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Thank God for Jimmy Hoffa

It’s 6:30AM, a biting cold in the air, cars and and vans belching exhaust from their tailpipes, vehicles kept idling while their inhabitants rush in to get a hot cup of “joe”.  There are a dozen places like this on my … Continue reading

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Thirsty No Longer

Shared experiences can create bonds stronger than the cable on a bridge.  Family ties are a natural… so too, childhood friends. But it can happen in the jury room or the fox hole, too… times that have a clear time … Continue reading

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It’s not just about Christmas, Channukah & Kwanzaa

Winter Festivals have been going on for a long, long time.  Well before there were organized religions, our human ancestors would celebrate the solstice in mid-summer and mid-winter… those days of greatest light and greatest darkness. Tomorrow, in the Northern … Continue reading

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Why talking to Mikey Bordeaux on a slow day is a bad idea, reason #6

“What do you know about the Mayans?”  The question was put to me by my colleague, Mikey Bordeaux… well, his real name is Mike Wofsey; but I have another friend of that name who lives on the other side of … Continue reading

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