Spitball Army

Half a block from where I work, a Ninja Fireworks stand sits in the corner of the Raceway filling station. Next door to the Raceway, in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart, a fireworks stand three times the size of the Ninja truck sits. They are called TNT. The fellow at the TNT stand told […]

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I found this incredibly rare Confederate 100 dollar bill in a now-shuttered antique mall in Birmingham, Alabama, around 2009.

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J. Edgar (2011): Bleak from beginning to end. Couldn’t escape noticing Leo DiCaprio’s capital-A Acting, even though it was fine Acting. Tower Heist (2011): Who cares if it is full of plot holes? Tough to argue against a film that’s enjoyable, funny and sticks it to the rich. A Separation (2011): Incredibly decent Iranian people […]

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The e-mail tells me that the guidebook to El Camino de Santiago is waiting at the library. This is how the cash-strapped travel.

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The Green Line runs under financial Boston; the Red Line pierces academia’s heart. There’s no Yellow here: no timidity or caution.

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This $1.50 roll of Necco Wafers was larger when I was 9. Then, I traded a 10¢ roll for a Topps Johnny Bench card, now worth $300.

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The Nielsen book arrives. BEGIN ON THURSDAY, it reads. Today: Saturday. I fill in two days of PBS shows. They could use the money. -Written by @Ralphley

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I hope you will be able to get that Plymouth you mentioned. Anything – just so it is a NEW car with a “roll back” top.

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Half an hour ago it was snowing as hard as it could. That lasted 15 or 20 minutes and now the sun is shining bright.

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Do you remember my telling you about him? He was in the next fox-hole to me when he was hit.

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