Friday, December 28, 2007

How Things Could Be

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The holiday season is rambling along. All of that marvelous good feeling and holiday potential that seems to come to an abrupt halt and then...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Yule Tide in Brooklyn

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All.
Saturday, December 22, 2007

Surreal Estate: 110 Livingston Street

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I usually don't get into the Brooklyn real estate blog thang. Of course, stories that impact the collective roof over our heads, or the ...
Friday, December 21, 2007

David Brooks, Barack Obama and the Democratic Party

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Based on NY Times columnist David Brooks' track record, and a recent follow up post by Peter Loffredo ( http://www.fullpermissionliving....

"Christmas Time in Bensonhurst"

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Somethings are just wrong. The "N" word, when used by anyone, but especially by non-African Americans. An Italian-American politi...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

Christmas at "the Summit"

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I have never experienced December in Las Vegas. But let's perform a mind experiment and picture Frank, Dean and Sammy in the big room at...
Thursday, December 6, 2007

Coda to "The Wandering Stranger of Schermerhorn Street"

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Well, it has been three days and he is gone. I am convinced the Wandering Stranger of Schermerhorn Street has moved on. Incredibly, since e...
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Saturday, December 1, 2007

ADVENTURES IN BLOGGING: Coda to "Dude, Where's My Anchor ?" Which Poses Interesting Questions

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Earlier this week, quite out of the blue, I received an email regarding a post on DITHOB that I had written earlier this month . The post, a...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Futurama 4ever: It's Even Got Newkirk Plaza

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I don't get Family Guy. South Park is obscenely funny but just not smart. The Simpsons remains a classic comedy but still, to my tastes,...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Read it and Weep--"Brooklynites are Natural Born Hayseeds": George Washington Plunkitt

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Read it and weep. Famed Tammany Hall Philosopher and Politican George Washington Plunkitt told all in his book "Plunkitt of Tammany Hal...
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Monday, November 19, 2007

Yo, Dude, Where's My Anchor: NY 1 & The Jerky Boys

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Don't get me wrong, I am forever a believer in the First Amendment and the importance of communication as a cornerstone of American soci...
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Friday, November 16, 2007

City Sidewalks

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The chill is in the air. The 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau is in the stores. The holiday lights are going up all over Brooklyn. The 80+ foot fir t...
Sunday, November 11, 2007

"Her Sweet Love or the Way That She Could Sing": I'm Not There by Todd Haynes

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You might expect that the prospects of seeing the first dramatic film on Bob Dylan might lead to nothing less than 99% anticipation. And so ...
Saturday, November 10, 2007

Coda: Norman Mailer Dead at 84

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Norman Mailer has died at age 84 of renal failure at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC according to Michael Lennon, the author's literary exec...
Thursday, November 8, 2007

I'm Not There: Bob Dylan X 6

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We are going to a screening of "I'm Not There" the Bob Dylan bio-pic this weekend... I pray I am not disappointed. What do you...