‘Tis the season

Went out shopping for Halloween candy today. (Dylan's has all the best stuff. Gummy brains!) Not the prepackaged stuff; kids don't come to my neighborhood. No, no, the candy to put on top of the Halloween cupcakes I will be making closer to the date. And then I felt arty about it all. I Want…

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Hand to hand combat

On the one hand …. Stubb's was closed. On the other …. Rudy's was not. So…. I had ribs. Yay! Burp! On the one hand … I dreamed about a young Michael Caine, and we made plans for a dinner date. On the other hand … He didn't make it into the real world, so,…

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Ringing the tin bell

New York Subway N Train Map Ever since I been Ridin, right on the Subway Train You can hear the whistle blowin' Ya might think I'm goin insane — The New York Dolls, "Subway Train" Something happened when the weather dropped into single digits. I think my brain froze. Kind of lost interest in the story…

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The most wonderful time of the year

Sacked Out As Thanksgiving recedes and I fail to write about it due to time constraints, I fear the events of that week may never be recorded for all posterity. Eh, who cares. I'll get to it if I can. What I'm stuck on now is my complete addiction to Palmer chocolate candy. Seriously. You've…

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