Tag Archives: Christmas

Who Shoots Kindergarten Kids?

Posted on December 15, 2012 by tucsonmike

I wasn’t going to post anything about this.  The news have covered it to death, as they do anything like this.  Who shoots Kindergarten kids though? I don’t care how mentally ill he was.  What the hell could a five … Continue reading →

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The Twelve Days of Christmas.

Posted on December 23, 2011 by tucsonmike

Check out this story I wrote for my friend Casey-Lyne Johnson http://naughtypagesofphoenix.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-twelfth-day-of-christmas-my-true.html?spref=fb   I’ve written before about the 2011 Labor Day Parade in my mother’s home neighborhood in Brooklyn called Crown Heights.  Here’s a story a put together about that … Continue reading →

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My Week on the Bus.

Posted on December 23, 2011 by tucsonmike

I’ve been negligent for a couple of weeks with things going on. Tuesday:  Different driver on my number 8 going in, who was happy I had a flashlight, because he doesn’t know the route.  Problem is, he was chatty, and … Continue reading →

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What if Scrooge Didn’t Change?

Posted on October 22, 2011 by tucsonmike

December 24th, 1878.  Bob Crachit tries to put another coal on the fire.  “That’s coming out of your salary, Crachit.” “Oh sir, may I have Christmas off?” “No you may not, Crachit.   On second thought, yes, you can have … Continue reading →

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Be Like Micawber

Posted on December 30, 2010 by tucsonmike

If you are a writer, you’ve probably read David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.  There is the character Wilkins Micawber .  He believed in “hopeful expectation.” I wanted to write this with the New Year approaching because I have a feeling … Continue reading →

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How Anastase Broke Himself

Posted on December 24, 2010 by tucsonmike

When we had the softball team in ’07, Anastase  and I both played on it.  Mind you, he had only learned the basics of the game a few months earlier.     It was the managers employees game, September, ’07.  Anastase … Continue reading →

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