Archive for October, 2006
I DON’T KNOW JACK-O-LANTERNS
With Halloween only a couple of weeks away my wife and I are getting into the spirit. Today we dragged our son to look at costumes, and yesterday we purchased several sacks of candy. We decorated the house a bit and are hoping to stay festive until the big day. I’ll admit that my son has a passing interest [...]
Posted: October 15th, 2006 under THINGS I WISH MY DAD TOLD/TAUGHT ME.
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WALTER MOSLEY DOESN’T DO RHYME
I can’t afford hardcover books on a non-profit director’s salary, but I like to read and I read often (mostly on the train and the toilet).  So what I do is buy paperbacks, go to the library, and I trade when possible. One of the authors I read frequently is Walter Mosley, one of the most talented, successful, [...]
Posted: October 14th, 2006 under AAD ON BOOKS.
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DADDY, WHAT’S A NUKE?
By now everyone knws that President Kim Jong-il of North Korea has decided to set sanity aside and test a weapon of mass destruction. Sadly, while the U.S. is tied up in Iraq fighting a war based on the suspicion of the existence of WMDs (only to find out that there were none, but that’s [...]
Posted: October 9th, 2006 under NEWS - GOOD/BAD/UGLY.
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COLUMBUS DAY
I was watching a very popular national televison show this this morning and something a reporter said caught my attention. He said something like “tomorrow is Columbus Day a day of celebrating Italian American heritage.” What ever happened to it being the day that we celebrate the “discovery” of our country? I was amused and [...]
Posted: October 8th, 2006 under I JUST HAD TO MENTION.
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