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His middle name was Perceval. He judged the first Miss America contest in 1922. He saw himself primarily as a storyteller in the Dickensian mode. He claimed…
His middle name was Perceval. He judged the first Miss America contest in 1922. He saw himself primarily as a storyteller in the Dickensian mode. He claimed…
According to the New York Times, scientists at Columbia University have developed a treatment that blocks coronavirus in the nose and lungs, is inexpensi…
I fell in love with the band Fountains of Wayne in the mid ’90s. Fountains of Wayne was a New York-based power-pop band, formed by co-songwriters Adam…
At 66, I have (just) enough money to live on for the rest of my life, if things don’t get too weird. Although I own mutual funds, I can’t really afford to play the…
I first saw David Bowie at Chicago’s Auditorium Theater on October 7, 1972. Bowie was mesmerizing; he held that room in the palm of his thin white hand, and bl…
Research has proved that reading Listicles will give you brain cancer. Actually, that’s not true. I just made it up. But it could be true. Listicles don’t ha…
Four years ago, at age 61, I discovered that the man that I’d loved and trusted for 20 years had a secret girlfriend on the side for the past 10, when he slipped u…
Twenty-one years ago, I left the practice of law to take a job at my local public library. I usually joke that I did it when I realized that having a lot of fun was…
What if the Beatles songs were about the COVID-19 pandemic? We might have songs like: Help! I Need Some Toilet Paper! All You Need is Hand Sanitizer Can’t Buy…
It’s been 50 years since The Beatles first came to America, but even if you’re 64, their songs are probably as fresh in your mind as they were when you first hea…