NOTE: The following post was originally published on September 11, 2009, and was repeated on September 11, 2011. It is repeated today for obvious reasons. The day started out horribly. Two days beforehand, my wifeโs grandfather, Samuel Ginsburg, passed away after a long and valiant battle against Alzheimerโs Disease. That day, we were going to…
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Those “thoughts and prayers” finally worked, didn’t they?
Yesterday. Winder, Georgia. Another city. Another town. Another school. Another Columbine. Another Stoneman Douglas High. Another Robb Elementary. Another and another and another. In Washington, D.C., a Republican Congressman spent the night in his Congressional office. He got down on his knees and prayed. I can imagine what he said when he heard about the…
Read MoreA second dose of survivor’s guilt.
This is the 54th anniversary of a tragic moment in my life. On February 20, 1970, a horrific car accident gravely injured my brother Allen Miller, who would pass away six months later from his injuries. He was only three years old when the car crash took place. At the time, I was attending first…
Read MoreMel-O-Toons: Cheap cartoons for weekday enjoyment
Follow along with me on this. In my childhood years, there was a simple plan on who would take care of me.โDuring the school year, I would stay with my mother and stepfather in whatever double-deep, double-wide trailer park they were located.โAnd as soon as the school year ended, my Grandma Betty and my great-grandmother…
Read MoreHe entered my room, and I couldn’t move my body.
This happened two weeks ago.โAnd even today, I’m still running it through my mind, trying to figure out what happened. Background. The Town and Village of Green Island suffered a major power outage, which lasted all the way into night time.โAnd rather than stay in my apartment in the dark, I called the Red Roof…
Read MoreJewatholic
I’ve only heard the term “Jewatholic” used by one other person – “Stuttering John” Menendez. Stuttering John was one of Howard Stern’s sidekicks, and at one time his big deal was to go up to famous people and, in the guise of a television reporter asking for interview questions, ask the most offensive and unexpected…
Read MoreNormal is a relative term.
Two weeks ago, I underwent surgery to remove a diabetic abscess from one of my toes. I blogged about it … because, of course I did. I spent the past two weeks healing. And last Friday, the podiatrist felt that my progress had improved to the point where he took the stitches out of what…
Read MoreRemembering Spooky
During my childhood years, when I spent summertime time in Boston with my Grandma Betty (in order to get away from my toxic home life in New York), she would reward me for good behavior with trips to various Boston-based tourist attractions and entertainment locales. Of course this included Boston’s Museum of Science. Trust me.…
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The Vicious Cycle
On October 25th, a bowling alley in New England was filled with recreational bowlers and their families. Meanwhile, shoppers at a nearby Walmart were purchasing various items. By the end of the day, their worst fears came true. A stranger entered their lives, armed with an AR-15 assault rifle, and started shooting at will. The…
Read MoreWait, I have family in San Antonio?
It was an off-the-cuff remark from my aunt in New Hampshire. But that off-the-cuff remark sent me on a detailed investigation. And wow … I found out a lot. Background. As I prepared for this solar eclipse photography trip, I spoke with my Aunt Elaine – she used to operate the Golden Past Antiques store…
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