2010
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Another Letter to the Editor
http://sundial.csun.edu/2010/09/letter-to-the-editor-3/ I speak out when I feel the need to. However, I’ve never had a letter to the editor published which did not contain (and not by my hand) a typo, grammatical mistake, or just a cut of the core of my argument. Play ‘spot the glaring grammatical error game!’ (answer is in the comment […]
I need a hat
…for all-around general wear, and to keep the top of my head from getting too cold or too sunburned. A baseball cap, specifically. I’ve considered other styles, but all have their shortcomings. A fedora or trilby or pork-pie demands more global wardrobe changes. An Irish wool cap might be fine, except my son wears one. […]
Strangers on a Plane
5/2/03, 8:13 p.m., America West flight 683, Phoenix to Newark, seat 9C I’m a schmuck in some regards. I dream of sitting next to a beautiful woman on a plane. Now I am. With no foreseeable threat from the kindly ethnic middle-aged fellow on the other side. White t-shirt, glasses hanging from it, jeans. Noticed […]
Musikfest, PA
This feels to me like one of those mathematical set questions: which set does not belong?
His Name Is Earl
This wasn’t my preferred train car, but it gave me extra time to work on my material. For there at the end of the platform was the fluorescent-vest-wearing, long-blond-hair-under-a-hat Fist Bump Guy. Most days when I get off the train at Christopher Street, he’s standing there. He is employed by the transit authority though I […]
Memories & Fists
Staring out the window of the shuttle bus, no idea where I was, or if I was headed in the right direction. Brought along a book but it sat unopened in my lap; was too fascinated with unknown streets, storefronts, signs. Have been wandering New York for 18 years and there are still so many […]
Jack Silbert, curator