By Jack Silbert on March 21, 2010
At the end of the month, my local Barnes & Noble is shutting down. Blame the exorbitant main-street rents in this town. Blame the economy. Blame the iPad. Blame it on the rain and the bossa nova. Use any tired descriptive phrases you like: “closing the book,” “the final chapter,” (Chapter 11?). It doesn’t change […]
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By Jack Silbert on April 28, 2008
I just bought toilet paper at the CVS Pharmacy. I had used my last squares earlier in the day. It felt a little weird buying just toilet paper, but I couldn’t think of anything else I needed. (It is a spartan existence I lead.) Still, I couldn’t quite shake that old “I’ll take the Trojan-brand […]
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