26 pm

In 1988 a hurricane had savagely struck the Yucatan. Ships crowded the streets of Isla Mujeres across from the basketball court, where me and la Mayans played against the Italian National Women’s under-21 team. A crowd gathered. My short comrades and I shook their hand and we vowed to play them like gentlemen. The first […]

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