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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Can I Break My Promise?
We were on the couch, kissing and undressing, when I suggested we go into the bedroom. “I don’t know. I’m not sure I feel the same way about you anymore?” she said. I pulled back, suddenly feeling very alone, like … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Men and Women
Tagged internal, men, neurotic, performance, stress
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Geeky and Cool
If you would see the family “caricature” drawn years ago on a vacation in Cape Cod, still hanging on my mother’s wall of family shame, you might say, “Boy, Neil, you must have been a geeky teenager!” Looking at myself … Continue reading
My Own Worst Character
Is there any worse feeling online than being dropped from someone’s blogroll, unfriended on Facebook, or unfollowed on Twitter, and you have no idea why this has occurred and you are not sure if you said something wrong, or if … Continue reading
Car Stolen
Hyundai Santa Fe gone away to East L.A. where Jose will chop away and ship next day to Monterrey. What can I say? You’re on your way to those who pay for parts Hyundai. I hope and pray You’ll be … Continue reading
Marketing Idea
Prologue – I deleted this post on Friday, five minutes after I published it, thinking it stupid, but of course, I forgot that the minute you hit the publish button, off it flies onto the top perch of the Google … Continue reading
Too Close For Comfort
One of the first rules every writer learns is that a good character does not speak “on the nose.” When a person says something verbally, the true message and emotion can be quite different from what the person says. I … Continue reading
Tales of Health Insurance
For the last day, I have been reading a lot of the blog posts and tweets about Obama’s health plan, and I came away with a few thoughts: 1) I am not learning much information from these blog posts and … Continue reading
The Lovely Sound of Dammit
I don’t like singling out specific bloggers on their birthday, because so many people have a special meaning for me, and I would feel obligated to write a post for every single person on his or her birthday, and then … Continue reading
My Fellow Students
During the last few days, there has been a lot of controversy over Obama’s speech to our children, the purpose which is to encourage them to stay in school and learn. Was it right for a President to speak to … Continue reading
On Health Care and Supermarkets
I received a compliment from a nice reader, saying that I encouraged debate on “political” issues. She felt that her opinions were too hardcore and only attracted readers who agreed with her. I told her that she nees to be … Continue reading
Posted in New York City, News and Politics
Tagged capitalism, health care, Obama, Queens, socialism, supermarkets
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