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Tag Archives: brownsville
Stevieslaw: Why I am not a vacuum cleaner salesman and footnotes
Why I am not a vacuum cleaner salesman* Some people sell vacuum cleaners, door to door. I do not. I was out late last night, celebrating my 15th birthday with Richard Levine1. We set all the garbage cans behind the … Continue reading
Stevieslaw: Bert the Turtle
Stevieslaw: Bert the Turtle Those of us of a certain age remember “Duck and Cover.” In my case, I learned it at PS 165, in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, NY—less than ten miles from a projected ground zero. We … Continue reading
Stevieslaw: Twittering for Millions
Stevieslaw: Twittering for Millions In my old neighborhood of Brownsville, Brooklyn in the seventies, you couldn’t question anyone above the age of 13 and not learn that making money was easy if you knew someone at the racetrack. Not so … Continue reading
Posted in gang gang dance, Humor, parody, sleepless in state college
Tagged Air Force 1, Boeing, Brooklyn, brownsville, GE, GM, roosevelt raceway, Trump, Trump tower, Twitter
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Stevieslaw: Cousin Myron and the boys of summer.
It was the kind of spring day that has you smiling, singing and whistling in tune with the birds and the bees. The neighborhood children could feel it and, if you were paying attention, you could see it in the … Continue reading
Stevieslaw: Good-citizen Steve
Stevieslaw: Good-citizen Steve I did my taxes yesterday. I bought one of those programs that you see everywhere and for $39.95 I got to hit “next” about 400 times. As I was doing them, I slowly began to realize there … Continue reading
Posted in gang gang dance, Humor, parody, sleepless in state college
Tagged brownsville, G.E., panama papers, schmuck, taxes
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Stevieslaw: Schoolyard Wisdom
Stevieslaw: Schoolyard Wisdom My cousin, Arty, had the intelligence of a gerbil and the self-confidence of a lion. He liked nothing better than to grab some poor stickball player by his shirt and tell him in great detail what was … Continue reading
Posted in gang gang dance, Humor, parody, sleepless in state college
Tagged Brooklyn, brownsville
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Stevieslaw: The Four Seasons of Cousin Myron
The Four Seasons of Cousin Myron My cousin Myron, he of fiery hair and temper, will never forgive the NYC Board of Education, or for that matter, the teachers and staff of PS 165, in Brooklyn’s Brownsville. I witnessed his … Continue reading
