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Frank sentences to be etched in granite…and then gilded

The “Frank” is Frank Bruni, long-time NYT columnist. Yesterday, the title of his column, “The Vanity and Inanity of the Trump White House,” drew me right in, because of the language. I’m a sucker for good phrases and stuff like … Continue reading

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What’s going on in the neighborhood?

Went to the post office on 65th Street and Columbus. Bought stamps. Left the post office. Noticed a line of people outside the post office but not for the post office. How did I know that? They weren’t facing in … Continue reading

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I am real. Seems my ID is not.

I did not actually need another reason to deplore the deliberately complicated idiocy of the Trump administration, the idiocy which is designed to be perceived as too intelligent for us peons to understand. But I’m planning a plane trip in … Continue reading

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