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STEVE IN MOUNT SINAI
My dear friend Steve Thompson had a bad time last night. He was rushed in the middle of the evening to Mount Sinai in Miami to determine the cause of his problem. Steve, Cindy and I were to meet at...
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TAYLOR SWIFT SHARES
Taylor Swift’s two year tour has ended. The Eras Tour. One hundred forty nine shows. Attendance 10,168,008. Ticket sales $2,077,618,725. The best selling tour of all time! Double the gross ticket...
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LOVE SPRINGS ETERNAL
Love springs eternal! Marjorie Fiterman and Bernie Littman reside in a Philadelphia nursing home. They are 102 and 100 respectively. Their long time spouses have died. They married. Turns out Marjorie...
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BASKETBALL HISTORY TODAY…..SYRACUSE & GEORGETOWN MEET FOR THE 100TH TIME
Basketball history will be made today. Two powerful basketball giants meet for the 100th time. Syracuse and Georgetown will go at it beginning at 2:30 in the Syracuse Dome. Their first game almost...
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SYRACUSE LOSES AGAIN
Syracuse blew another basketball game. Will the pain ever end? Georgetown beat Syracuse 75-71. A close game throughout. Twelve ties and 15 lead changes along the way. Syracuse lost the game in the...
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THE ELDERLY FALL ALL THE TIME
Getting old is a benefit in itself. However certain negatives attach. One is falling. All the time. Nancy Pelosi fell down stairs last week in Luxembourg. A few days later, she had hip replacement...
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GAS PRICES CRAZY
Gas prices have been steadily coming down the past year. However, they have a fluctuation factor that is difficult to understand. Within the past week, gas prices in Key West were around $3.33 a...
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NEW KEY WEST NEIGHBORS…..CHUCK AND KAREN
Key West is fortunate. A new couple has opted to purchase their dream home away from home in Key West. Directly across the street from Steve and Cindy’s home on Olivia Street where I am blessed to...
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CHRISTMAS COOKIES
You have not lived till you have pigged out on Italian Christmas cookies! My wife began baking them about three weeks before Christmas. Some refrigerated in order to be kept fresh. They were so good!...
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TRUMP NOT YET PRESIDENT AND CHAOS REIGNS IN WASHINGTON
I figured it would take one to two months after Trump was in office for chaos to begin. Not so. The country is already there. Trump, together with his partner Elon Musk, effectively blocked an agreed...
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THE ORIGIN OF SANTA CLAUS
It is that time of the year. Santa Claus time! What is Santa Claus’ history? From whence did he come? The story begins December 6, 343 A.D. The man Saint Nicholas of Bari, Bishop of Myra. The...
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AS PRICES HAVE GONE UP…..QUALITY HAS DECLINED AND MORE MILLIONAIRES MADE
Can anyone argue? Prices have obscenely shot up at the same time as quality has declined. Simultaneously in the same period of time, the number of millionaires has tripled. Addressing quality first,...
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Christmas Eve Seven Fish Dinner
EVERY FEW YEARS, I WRITE OF THE CHRISTMAS EVE ITALIAN SEVEN FISH MEAL. A SLIGHT VARIATION EACH YEAR. THIS IS THE LATEST. ONLY ONE YEAR OLD. PUBLISHED LAST YEAR ON DECEMBER 3. ENJOY! I am of Italian...
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ANDRE RIEU
Merry Christmas! I open today with in effect is a “new discovery” and wish to share it with you. A person. His name is Andre Rieu. Rieu came to my attention two weeks ago by accident and yesterday in...
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HARRISON FORD ALIVE…..I WAS WRONG
Harrison Ford is alive! Thank goodness! I reported yesterday he had died. I was wrong. My apologies. Let me explain how my faux pas occurred. As I was completing my research, I skimmed YouTube to see...
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RECENT TOM HOMAN TALK RE MIGRANT PROBLEM SIMILAR IN FEELING TO NAZIS AND JEWS
I watched Tom Homan on TV yesterday. He is Trump’s border czar to be. He explained how he was going to handle migrant families, including those with children born in the U.S. His entire presentation...
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AN INSULT TO KEY WEST AND GAYS
Thirty years ago when I first visited Key West, it was a gay haven. Not so much anymore. Over the years, homosexual men have been drawn to Miami and Fort Lauderdale to live. Key West became too...
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THE FEELING OF AN EMPTY CHURCH
Today is the last Sunday of 2024. The last Sunday of 2023 was only yesterday. Time moves too swiftly. Especially as one gets older. The feeling of an empty Church. As I have gotten older, I have...
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PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER PASSES ON
Jimmy Carter has left us. The former President died yesterday at the age of 100. May he rest in peace. His life a religious and good one. I am confident the Lord welcomed him with open arms. His...
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MICHAEL HALPERN DIED
Michael Halpern, a distinguished Key West citizen. A man of many facets. Attorney, businessman, entrepreneur. He died yesterday at the age of 72. He was the owner of the Southernmost House Hotel and...
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