Scarred for life
I’ve heard it said that a scar adds character to a man, perhaps because it implies adventure, danger, a past. I don’t think…
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Two unpleasant Canadians
In 1987, while living in Chicago, I fell in love with Toronto. The first time I visited, my plan was to spend a…
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Counting backward
There is a little game with which I amuse myself in which I take my age, or that of other people, and figure…
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The dream with the undelivered mail and the security officers
The dream began at a party, though I am not clear as to the precise environment of the party. It might have been…
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Something about snails
I read a minute ago that the French eat 50 million snails a year. Wait. Let me clarify. I read just now in…
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The dream with Ron the Uber driver
I was in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles and wanted to go to the airport. I tapped the Uber app on my…
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A very good cheeseburger
(An abridged version of this review appeared April 22, 2021, on Instagram in meatfilleddough.) In a mid-1970s Tonight Show monologue, Johnny Carson said, “McDonald’s announced…
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The dream with Harrison Ford and the Moscow Mules
It was unclear in my dream how I came to such a state of urgency vis-à-vis my housing situation. But urgent it was,…
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A Good Cry
I’ve neglected my blog, and I feel bad about it. I don’t delude myself into believing that legions of readers have lost sleep…
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