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Tag Archives: New Jersey
The Metropolitan Museum. Chinese Calligraphy and Charles James Fashion.
Elaine wants to see the Charles James exhibit, as does my dear friend Dr. Rita Pettiford, who came in from New Jersey to see it. (Rita is helping someone write a book about this and she is my glamorous friend … Continue reading
Posted in A Sarcastic Look at Life, A Silly Look at The World, Brooklyn, H.L. Mencken, History Made Fun, How Monty Python Ruined My Life, Juvenal, New Jersey, New York
Tagged Charles James, Chinese Calligraphy, Elaine, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NASCAR, New Jersey, New York, Rita, Rita Pettiford, Wheelchair
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Snooki Can Speak at Rutgers, but not Condi Rice.
Click on the New York Post One Rutgers student said it best. They could have paid her with a case of beer. The Rutgers Administration should be embarrassed. Yes, I know it is Jersey, Snooki is a Jersey native. I … Continue reading
Posted in A Sarcastic Look at Life, Arizona, Condi Rice, Girl Scouts of America, Jersey, New Jersey, Rutgers, Snooki, Tucson, Tucson Festival of Books, University of Arizona
Tagged Anna Maria Chavez CEO Girl Scouts of America, Condi Rice, Condoleeza Rice, Girl Scouts of America, Jersey, Jersey native, New Jersey, Rutgers Administration, Rutgers University, Snooki, the New York Post One Rutgers student, University of Arizona, University of Arizona Commencement
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Killer Book Marketing.
Jess Petersen is a member of Saguaro Romance Writers. Her husband Michael has spoken to us before at a chapter meeting. His company is called Killer Book Marketing. The topics he discussed could have been entire classes in themselves. We … Continue reading
Posted in Saguaro Romance Writers, Sisters in Crime, Writing
Tagged Arts, Dave Evans, Fiction, husband Michael, Jess Petersen, Killer Book Marketing, Michael, Michael Petersen, New Jersey, New Jersey Unemployment, Organizations, Professional Service Group, Professional Services Group, United States, Writers Resources
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Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick filed for bankruptcy. The object lessons are: You can’t keep living that lifestyle if you are no longer on top in your business, and also the well heeled can end up with broken heels. Related articles We’ll Say … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy
Tagged bankruptcy, California, Dionne Warwick, Internal Revenue Service, Law, New Jersey, Rolling Stone, Tax
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Judging a Book, by It’s Cover.
We have all heard the saying, “You can’t judge a book by it’s cover.” Having worked in libraries, bookstores and now writing I know psychologically people do judge by covers. In a bookstore or a library, the decision takes … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Profiling, Tucson
Tagged Bookselling, Islam, Joplin, Joplin Missouri, Missouri, Muslim, New Jersey, World Trade Center
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The Three Wise Men.
No, not those three wise men. The year is 1975. The apartment is buzzing with two visiting Chemists, one from England, one from Poland and my father. They are going to visit the man whose equation they’ve devoted their chemical … Continue reading
Posted in How Monty Python Ruined My Life, Marvin Charton
Tagged Biblical Magi, England, God, Jesus, New Jersey, New Jersey Turnpike, Poland, United States
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The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf.
A long time ago, an advanced Toastmasters club in New Jersey called ACES put on a special show, where they put the Big Bad Wolf on trial for blowing down the house of the Three Little Pigs. I changed the … Continue reading
Thomas Nast
Image by Thomas Shahan 3 via Flickr For those who don’t know who Thomas Nast was, he was a famous cartoonist of the 19th Century. In my Moriarty sequel, I’m having him beaten up by Irish thugs because of … Continue reading
My September 11th.
I swore I would never write this, but my friends in Naughty Romance Writers asked me to. I watched stunned from a New Jersey cliffside. Those buildings were a part of my life. I grew up in the Brooklyn Heights … Continue reading
Goodnight Irene, The CNN Coverage.
I joke about Anderson Cooper being tied to sea walls in these storms. Now there is nothing else going on in the world, Piers is still in his studio wearing his suit. Everyone else is wearing rain slickers and is … Continue reading
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