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Sam [email protected]
posted: May 10, 2022.
May 9 would have been my dead father's 98th birthday. He has been dead over 9 years, yet he has never been more alive. I always regretted that my mother Read more -
Why Bilbo?
posted: Apr. 28, 2022.
Wars, poverty, surging crime. Death surrounds us all, like the ending of a Tom Stoppard play. Or Hamlet. And what does the mind of Dr. Sharon Kahn wrestle with these Read more -
Scylla & Charybdis
posted: Apr. 18, 2022.
Yesterday, I betook myself to see PENELOPE, a new and musical understanding of THE ODYSSEY. Ordinarily, I love alternative versions. Imagine, JANE EYRE told by Rochester's ward, Adele. Or Rochester's Read more -
Deny, deny, deny: until we die
posted: Apr. 12, 2022.
It is too much sorrow to bear and it is sorrowful daily. This morning. our beautiful subway system became a terror scene. And who can't imagine it--everyone living in New York Read more -
Who cancels whom?
posted: Mar. 24, 2022.
The treaty of Breda was the first bad deal for Nieuw Amsterdamers. It ceded Nieuw Amsterdam to the English (who promptly changed the name to New York) and cancelled the Read more -
Dr. Kahn, retiled psychologist
posted: Jan. 28, 2022.
No, that's not a typo in the title. I am retiled (not retired).
I finally got together enough money to have my kitchen (a fancy word if this is one
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Oh no: Not the comfy pants
posted: Jan. 21, 2022.
In NYC, it was a frigid, frosty day. Your writer, not taking this serously, for after all, she had survived Binghamton winters, replete with near frostbitten fingers and toes, went Read more -
Sexysexysexysexy XXXXX
posted: Jan. 17, 2022.
Now that I have your attention. Seriously, that was pretty much the leading line for any student advertisement at SUNY-Binghamton. Whether they were advertising early registration or a new movie. The NYT Read more -
The Scottish Tragedy
posted: Jan. 12, 2022.
I have always been fascinated by Shakespeare's "Macbeth." The witches chanting. The phraseology--"When Birnum woods come to Dunsinane"--I remember thinking--OK Wills, how you going to pull that off? The name Read more -
What are you doing New Year's?
posted: Dec. 30, 2021.
Short answer: Nothing. Two years ago I was in Tel Aviv. Three years ago I went to a posh party post soup kitchen. Tomorrow night a quiet drink with a friend or two Read more -
Mysterious affairs: Update
posted: Dec. 18, 2021.
Well, those of you who read the last post may have guessed at the quotidian ending for the mysterious affairs at Ruppert Towers: Nancy fled town ahead of an eviction.
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Never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity
posted: Dec. 12, 2021.
I read in the newspapers how employers are desperate and are increasing wages and amenities to attract workers to return. I read in the newspapers how employers are desperate and are Read more -
The Mysterious Affair at Ruppert Towers
posted: Oct. 30, 2021.
Short, stout, suspicious, Nancy McGill left Ruppert Towers pulling her rollie with laptop attached on Thursday October 21 at about 9PM. Although not the most auspicious time to go for
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Only you can stop the hate: Come on, get jolly
posted: Oct. 07, 2021.
Quel surprise. Facebook finds hate drives revenue. Angry people persist on the site longer and click on more stuff. Longer. And the money keeps rolling in, so no one is Read more -
No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition
posted: Sep. 12, 2021.
Ah, but then came Kim. Kardashian. Manque. Mother. Monster. She was photographed by the crew exiting a limousine, clad in head to toe leather. And I do mean head. Helmeted. Not Read more -
Zombie Rivers and Zombie Gardens
posted: Sep. 06, 2021.
On this Labor Day weekend, we reflect upon the majesty of nature, which wreaked upon us floods, flumes of water cascading onto cars and subways, electrical failures, and of course,
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