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The text of a postcard purchased in a bundle at an Antique Market: Jim: At the rooftop bar in New York was a Russian Gansgter and his moll. She was drunk and trouble with a capital T. Big, black eyes, breasts the size of watermelons and proud, surging New Jersey hair. I leaned up against…

As some of you know, I’m in the process of obtaining my driver’s license, and yesterday marked my first lesson where I was actually behind the wheel of the car. I showed up outside of the Donlands subway station at 3:30 where I met my teacher, Alpas. He was wearing a Snuggie. I wasn’t sure…

From a postcard I bought at the St. Lawrence Antique Market: ******************************************************************* The cab was yellow, like on some album cover and it smelled like a barber shop. The driver was older, maybe sixty, and the car was like his study. Stale cigarette smoke, Old Spice cologne, coffee and the sports section. We drove in…

Today I have given the Blog over to Heidi, our Miniature Dachshund for the day. ***************************************** Heidi like to make lists. Not mean she have OCD or worms in brain, Heidi just naturally organized dog. Here list of things Heidi hate. 1. Other Dogs. Other dogs stupid, try to take Heidi’s ball. Think better than…

At Jimmy Simpson Park, my dog and I saw a solitary man practicing his footwork on the basketball court. A neighbourhood regular, he’s an unfriendly guy who always wears reflective sunglasses and gangster apparel, carrying himself with an intentional menace, perhaps to offset his short stature. With his hands out as if he was guarding…

The other night I went to a movie with a couple of friends. There were probably about ten films playing at the complex, all starting at roughly the same time, and feeling kind of whimsical I asked the cashier if she could guess what movie I was going to go and see. Unimpressed, even bored…

Earlier in the day I came across a video of Shamar Thomas, a man who will certainly become a star within the Occupy Wall Street Movement and likely beyond. (You know, he’ll end up on Survivor Island, or something. ) In the video, Thomas, a Sergeant in the Marine Corps who served in Iraq and…

Yesterday I bought a cookie. It was double chocolate chip and I was really looking forward to eating it. I saved it all day. Some of you might think this a little feminine of me, but I don’t care, it’s the truth and I’m a truth teller. It’s not always easy to be a truth…

Dear Susan Sarandon: I want to praise you for the genius that you are. Opening up Spin, a club dedicated to ping pong on King street in Toronto is brilliant. For a long time I’ve felt excluded from the hierarchies of club life, a culture which has always put an excessive premium on looks, ability…