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Monthly Archives: June 2012
“a New York lament”
If you stay at the Hilton Millenium Hotel in lower Manhattan, and you get a room pretty high up, say above the 25thfloor, facing west, towards New Jersey, you can look right down on the 9/11 Memorial and into the … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, Ireland, New York City
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I’m being stalked by an internet criminal mastermind!!
I just got my first Facebook scam message.  It came from a guy who calls himself James Koku.  I think it’s a scam, but maybe it’s a parody of a scam.  It is so poorly written I can’t imagine who … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Facebook, Internet Scams
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Going to get our freedom
I was in Birmingham, Alabama last month. First time I was ever in the state. I surprised myself at how strongly I was affected by visiting the city’s old civil rights battlegrounds. Standing in the Sixth Street Baptist Church where … Continue reading
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