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PublishedDecember 14, 2012
ON THE EDGE: Oh, for a silent night
Is there any truth to the rumor that the CIA used "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" as a torture device when interrogating prisoners? An apocryphal tale perhaps, but I can see its value.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2012
ON THE EDGE: The Santa at the end of the bar
There are pictures around somewhere, ancient snapshots taken with even more ancient box Kodaks, of me sitting in some Great Depression-era Santa's lap. I do remember my first visit to Santa. It began in the caged elevator of Famous Barr Co. in St. Louis, somewhere around 1938.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2012
ON THE EDGE: This kind of money changes everything, ‘friends’
As you read this, you probably already know that I've won the $550 million Powerball lottery. There is a chance, of course, that I did not. That's ridiculous, but I have to say it. I'm a very positive person, and have already started a list of things I'm going to do with the money.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2012
ON THE EDGE: Password to the wise
It's the password thing. My early memories of the password were simple: a game show, or the code spoken in the dark, so you didn't get shot. But the rules are different now, and at my advanced age I have moved -- no, fallen -- headlong into the 21st century.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2012
ON THE EDGE: Judy from Jersey
She was tall, Judy was, maybe 5 feet, 11 inches in her bare feet. I confess a life-long passion for tall girls. I called her Judy and she never liked it. Her name was Judith, and she insisted that everyone who knew her call her that, because she wanted to be an opera singer and Judy wouldn't cut it.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2012
ON THE EDGE: My lesson from Andre: Vote
We were the only two tenants on the fifth floor. I was the struggling actor, with a view of a street bordered with colored, discarded doors where they were tearing down our neighborhood, just down from West 67th and Columbus, a space that would soon become Lincoln Center.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2012
ON THE EDGE: This crop always arrives on time
OMG, they're back. The gnats are gone, the mosquitos are looking for puddles and black flies are toast. But THEY are back.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2012
J.P. DEVINE: Gordon and the leaves
"The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared." -- Lois Lowry
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PublishedOctober 12, 2012
J.P. DEVINE: Obits as actuary table?
Here's one. She's 93. This must be an old picture, but 93 is a pretty good age at which to pass. It doesn't help me much. She's a she, and she people seem to live longer than he people.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2012
J.P. DEVINE: OMG. I’m on Facebook
OMG. I'm so excited. I think I'm on. I followed all the instructions given me by my daughters who are on, along with a zillion other people on the planet, and there I am with my picture and resume and some information.
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