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More than 10% Divine

April 15, 2011 – 7:55 am

Ava, my co-worker at the diamond exchange, said the other day that she had no gay friends. The Brazilian mother of one is a firm fundamentalist and a devout believer in the Bible. Hell is a place for sinners and God has a special oven for the worshipers of man-sex for her church. It is […]

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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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Joni Mitchell Drag

August 25, 2010 – 10:28 am

I was born in 1952. Doctors during that prehistoric period had no way of predicting an infant’s sex, yet my mother was so convinced that her second child would be a girl that a year’s worth of pretty pink baby clothing lay neatly stacked in a crib. I imagine she experienced a more than a […]

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The Best of Wines

April 21, 2010 – 8:30 pm

My vintner sells a bottle of $10 Chardonnay. My palate torched by even more unpalatable wines appreciated the almond and citrus hints of this Languedoc vintage thanks to many summers spent in that southern region of France. My cousin, Runback, would consider this swill. His taste runs to wines of a better caliber. Financiers don’t […]

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Little White Lies from BET ON CRAZY

January 30, 2010 – 5:58 pm

Every start of the holiday Selling Season Manny, my boss on 47th Street, told the diamond sales staff, “Most people lie 17 times a day. In order for you to make sales. Lots of sales. I expect you to get your lies into triple figures. He who lies best, makes the sale.” People lie and […]

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