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IRA HUDAS: A SOMETIME SOLDIER
It is peculiar or perhaps amusing to find that one memory prompts another one. I am writing this on September 17 which is the day after the horrible tragedy at the Washington Naval Yard. In this case, the memory that has been revived goes back to 1942. If my mathematics are correct, which are not…
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SLEEPING WITH SYLVESTER
Luncheons around this house consist primarily of foie gras and truffles. As I was consuming my sixth helping of truffles, news came over the radio and television that shocked me. It seems that Larry King, the ace broadcaster on the CNN network who does wide-ranging interviews, is now being sued for divorce by either his…
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Grub
I have been writing these essays for the last 16 years. It all started with an injury to my brain which impaired my speech as a result of a stroke in 1997. I started writing these essays and somehow after 764 such essays, I have still continued. As a matter of fact, I seem at…
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NOVEMBER 8, 2010
When my wife and I went to the basement this morning to begin our exercise routine for the week, Miss Chicka turned over the calendar and announced that it was November 8th. I wrestled with that thought about why this date seemed significant. Quite soon I came to realize that on November 8, 1945, I…
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RAMPANT NOSTALGIA
This may be a twice-told tale in that in 2005 I may have dictated an essay on the same subject matter. But I have always held that the fun in story-telling belongs to the story teller. It is a lot like prayer. The person who prays feels good about himself when his prayer is finished. …
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MAKING PROGRESS
Let us assume that I am an historian and that the date is in the year of 2510. If my arithmetic is correct, that would be about 500 years from now. I believe it would be fair to say that such an historian might conclude that the times in which we are currently living were…
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GOING INTO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
This essay should have been written a number of years ago. It records my resentment and anger at the imposition of daylight savings time. I hope that there are others who are as dismayed as I am about the imposition of daylight savings time. In my limited field of acquaintances, no one has expressed an…
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BITS AND PIECES; ODDS AND ENDS
On my desk I have a tape recorder into which I dictate notes about future essays. It is an audible tape recorder in view of the fact that I can no longer see to write and writing is incomprehensible to me. After I have dictated a series of comments into my notepad, I usually publish…
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SPEAKING UP
Those of you who have come to know me in the past 60 years are probably aware that I harbor certain prejudices. I see nothing to praise, for example, about the New York Yankees, particularly when they are under the direction of George Steinbrenner. On the other side of the coin, it has always struck…
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HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! Volume I
Volume I I regret to say that in my case I went through the age of puberty a good many years ago. Living a long life has its pluses and minuses. On the plus side, there are many recollections that remain in my mind and which, taking one thing with another, constitute pleasant memories. …