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Peanuts & Schulz

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So, I just finished an epic biography of Charles Schulz, the creator of Peanuts (Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography). For me Charlie Brown and gang were such meaningful characters to me, Peanuts in general a meaningful cartoon strip. In addition … Continue reading

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Slasher Support Group – A Treatment

SLASHER SUPPORT GROUP brings together for the first time the scariest maniac slasher villains of all time: JASON, MICHAEL, PINHEAD and FREDDY. As they while away their end of days in a lunatic asylum, they wage a bet – to … Continue reading

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Silly Rabbit.. Guns are for Kids!

This is one of the most horrifying images I have ever seen: This photo was included in a NY Times article entitled “Selling a New Generation on Guns“. A picture indeed says a thousand very scary words.  

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In Search of a New Hero

Its interesting of late that I find myself seeking a new hero. This was not a conscious decision to do so, but I have recently caught myself in the act of being inspired by new individuals and their works and … Continue reading

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Newtown, CT

Tragedy often evokes art, for art often exposes the truth of tragedy. A snippet of Charles Bukowski’s poem “The Crunch” has been echoing in my head of late: our educational system tells us that we can all be big-ass winners … Continue reading

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My First Hitchens

True love… or respect.. or admiration.. or joy of a guy walking in on a tv show with a scotch… not sure what it was.. but this is my very first glimpse of Christopher Hitchens and from that moment on … Continue reading

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Hint of the Apocolypse

As I drove around the still Sandy ravaged streets I heard a voice in my head. The cold sweats and shivers were close behind. The world spun out of focus for a brief moment as the following words, which I … Continue reading

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Making the Weatherman Relevent Again… (Were They Ever?)

Does anyone watch the weather anymore on the nightly news? We have apps and the weather channel so it seems to me the local weatherman, regardless how jovial and user friendly he is (or how shapely she is) they have … Continue reading

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Rock of Ages

Examining Rock ‘n Roll’s Immortal Youthful Exuberance and Its Aging Fans, Critics and  Band Members. “And he was too old to rock ‘n’ roll But he was too young to die” Rock of Ages – Dissertation

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The Hitch is Dead, Long Live The Hitch

What the fuck?? The so called memorial to Hitch, (kicking off the 2012 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature) so grandly teed up by the host as “what better way to kick off this year’s Festival of World Literature … Continue reading

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