Here’s a sobering statistic: The Institute of Medicine estimates that up to 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of preventable medical errors — the equivalent of a daily catastrophic jumbo jet crash. Here’re some of the ways people were dying in 1886 up in Canada, exclusive of disease. Many were “burnt to death”, [...]
I remember years ago being on a crowded train. People were standing and holding those straps they used to have. One guy, who was standing in front of a seated pretty girl, would sway his crotch almost into her face at every turn. She was pretending not to notice, and he kept swaying closer and [...]
1877 found dead on a Friday last. Tries to get married again in 1880. Gone missing in 1884. Hermits are SUPPOSED to be missing. That’s what they do. 1886 found dead AGAIN on Monday last. Austin Sheldon 1877 Austin Sheldon tries for a girl bride 1880 Austin_Sheldon_Missing_1884 Hermit story, Dead AGAIN 1886
Dead Horse Bay is past Coney Island on the Belt Parkway that loops around Brooklyn. On some nearby islands there had been horse rendering plants and a land fill in the early 20th century. In the 1950’s that land fill busted open and since then at low tide all the trash, mostly glass bottles, of [...]
While I was in Farmville today I went to Trinity Mission to visit Nathan. They now have it set up that you can’t just walk in—you have to push a green button and someone buzzes you in. A ferocious wind blows at you when the door opens. I guess to keep pollen, flies and mosquitoes [...]
No more happy-go-lucky. Now my junk Email is threatening, insulting and using scare tactics. The latest: You damn bastard, answer me! Yes, continue ignoring me, miss news I can’t call you 7 times a day Top 20 taped deathes You passed me bad money Bank account blocked Illegal sites you visited list Tired of your [...]
Once I had a large cyst on my ball sac. I went to the doctor and he cut me open and tried to remove it, then decided it was way too deep and big. So he called a doctor friend of his, who was in the hospital at the time, the doctor said for me [...]
Let me tell you about Sheldon Hoag. I met Sheldon through my friend Bernie sometime in 1972. Sheldon lived in an apartment across from Branch Brook Park in North Newark, that’s in the Forest Hills section which was the place to live, if you still lived in Newark. As a matter of fact, Forest Hills [...]
Due to the inclement weather, homeless people spend more time in the subways. This morning on the F train you might wonder why there are so many seats available in a particular car. It’s because there’s a smell in there like you never experienced before in your life. It makes the tiny hairs in your [...]
