Friday, September 30, 2011

Uncle Slappy and the fish place.

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About a generation ago slicing lox went from being an old-Jewish-man profession to one manned by young, first-generation Chinese. The Chines...
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Uncle Slappy goes to Shul.

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For most of his life, Uncle Slappy was a rabbi at a small east side congregation, Beth Yuiz Miwo Mannow. He worked there for over fifty year...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

The Phantom Carriage.

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" Since I was a little kid I've always loved old movies. Today, there are a couple of great film archivists who month after month r...

Passion and money.

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There was an obituary in "The New York Times" the other day of a movie producer called Mo Rothman who died at 92. http://www.nytim...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Uncle Slappy arrived last night.

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Last night after work I walked down to Penn Station to wait for the Amtrak "Palmetto" to arrive and discharge my Uncle Slappy and ...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Today's editorial.

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Write we must.

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About three times or maybe twice a year I am tapped out, I am in a slump. My work at work slows to a standstill. The easiest task becomes on...
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Monday, September 26, 2011

My father's 20-year watch.

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When my father died, not unexpectedly but suddenly, he was rushing between classes at Northwestern University where he taught marketing comm...
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Friday, September 23, 2011

Incest.

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I have nothing against Meg Whitman. I never jumped on the eBay phenomenon, never saw it as a way to make a living, a way to have fun, a way ...
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

A long-lost connection.

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I got a call last night from someone I haven't spoken to in 40 years. She was best friends with my sister and was looking for her on Fac...
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