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Selma and Fred. Oh, Boy!

So there I was, sitting at home on my computer, minding my own business, when I got a terse email ..


Oh, Canada!

My sister just called to remind me that “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” is ..


In Praise of Denial. In Honor of Ghita.

GHITA REUBEN OLIT George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937. He was a handsome, brilliant, charismatic composer who wrote everything from ..


Bye-bye, Borders ...

I got the saddest letter a few weeks ago from Mike Edwards, the CEO of Borders, notifying me (and 1.8 ..


The Old Movie Star – A Fantasy

What follows is a transcript of a conversation that might have happened. Once. Or that probably will happen. Eventually. It ..


Contraband

It is late at night. Your body is screaming, “I need it. I have to have it. I’ll do anything ..


So you want to ...

Do you want to write a book or choreograph a ballet? Can you envision your name in lights on a ..


The Valiant Ones – Dedicated to my mother

They are no longer young. They saw middle age receding in their rear view mirror many years ago. They are ..


Review; Atlas Shrugged: The Movie, Part I

I’ll start at the end, after the credits begin to scroll down the screen. When the lights in the theater ..


The Red Red Robin

My bird feeder is a banquet of visual delight. I sit at my desk, try to write a sentence, and ..


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