Category Archives: How Monty Python Ruined My Life

Dueling Tour Buses in Times Square.

Posted on August 6, 2014 by tucsonmike

     Just goes to show you the International nature of modern news, I first saw the story on BBC.  Mom, Elaine and I were entering the subway at Rockefeller Center, a block away from two tour buses sideswiping each … Continue reading →

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The New York City Subway, Another Layer of Hell?

Posted on August 6, 2014 by tucsonmike

        It’s August when I’m writing this.  Just going into a subway station is enough to make you sweat.  Stale would consider the air in the New York Subway offensive.  My father, Marvin Charton, used to refer … Continue reading →

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Why I Hate Metrocards.

Posted on August 5, 2014 by tucsonmike

The New York transit system uses a flexible card called a Metrocard.  Now we have the Sun Go Card in Tucson, and L.A. has the tap card.  The latter two work like charms.  You tap and go. But no, New … Continue reading →

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Major Tom Calling Ground Control.

Posted on August 4, 2014 by tucsonmike

This is how my partner in crime, Jillian, greeted me with an email one morning.  I thought poor Jillian was not on duty at Fagan Door, but floating somewhere in space, and I had to rescue her. No, she was … Continue reading →

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Et Tu Brute.

Posted on July 27, 2014 by tucsonmike

Et Tu Brute? Jillian, what’s up with that.  I haven’t called, posing as an irate customer in a while. Oh how I sometimes wish I’d be delivered a magnificent Shakespearean death And how’s your work day? LOL Glad you can … Continue reading →

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Stupid Lawyer Jokes.

Posted on July 27, 2014 by tucsonmike

Most lawyers would not be the victims of stupid lawyer courtroom stunts but here are some. Lawyer:  How many autopsies do you do on dead people? Doctor:  We only do them on dead people.  Live ones tend to object. Lawyer: … Continue reading →

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Me and Jillian Rossi.

Posted on July 6, 2014 by tucsonmike

Jillian is a friend, working in the same rent paying industry I do. We share emails back and forth, usually with sarcastic silliness. Most days, you will be subjected to something extremely silly and sarcastic. I wonder what tomorrow’s emails … Continue reading →

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Cats in the Morning.

Posted on May 16, 2014 by tucsonmike

Pandora decided it was time for me to wake up and feed her at 4 am.  She starts eating my toes. Then she led me into the bathroom.  There was a big bug to kill.  She couldn’t reach it, but … Continue reading →

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Kidnapped Nigerian Girls, Why Should I Care?

Posted on May 7, 2014 by tucsonmike

Well, not just why should I care, but why should all of us care?  I may not have daughters, but I have nieces.  If this happened to them, I’d be searching those woods by myself if need be, (and I … Continue reading →

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The Garden of Eden.

Posted on April 29, 2014 by tucsonmike

Most of us know the story in Genesis of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden, but where was this garden?  Especially, with what we now know about modern science and the origins of mankind. Much of this essay … Continue reading →

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