I read that there are nine and a half million millionaires in this world of six billion souls. That’s roughly one millionaire for every six hundred and thirty one and a half of us. I suppose that makes millionaires a small minority, not quite as scarce as Buddhists in Idaho or redheads in China, but […]
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Did yo know that the tallest guy in the world is a Chinese man around 8 feet tall? So much for stereotypes. The shortest guy in the world, an Australian around two feet tall traveled to China recently to look the big guy up to take some publicity photos together. The world waits with bated
JD sure changed. Pretty fast, too. When I met him he was in his early twenties, fresh out of the Army and Vietnam, where he earned a bunch of medals in combat. He was also a musician, a hell of a player with a knack for arranging. His bands were always well rehearsed, tight and
Skeets is a bastard, a real son of a bitch. Which doesn’t make him a bad guy. Runs a sloppy, happy good-time joint on Staten Island just like the one he had in Brooklyn for a lot of years. Comedy shows, some good blues, a little rock and roll, whatever’s working best or fitting his
I’ve got a painting stick. Had it for 8 or 9 years now. You know the type, an aluminum telescoping stick that screws on the end of a paint roller to paint ceilings. Painted a ton with it, never had a problem. Anyway, the last time I used it a small label that was glued to
It’s true. Nobody listens. You. Me. The next person and the one next to him. I don’t know if it’s arrogance, mulish stubbornness, self-absorption or simply the nature of the human beast, but it’s true. Nobody listens. Is there a soul under the blue sky that hasn’t regretted not listening to sound advice after making
I found this slipped under my door. Thought I’d share it with you. Earth here. Yes, that Earth. Third stone from the sun. The planet on which your butt is seated. That’s right, it’s the world talking to you. I know what you’re thinking; how can a planet talk to humans? Well, I’ve been talking
Late 1970’s. Living with Miss Dru in Brooklyn’s Park Slope in a huge apartment we barely used. She was in publishing. At that time there was a great deluge of books about Elvis Presley, what with him being newly dead and all. Naturally the place where Miss Dru toiled had their fair share of instant
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Interesting item in the paper the other day. Our intrepid science researchers are working on extending the life span of humans to 200 years and more, roughly three times our current allotted time. Cool, you might say at first glance. I mean, nobody wants to die and some people go to great lengths to take
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Whoa, was that a ride! There I was one day, minding my own and floating around as usual in my liquid world when all of a sudden I’m being squeezed by mighty spasms. As if that weren’t bad enough, all of a sudden my water drains away through this small hole that appeared out of
