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Monthly Archives: May 2013
The gods must be crazy after all
HERE’S THE setup: A Coca-Cola bottle falls from a low-flying airplane over an undeveloped corner of Africa. How undeveloped? The local tribesman who finds it — as well as the rest of the villagers — have no idea what it is … Continue reading
The medals have finally come home
U.S. Army private Corrado Piccoli was killed in France in the summer of 1944. This is, in most ways, a very old story – 69 years old, to be precise. Moreover, Piccoli was only one of the tens of thousands … Continue reading
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Tagged Bohjalian, Memorial Day, Purple Heart, The Light in the Ruins
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Hollywood’s blockbuster season is here: Duck.
It was over thirty years ago that the Hollywood Blockbuster Season gave us “Odorama.” Yup, 1981’s version of 3-D was a scratch and sniff card with numbered aromas. When a number flashed on the screen, we in the audience would … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-D, Baz Luhrmann, Hollywood, The Great Gatsby, The Light in the Ruins
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Mother’s Day — by the book
If you are a little boy and want to test your mother’s love, color in the leaves on the dust jacket of her first edition of Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Or draw the Starship Enterprise and a … Continue reading
Hope springs eternal: Play ball!
You might not know it from what I share in this column, but I played some pretty serious football and baseball as a boy. First of all, I was on the same high school football team – the illustrious Bronxville … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, Bohjalian, Donald Hall, Little League, The Light in the Ruins
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