Readers write in: A.B., Rochester: Do you have groupies?No, but that could change. I will send you a link to the application. M.B., Zurich: The funny thing is that in the German part of Switzerland, the word “Talon” is used very often, in particular to describe that part of a document that you can “cut” …
Two years ago, Mike, the manager at my park in northern New York, called me and said, ‘I just saw something I hope I never see again!’ -What’s that? -Josh Ferrante butt-naked. -I wish I could un-hear that. Josh is a guy who lives in that park. He had twins with a local woman shortly …
In college, a friend of mine wrote a story about a kingdom in the northern latitudes ruled by a queen: This was no Snow Queen or Queen of Hearts; nevertheless, she was every inch a queen, and to prove it, she had her own castle with gargoyles, turrets, parapets, towers and what not. The kingdom’s …
I recently tried out the new free AI chatbot, Chat GPT. When I began the task, I thought that the content would be Stepfordian. I believe that I was wrong. Text in italics is all computer generated, with no editing by me. Prompts are in bold. Chat GPT – Write a paragraph about managing mobile …
A suite of flash fiction pieces titled “O Mangi Questa Minestra…” written by the staff at Dirtlease.com has been selected for the finals of the prestigious 2023 annual defenestrationism.net flash fiction contest. The winner is determined on the basis of fan voting. You can vote here, here or here (Newfies, Kerrymen, slow surfer dudes from …
Here is the first verse of the song A Few of My Favorite Things: Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things The song is from The Sound of Music. I have never seen …
Follow link to Ep;phany Magazine. If you need a tie-in to the mobile home park business, the bonds that Kumar traded were backed by loans secured by the souls of manufactured housing folk.
This does not look like someplace where history was made: That is the Androscoggin Bank Colisée. It is where the Maine Nordiques play. The Nordiques are a team in the North American Hockey League, which is a USA-sanctioned Tier II junior hockey league. The Colisée is in a crappy section of Lewiston which is, quite …
Here’s the only canned tomato sauce recipe you will ever need: 2 cans (28 oz each) peeled plum tomatoes with juice 4 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed 1 tbsp kosher salt or sea salt 2 tbsp sugar 6 tbsp (3 oz) extra virgin olive oil ½ c (packed) fresh basil Boil and stir, crushing the …
Two of the most gracious readers of this blog are older Jewish men originally from down-state New York. One is my father. The other is a guy who lives in a park in the Southern Tier named Richard Malowitz. Richard handled evictions for my park in central New York until his health got the better …