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One sweltering night, in a neighborhood on the cusp of change, boy meets girl. If they'd only gone home together, they might still be alive. Loisaida -- A New York Story is a steamy elegy to the East Village at its pre-gentrification grittiest. An aspiring dancer is slain, allegedly by her psychotic lover. A dilettante actor turned journalist who thinks there's more to the story investigates.
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The Simulated Life Elapsed Experience Process aka The Death Trip — “comfort care for the dying” or something more nefarious? After the death of his beloved grandmother, Chuck decides to investigate. He soon finds himself torn between two women — the activist who suspects a dark agenda and the beautiful MD who helped create the process.
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Marion on August 10th, 2010

It was back in the 1980′s. I’m not sure of the year, and if I were, I wouldn’t tell you because it would make me sound ancient, but it was sometime before we all had PC’s, before even the big boxy cell phones. In those days there were still companies like Wang that made one-function [...]

Continue reading about Vanishing Act — My Dramatic Exit Story

My better half sent an oldie but goody around. It’s a piece from The Onion from 2007 referencing the ethnic and religious diversity of Queens (the borough of dreams),  relevant today, especially given Mayor Bloomberg’s recent eloquent speech in which he gave a shout out to the  Flushing Remonstrance in his explanation of why New [...]

Continue reading about Because it’s Friday and I don’t have an original thought in my head . . .

Regarding the issue of building a new community center in lower-Manhattan: New Yorkers are a peaceful people. Even in the midst of Post 9/11 hysteria, hundreds of thousands of us came out to protest the war in Iraq. We are tolerant of different religions and customs. Clerks in department stores say, “Happy Holidays,” not because [...]

Continue reading about New Yorkers to Gingrich, Palin & Co, Mind Your Own &*@% Business!