
Don’t buy the liverwurst!
Reading Time: 2 minutes But that big hunk of liverwurst has been there since October 1st, and today is the 23rd of May! Continue reading Don’t buy the liverwurst!
Reading Time: 2 minutes But that big hunk of liverwurst has been there since October 1st, and today is the 23rd of May! Continue reading Don’t buy the liverwurst!
Reading Time: 2 minutes The law of inertia: A body that is at rest stays at rest, or a body that is in motion stays in motion, unless it is acted on by an outside force. Continue reading Sittin’ on the dock, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes Passing by the R.D. offices in P’ville got me thinking about working for them again if things don’t work out in Hanover. Continue reading The easy way out, 1979
Reading Time: 3 minutes My chances of ever contacting any of these producers would have been slim to none. My best chance would have been Buck Henry, a fellow Dartmouth alum. Continue reading Fantasies of my youth, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes Five years ago, I retired from the newspaper to embark on Act III of my life. So far, Act III looks a lot like Act I. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 13
Reading Time: 2 minutes A secret agent resigns from his service and awakens in The Village, a futuristic prison on a remote island. Everyone has a number instead of a name. Oh, yes, there’s also this strange salute: “Be seeing you.” Continue reading Be seeing you, 1979
Reading Time: 3 minutes Brian Clemens, Diana Rigg, Patrick MacNee, Sean Connery, even my friends Larry and Tex, are all gone now. Ars longa, vita brevis. Continue reading Transitions, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes That ship had sailed. But the whole long, angst-ridden saga might someday be fodder for a fictional scene — or memoir — or maybe even a blog. Continue reading Ding letter, 1979
Reading Time: < 1 minutes That first check is the milestone many writers use for the start of their writing career. Mine came on this date 44 years ago today. Continue reading First paycheck, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes Time and Newsweek ran uncomplimentary frat articles …and the frat shows were dropping like flies. That was a bad omen for my TV Guide piece. Continue reading Omens, 1979