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Category Archives: Rage Against the Machine
Luddites Unite!
It was Wednesday evening, the day before Turkey Day, and the ads on TV were blasting “ALL STORES OPEN THANKSGIVING! FIND SPECIAL SALES 6 PM TO MIDNIGHT!!” The strident voice urging me to cut short my beloved family day to … Continue reading
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Chasing Shylock
Once again, my studies at school fall into a parallel trajectory with current events. No sooner do I finish readingThe Merchant of Venice, with its marathon of anti-Semitism, than I open the paper and read about a $42 million fraud … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-Semitism, Jews exiled, Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare
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People no smarter than us
There is much going on here in New York this week before the midterm elections. First, we had a gubernatorial debate impossible to caricature because it WAS a caricature. Next, we Cablevision subscribers are once again held hostage in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Cuomo, elections, gubernatorial debate, New York
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PrimeCrime
There are only two television series that inspired me to purchase the complete box set. Although I adore The Sopranos and never had the opportunity to see the epic HBO original – I only had access to the watered down but still … Continue reading
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Tagged DCI Tennison, HBO, Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect
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Creeped out Pissed off
Every woman has a story like this. Often more than one. It is a sad fact of life and has little to do with looks, intelligence, or any other facet of a woman’s composition. It has to do with the … Continue reading
Up to our ass in alligators
FEMA just moved our entire community into a flood zone. We are now required by our mortgage lenders to purchase flood insurance costing $1600 to $2000 a year. And that’s on top of our regular homeowners’ policies. I promise you … Continue reading
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Tagged FEMA, flood insurance, flood zone, homeowners' policies, insurance deductible, kids, mortgage lenders, water
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Sound the Alarm
My late father was a consummate salesman. When I was young, he worked for a photography studio passing proofs. He’d visit people’s homes with the proofs of their children’s pictures and help them make their selection for enlargements, montages, etc. … Continue reading
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Tagged alarm companies, crime, fear, FIGMENT NYC, home security, house alarm
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And this is why I hate – – – (fill in the blank)
This past Friday was high on the stress scale and here’s why. I really dread having work done on the house, in the house, outside the house, anywhere near the house. It’s a subject I’ve written about ad infinitum in this … Continue reading
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Tagged electrician, home repair, install ceiling fan, renovation
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Come fly with me
Imagine this scenario: You have an adult son who has become very secretive, hangs out with a gang, and frequents a location linked to a radical group. You haven’t seen him in months. So you call the police and tell … Continue reading
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Tagged Do Not Fly List, Homeland Security, media, Taliban, terrorists
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