Doin’ Da Don
BIG DON should be read aloud. So for this July 4th entry — the sixth anniversary of Fourth Night — I include eight...
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Juss Ass Da Big Don
*THIS IS A LONG POST SO HERE’S THE SHORT OF IT: A very funny and wise fellow named Don K’ Shayne has generously...
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The customs officer stopped me as I was wheeling my luggage out of baggage reclaim. Recommendation #1: Do not make eye contact with...
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See last month’s entry, The Virgin Palin, for a precursor to this posting IF ONE ACCEPTS the argument from The Virgin Palin...
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WHEN JOHN MCCAIN announced Sarah Palin as his running mate, a number of Doubting Thomases within the ranks questioned his...
read moreLament for Michael Kilburn (Pa...
For Part I of Lament for Michael Kilburn click here THE UK has an efficient rail system with comfortable high-speed trains that run...
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ANYONE who regularly reads an English-language newspaper in a former British colony-where there are inevitably large numbers of...
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LAST SEPTEMBER I found myself in the bizarre situation of once again being—and I still can’t say it without an unsettling jolt of...
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To read the first part of this piece about guard duty on the Green Line click here AN ANTI-TANK gun exercise took place six weeks into...
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