Oddball
Thoughts

The Me Nobody Knows

“Are you talking to me?  Are YOU talking to me?  ARE YOU talking to me?  You better be talking to me … well, I’m the only one here.  You better be talking to me.” – Robert DeNiro, Taxi Driver Do you remember when you were still in-vitro?  On come on .. you...

Miracles Happen

I was 21.  Footloose and fancy free.  I got my DD214 (Honorable Discharge from the US Army) and I was back to part time college at Nassau Community College. I had an old friend who invited me to share his Artist’s Loft above a movie theatre.  He was subletting for...

Hiding in Plain Sight

Here I am in Paradise Prison.  It’s really quite lovely.  Two bedrooms, two baths. Plenty of toilet paper and Wipes.  A big kitchen with a big well-stocked refrigerator. . A big screen TV and an art studio.  Plus .. a lovely view of a pond.  We have very nice...

An Old Fart’s Guide to Planet Earth

“Youth is wasted on the young”. –  George Bernard Shaw  Some say there’s a benefit to growing older.  You see a lot.  You hear a lot.  And, you filter a lot more. If you’re lucky, the superfluous stuff floats up to the top and you’re left with the cream of...

I Never Thought I’d Live to See the End of the World

“You don’t stop laughing because you grow older.  You grow older because you stop laughing.” I’m 72 years old (almost 73).  In teenage years that means I’m just between being less ticklish and snoring much more often).  I can walk a dog, take a nap and skip a rock on...

What’s in a Name?

A few years back I was browsing the Entertainment Section of the New York Times.  I wasn’t looking for anything specific probably because I’m such a neophyte.  I didn’t grow up in a house that played any kind music and that Music Appreciation Class in College bored me...