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Road Rage

I managed a discount store on Livingston Street in Brooklyn in the late 1970s. It was a busy, crazy part of town. In the summer of 1979, I would spend my lunch hour one block north, walking down Fulton Street, which was where all the action was. The sidewalks were always teeming with shoppers, peddlers Continue reading
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Bagel!

What snack would you eat right now? Right now? Bagel. Earlier? Bagel. In a little while? Bagel! I love bagels. A little bit of salt on them. Sometimes cinnamon raisin. Or even everything! What other snack can give you everything? With butter early in the day, otherwise cream cheese. Lox is both delicious and too Continue reading
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Safe Streets

Come up with a crazy business idea. Not too long ago I read about a councilman’s idea to pay people for reporting obscured license plates. The plates in plastic holders, the plates with leaves taped to them, the plates that are faded. Which makes them impossible to read on toll bridges and tunnels, costing the Continue reading
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Decapitation

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it? I was attached to a doll I named Goggi. He belonged to my older brother before me. He was an ugly little boy doll wearing overalls, about eight inches tall, with the top of his head painted a light orange, Continue reading
