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Scenes from my life: Neil Sedaka
The setting: a square, dull, small room without windows. A cell, really. A few wooden chairs in a row, as if it were a tiny theater. An upright piano backed against one of the walls in a front corner of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Scenes From My Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged "Darling Lily", "Lightning Strikes", "Love Story", "Sound of Silence", Artie Garfunkel, Charlie Bluhdorn, Francis Lai, Frank Yablans, Gulf + Western, Howard Greenfield, Lou Christie, Neil Sedaka, Paramount Pictures, Paul Simon, Stanley Jaffe
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Only the bestest people
There are days when I have a flash thought: a cabal within the current US administration is secretly promulgating actual facts to be compiled after the End Day into a brilliant political satire, like The Death of Stalin. Then I … Continue reading
Posted in MAGA, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged FEMA, FEMA Office of Response and Recovery, Harper's, The Death of Stalin, Trump administration, Waffle House
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Animal news: A deeper meaning to “playing possum”
From Harper’s Weekly Review: [A] possum was found burrowed among stuffed animals in an Australian airport gift shop. “It wanted to blend in,” said the airport’s retail manager.
Posted in Animal news, The Facts of Life
Tagged Harper's, possums
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